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NEW-ENGLAND

listarical anJi ^eneakgical |legister.

PUBLISHED QUAKTEBLT, Br 1

XrtD=:Snglanli flffatorCc CEfrnealogCcal SocErta.

FOR THE YEAR 1883.

VOLUME XXXVII.

BOSTON:

FDBLISUBD AT TEE SOCIETY'S HOUSE, 18 SOUEBSBT STREffT.

Pbhtibd bi David Clatf k Soa.

I883f.

JOHN WABD DEAN, JEREMIAH COLBURN,

LUCIUS R. PAIOE, WILLIAM B. TRA8K,

EDMUND F. SLAFTEBi HBNRT F. WATERS,

HENRT H. EDES.

JOHN WARD DEAN.

(JENEUAL INDEX.

Index of NameB of Piesons at the end of the Vohime.

JflfeBaT, WnUte, qtfBfy, 87

▲dans PtdlfTBe, Pmirj in, IW , .

Addrofe ( Annual) ofPnrtcUnt WDd^, 1»

JUUttgt note, 308

JWAooy, J6tMy fteMloMI fW^ninlti of; 289

▲mn or Annorlal Benringt. (8fle Coa<« o/ ^nM.)

JBimhifl TMm ex^oMd, noMj 87

AtlMrton, HnmphrB7, gtnaahMionl gtannlngt of, 234

Antagnpble PoWv, 20V
18^
nndDettha. (8eeJI<

r,aM

Bnker, Bosw, fmcnlotflbat gMtafiBn of, 287
BaptfoDi and Dettha. (See Jtarorai.)
lanalaUt, hlatoij of, idMit.aota, 282

i^iiL tboakaaTgaMilofl^ of; 286

ShMM, §Ba»uSb^$9»tAbilaa oL 878

aUxlj) oMCaMMdktlelttt, 48

^^ '^ Dletioiiarar of Nocabia Ltvtng Amert-

JgJ» «*«•.••

_,plkkial Sketebei. (8m alib il^aerolofy.)
Iiaae Adaadf , 428
Mark Alexander, 4J»
IbackUaB AUea, 882
BlnuB'B^nt9,8S8r
iTMter B. BeekH. 881
Colman.228

I«r7 0doU,38e

Daniel Beoihaw,M
Marj Jane H. Lingdoi^ 428*
Bamnel B. LaaoanL886
Cftarlea H. lfwi^8S8
Ml, 380
FtaaKffllO
Bdvard Banddph, 18i
fnndi Q. Shnif. 118
AaaonTtt^,2S

B)tfns 0. ToR^y, ni^

atranna K. Upham, 888
ijttwrw rjFhittier, «'

BaakM T. WoiMMr, 118

U.B. OfBdhOBSiinir, noitibmfpkiAai,

BB8g% B«V. CMorf* lii, Mdtt oii Sddtei In iClflf
FbUp^iiWar, nolo, 109

Adan»*i Goniaiiie' OrffUi of K«ir Bufland

Tb«rDa,219
Afllnc Ikmllj Otnealoftaa ll{«eAi. 428
AnMrtog AntHi^HdWh ^86eil^, BlMlbgMlpbjr

AahmtOollei*. flrfrWi
teal Booovd, 1821-71, a

Book Notioet—

Andorer Ihaologloal Bemlnanr, Oatalogoa of,
421 » -• »

Amokl'k Lajmaa'i faith,. 223
Baklwio'i Jiaidwin aenealogy, lU
Bartboknnew Family Be-onikn, 111
Bentley'i B«oord ct Pariah List of I>aathi, 1788

-1819, 110
BiekneU FamUy B«Minfc>n. 228
Blake Oenvak)g7« 111
BottoDian Sodetj Frooaedinge, 328
Boeton^s Antique Viewi, 228
Boatwel^'s OM Homeeleade of Oroton, 221
Bowen't Boundarj Diipatct of Connectloot, 824
Briggi't Memoir of Peter Thacher, 225
Brinton*! Ameiicaa Hero Mjpthe, 104
Brooke'i Hielory St. Andrew*! Church. Bdtaate,

109 .

Broaghton Family Sketd^, 424
Buffalo Uiitorieal Society 'fe Semi-Centinnlal,

Buflklo, 421
Bureau of Bdooation Oironlars of Inibrmatlon. .

Noe. 1 aiid 2, 222
BuUer'i Portrait! of 0<flumbcn, 828
Caller's Soaihwiok Qeneaiogy, 224
Cuter, Jeremiah, Bi-CeniennUU Memorial, 428 •
Champlaio'e Voyagee, VoL IIL Bditad by

BeT. £. F. SUfier, A.!!., 823
Chandler'! History Shiiiey, Meat., 422
Chandler'! Chandler Genealogy, 423
Chapman'! liol!9m Family, 1^4
Chariestown'! First Ohwob, QHtkh Annlversa- •

ry,110
Chicago Historical Sodie^ OoUaotions, Yal. L, .

199
Clarke's Clarke QeMalbgy, 111
Clark's BlbUotbeea AnoScana, 221.
OoggethaU Coat-of Arms, 880
Oooke*s Cooke Genealyy^ 226i,
Cnshman^ Anciani; Sfieepecot and KewoasHk •

221
Dahlgren (Mrs.) Memoir AdaUrai Dahlgrsn, 217 •
Dartmouth College, Blograpbleal Sketohaa of

ClMSori888,4S8
Daries's Myste^oot Disappearances andPr»>-

sdtaiption ol Dfaths in Insnra oe Cases, 8W
Denlson*! Dcnison Memorial, 880
Dorchestei. Mass., Aoeient Praprietoci* of-

Jbnes'k HiU, 830
BllkV Memoir of Bdwin H. Cbapin, 420
SlkM'fe Memorials of tKPUgT'B ^•'^i^n, 2M.
lootar's Libraries and Readers, 328
Foster's Monthly Beftranoe Liau, Vols. U— IL,

101
Freeman^ Introduction to American Inilita^

tkmal History, 218
Qay's CMriL Gansak)gy, 111

General Lidex.

Book Notices —

Oeoealogist, The, 100, 210

Qeorgia Historical Society, CoDstitutioo, Bj-
Laws, ftc , 327

Giorn«le degli Kraditi e Curioei, 100

Goodrich's Goodrich Family Mt-in'Tial, 423

Uuodwin's Puritan Conspiracy, 4*20

GretMi*i Groton in the Wiichcrafi Times, 221

Griffing Genealogy, 329

Uali^it aall Genealogy, 111

Uarris's Memurial of Thitddeos William HarrU,
M.D , S-M)

Biirt*ri Necrology, Numismatic and Antiquari-
an S «i<fty, Ptailadelphia. 18S2, 210

UarrNrd College, Memorial oi Class of 1833,
410 ; Cla»8 of *43, 410 ; Report of SecreUry
of, 1863, 410

nayes Kamily, Part I., 329

Uaydea's biograpliical Sketch of Capt. OliTer
t.roMrn.423

Haxeu's Uillerica, Mass., 108

Uistorieal Register (Penn.), 420

Hovey^s Celei>rated American Carerns, 105

Humphrey Family in Am«^ca, 320

KaMuti's Kasaon Gi.'nealogy, 2i25

Kettun's Antials of Fort Mackinac, 422

Lapham^s Woods' ock, Maine, 107

LatUng^s Sktrtch of Joseph L. Chester, 100

Learnt d*s Learned Genealogy, 226

Little's Little Geneahigy, 111

Loyal Legion of the United States, Register of
the Commandery of Massachusetts, lu7

Blac LeanV Jewish Nature Wur«t){p, 105

Magasine of American History, 327

Maine Gnsetteer, 106

McCarthy's Minutiae of Boldier Life in North-
ern Virginia, 104

McCrillis's MeOriliis Genealogy, 111

Montague Family Re union, 111

Morison's Windham, N. U., 416

Morton's New England Canaan, with lntmduc>
tory matter and notei. Edited by Charles
Francis Adams, Jr., 320

Mountfort's Precedents of Modem Church
Building, 223

Murphy, Hun. Henry C, Memoir of, 328

Money *3 Reminiscences of Men of the Revolu-
tion, 216

Neill's History MinnesoU, 418

New England 41lstorio Genealogical Society's
Memorial Biographies, Vol. II., 09

New England Methodist Historical Society Pro-
ceedings, 220

New Hampshire Successful Men, 224

New Jer»ey Historical Society Proceedings,
Vol. VU., 220

New York Qeuealogtcal and Biographical Rec-
ord, Vol. XI II., 1882. 100
' North Wpst Review, 827

Paige's Hard wick, MasH., 210

Paine's Paine Family Record, Vol. 11., Nos. 8,
0,10 and 11,226,423

Parkhurst's Parkhurat Genealogy, 225

Perry's History of Bradford, Mast., 327

Peyton's Augusta County, Virginia, 110, 218

Phillimore's Garfield Family in England. 424

Phillimore'8 Finnimore, Phiilman, &c , Family,
330

Pierce's Pierce Oeoealogy, 428

Plympton's History Bouthbridge, Mass., 421

Poole's Index to Periodical Llter«ture, 210
JPoole's Report on Progress uf Library Architec-
ture, 108

Quincy's Figures of the Past, 410

Reemelin's Historical Sketch Green Township,
Hamilton Co., Ohio, 100

Reichell's Smursholt Feast, 422

Riohards's Richards Genealogy, 111

Rose's Leigh in the 18th Century, 1089-1813,

221
Runnell's Sanbomton, N. H., Vol. 1 , 220

Ban Frandsoo 4th of July Celebration, 1877, by
the sons of Revolationary Sires, 222

Book Notices—

Soheiick's Ancestry of Rev. William Scheock,

423
Scull's Dorothea Scott, 224
Sears's Ransom Genealogy, 111
Sharpens Seymour, Coon., 210
Shaw Family Biographical Sketch, 111
Soule Genealogy, 111
Btanwood's Direct Ancestry of Jacob Wendell,

226
Stephens, Alexander H., In Memoriam, 328
Stickney'li Fowler iieneal«>gv, 423
Stillwtll's SUllweil Genealogy 426
Stoddard's Account of Suffering* and Losses of

Jolley Alien. 423
Stone's St'Mie Genealogy, 111
Stone's Orderly Book of Sir John Johnston,

17i6-1777. 215
Stow (Mass.) Bl-Centennial, 422
Talc itt's Notes of New York and New Bngland

Families, 329
Titcomb's Kariv New England People, 224, 830
Towufthend's Townshend Family, 111
Vick's Floral Guide, 1882, 111
Virginia Historical Society's Collections. The

DiiiWiddie Papers, 418
Wad»worth's Wadsworth Family, 329
War of 1880 between the United States and

Great Biitain, 110
Waters's Parish Registers In England, 329
Weitsel Memurial, 329
Whitehead's Documents relating to Colonial

State of New Jersey, 220
W&sleyan University Alumni Beoord, 1881-8,

422
Wheelman, The, 110
Whittier's Whittier Genealogy, 111
Wing's Wing Genealogy, 224
Wlnsor's Gov. Bradford's Manuscript History of

Plymouth PlanUtion, 100
Winthrop Family in Ireland, 829
Wood Family History, 423
Woodredge Family Record, 829
Worcester Society of Antiquity PnblicatioDS, 834
Yorkshire Archseological and Topographical
Association, 223 ; Journal of, 223
Boston. Inscriptiofif In Copp's Hill Burial Ground
on newly discovered graves, 44 ; List of Daniel
Henihaw's Acquaintances in, who died from 1748,
66 ; Directories wanted, 87 i Arrival of Ships
(1062-1673), 162
Bradstreet, Simon, Abstract nf Letter, 209
Braintree, Ma«s., Records, 27, 103, 286, 340
Brehm, Lieutenant Frederioic. Sketch of and Re-
port of Scout, 21
Brinley Pedigree, 882

Brinley, Thomas, genealogical gleaningi of, 881
Bristol Records, 14, 143
Brewster, query, 404
Broughton Genealogy, 298
Brown, John and Peter of Doilmry, 270
Browne, Nathaniel, qu ry, 80
Burges John and William, genealogical gleanings
of, 236, 380

Chester, Joseph L., letter of (1880), 100
Clarke, Nathaniel, reply to query, 80
Clay Kamily, note. 202
Coat-of-Arms of Maine, 43
Cockereli, John, genealt^cal gleanings of, 284
Coffin, Gregory, genealogical gleanings of, 238
0>gswell, William, Memoir of, 117
Coley, Samuel, note. 201 ; answer to, 811
Copp's Hill Burial Ground Inscriptions, 44
Curtis, Timothy, query, 88

Dartmouth Graduates, queries, 807

Da vies, William, query, 88

Deane Genealogy, 288

Deaths, current, 116, 228, 834, 425

Deed of John Smith of Dorchester (1050), 844

DeposlUons— John Ward (1002), 190

Dodge, Richard, qnery, 68

Dover, N. H., Beoocdi, 401

General Index,

Early Bells of MassachoMtU, 40, 203

Kllb, John, query, 88

Ef^tkod, Oenealofcicftl Gleaning* in, 233, 370

KogrsTingB. ( See JUustraUons.)

Xpf Uphs. ( See Inscriptione. }

ErriiHl, JaoKt, query, 406

FaliDoath (Me.) Nefnpapen, notes, 8ft, 800
Ttfst Bellgloas Newspaper, note, 408
Forgery in the Adams Pedigree, IM
dialer- Bd ward, query, 400
Trasier, Nathaniel, note, 202

Oarfield Family In England, 353 ; additions, 400

Geere l>ennis, genealogical gleanings of, 239

QcDealogies—

Bacon, 180 Patterson, 148

Broaghtoo, 293 Thaeber, 12

I><«ne, 288 Wri^tht, 70

earfleld, 263 WyUys, 33

Gibsoo, 888

Oenealotfies In preparattoa uiDoanoed—
Bodge, 812 Mayo, 813

Chaff<*e, 312 Philo, 2u6

Chandler, 90 Prt-ntioe, 90

Chute, 312 Sheldon, 90

CUy, 206 Sherwood. 90

Cog g««hall, 312 Bpooner, 90

Cotey, 206 Btaric weather, 407

Cnnnabell, 407 Terrell. 313

Dupuy, 206 Thwlng. 206

FelU 206 Trabue, 206

Goddard, 312 Treat. 407

Harmoo. 812 Van Hiiosear, 20ft

Barrls, 313 Wooster, 90

Herri :k, 906, 407 Wright, 90

HoiUster, 20ft

Ocnealoglcal Queries, 406

Qeae9«loirieiil Qleanimn in England, 233. 370

OOMon 6e!ieal<vy, 388

Godfrpj. mHju Widow Ann Mesnant. 240

Goodrick. William, genealogical gleanings of 377

Greru, Kdwar*!. geovalogtcal gleanings uf, 236

Greap, &uih, query, 202

Haines or Hindes, James, will of (1062) , 101

Bala, Hon. Artemas, note, 89

Hancock, Pictrait, notes, 80, 406

** Barry the (3uachman," query, 811

Henchman, Capt. DaAiel, compiny in King Philip*s
war, 01 ; Letters of (1076) 07. 70

Hen«haw, Daniel, list of acqanintances In Boston,
wh • died after his removal, 66

Hill, John, genealogical gWanings of, 237

Historical Societies— Procf dings of American Eth
noloKical, 310} Cunton, 316; Delaware, 307;
Bogoenot, 411 } Maine, 92, 200, 408 •, New Hamp-
shire, 400 ; New England Histoiic GenetlogicHl,
91, 206. 313. 408 •, Old Colony. 207 ; Rhode Is-
Un-l. 92, 206, 316, 409 } Virginia, 92, 208, 310,
410

Holland, Joseph, genealoflcal gleanings of, 877

Hopklo», Stephen, query, 809

Hngn*'iiot — the origin an'l meaning of the name, 241

Bolen— UoioD, query, 310

Ilhistratlona— >

Aato/raphs of — John Brouvhtnn. 801 ; Nicholas

Br"Ughti>n. 808; WilVam Cogswell, 117} 8.

Whitney PboBnix, 228 ; Peter ThHtcher, 8
CoAta-df-Arms — Crest King Coat of-Arrot, 404
FortrHit»~William Cogswell, 117 ; S. Whitney

Phce'ilx, 228 ; Nathan Strung, 330 ; Peter

TtMtch<fr, 8
Inaeri|>ci«ios, 48, 84 ; In Copp*s Hill Barial Grouod

on itewly diwovered gntTestones, 44
Ives, Samuel, genealogical gleanings uf, 377

Jooes, Samuel, query, 808

Jooma) o( Lieut Dicdrick Brehm (1701), 28

Kaine, Benjtmin, geneak^ical gleanings of, 234
Kjnir Phiiii>*s War, Soldiers in, 01, 170, 278, 302
Kiof , heraldic notn, 404

Ladd, Rirhard and Robert. querif«, 4'>&
Lancaster (Mass.) Captives in 1670, 194
Lane, Margaret, genoii logical gleanings of, 378
Lane, James, query, 400
Letters—

Joseph L. Chester (1880), 100

Danirl Henchman (1076). 07, 70

Lobb, Richurd (1661), 392

MussMctiasetts Ununcil (1676), 863, (1676) 378

Richara Onslow (1653), 896

Edward Randolph (1684), 168, (1682) 268, (16S6)
268, (1686) 270

Nathaniel Rich (16.'»). 69

Nathaniel Ward (16i8), 68

Mesheck Weare ( 177*t} . 399

Edward Winslow (1651-2), 394, (1663)390
Levalley, Peter, query, 201
Linouin Co., Mass., now Maine. Records, 62
Lobb, Richard. letter of, 1061-3, 392
Locke, n ite, 203

Lungmeadow (Mass.) Reoordi, 368
Lynn Deaths, note, 300

Maine Coat-of-Arms, 43

Maine Parmer, note, 89

Marriage of a Widow, notes, 202, 407

Mason. John, genealrf^cal gleanings of, 237

Maxey. fiunily note, 86

Members of the New England Hi<t. Qea. Society,

OHtuaries of. (See Necrology.)
Memoirs —

H'iiliam Cogswell. 117

S. Whitney Phoenix, 228

Nathan StroDK, 837

Peter Th«itcher, 8
Mes»ant, Widow Ann, alias Godflrey, 240
Metcair, note, 203
Mosely, CMpt t*amuel, in King Philip's War, 170 ;

Letter(1676), 177, 179, 180
Mutinings, E<lm«ind, genealogical gleanings of, 878
Murdock, Samuel, query, 201

Names of Captives at Lancaster, Mass., 1676, 198
Necrr>l'>|ry of the New England Historic Uenealngi-
Cal Society —

William A. Allen, 98

Homes Ammidown, 418'

Leonard Bac m. 94

Paul A. Chadhourne. 412

Dudley R Child. 414

Rainuel L Cr «ker, 412

O-^rge Daniels. 2l4

Frederick Df Peyster, 98

John M. Kensenden, 214

Richard Prothinghnm, 414

Jnm •* D. Green, 94

WillUm 44ree.ie, 317

John 8. Jenness, 99

Marshall Jewell, 415

Hugh M>ntR< mery, 317

ADreti Mudge. 09

Henrv •. Murphv, 213

OtlH Norcross, 208

William A. Parker, 209

William Paver, 96

JamesS. Pike. 212

Jrihn 8pear Smith. 210

Henry 0- Sheldon, '212

Evelyn P Shirley, 97

N»tthanl-I Thayer, 413

Samuel W. Thft.\er, 210

Albert Thompson, 97

R'.ynl W<KMlvrard.211
New England IM-«torlc Genealogical Soclett — An.
nual Adiiresi, 119; Necroivy of. 94, 208, 816,
411; Proceedings of 91.206,313,408
Norris, John, geneKlo.'icil irlr-aninvfl of, 379
Notes and Queries. 84, 199. 3U5, 403

Oake*. Lirut. FMward ami his troooers. 2W
Obituary Notices. (S;;e BiofraphiccU Sketcket and

JVecro/ojry.)
Onslow, Richard, letter (1663), 896

Paige, Capt. NichoUs and his troop, 284

Puts, Dorsthr. (aiMBliicla] fleaiilngi oE, 3M
Puks, H>tlunM,|iBHld(ioU|hwliino(,gia

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PufHer, Jahn, gBn— loflBal fteaalDn of, 338

Puwu, qarrj, 31B

PlTnriiri uid Ttawis UM 1»n UTind In AnB

pHton </ Oinmbei, quOT, KS, 111

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

JANUARY, 1883.

PETER THATCHER, OP CLEVELAND, OHIO.

By Samuel Bbioos, Esq., Member of the Western Reserve and Northern Ohio

Historical Society of Cleveland, 0.

^flHE subject of this sketch was of undoubted puritan ancestry,
A and of a family ** in every branch truly demonstrative." He
was born in Attleborough, Mass., Monday, July 20, 1812, and
deceased at Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, February 12, 1880, being
the eldest son and third child of Peter^ and Salona (Dunham)
Thatcher, of Attleborough, and of the eighth generation, in lineal
descent, from the Rev. Peter Thachcr, rector of the church at Salis-
bury, England, whose son Thomas came to New England with his
uncle Andiony Thacher at the age of fifteen years, in 1635, and sub-
sequently founded and was the first minister of the '^ Old South
Church" at Boston. He is mentioned by contemporary writers aa
" the best scholar of his time," and many of his descendants have-
rendered the name illustrious in church and state.

Peter' Thatcher had limited advantages of education in his eavly
youth, but attended the academies at Wrentham and Amherst, 1826
-8. In 1829 he lived on his father's farm at Attleborough, and in
1830 went to Taunton, determined on achieving his own fortune.
He found employment with a house carpenter, to whom he engaged
himself for one year for forty dollars and board, and here founded
the success which awaited him in after life.

He remained at Taunton two years, and in November, 1834, en-^*
tered the service of the Boston and Providence Railroad as a me-
chanic, won the entire confidence of the company by his faithfulness
and capacity, and was advanced to the responsible charge of super*^
iatendent of construction — fulfilling the duties of his position to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned. For the subsequent sixteen
years he engaged (with the exception of three years) as a contractor
in the building and operation of the following railroads, with uniform
success, adding greatly to his repute as a skilful mechanic :. Stoning^

TOL. XXXVIL 3

10 PeUr Thatcher, of Cleveland, Ohio. [Jan.

ton Railroad, 1836 ; Long Island Railroad, 1837 ; Norwich and
Worcester Railroad, 1838 ; Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, 1839 ;
Taunton and New Bedford Railroad, 1840 ; Trov and Schenectady
Railroad, 1841 ; Nashua and Concord Railroad, 1842 ; ^lacon and
Atlanta Railroad, 1846 ; Vermont Central Railroad, 1847 ; Che-
shire Railroad, 1848; Hudson River Railroad, and Hartford and
£rie Railroad, 1849.

In the years 1843 1 5 he was engaged in the construction of forts
Warren and Independence in Boston harbor, under the superintend-
ence of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, an early officer of the Military Acad-
emy at West Point, N. Y., and the following extracts from a letter
will suffice to show the esteem in which he was held. Mr. Wright,
superintendent of engineers at Fort Warren, writes : ^ He possesses
a thorough acquaintance with his business, and combines great in-
telligence with an uncommon degree of faithfulness in the discharge
of duty. I feel assured that whoever is so fortunate as to command
his services will esteem him a great acquisition.**

In the year 1850, having obtained the control of the Howe patent
truss bridge, he associated himself with Greorge H. Burt and Albert
C. McXairy, under the style of Thatcher, Burt & Co., with offices
at Springfield, Mass., and Cleveland, Ohio, to which latter place
Mr. Thatcher shortly after removed.

For the following thirteen years he was one of the foremost bridge
builders in the west, and the monuments of his skill and energy
existed on nearly all the original railroads in Ohio, Michigan, In-
diana and Kentucky — Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Rail-
road, Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, Cleveland and Toledo Rail-
road, Panhandle Railroad, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad, Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and others.

In 1862 he rebuilt the bridge over the Cumberland river at Nash-
ville, Tenn., which was burned during the war.

In 1863, having relinquished the business of bridge building, in
which he had been engaged for thirteen years, George W. Gard-
ner, of Cleveland, became an associate, and the firm of Thatcher,
Gardner, Burt & Co., erected the Union Elevator at Cleveland,
and the same success which characterized the former enterprises of
Mr. Thatcher still attended him here. The dissolution of the firm
*by the withdrawal of Mr. Thatcher occurred in 1865.

About this time a company was formed for the manufacture of a
durable and fire-proof paint from iron ore, of which association
Mr. Thatcher was chosen president, and he at once entered on a
vigorous prosecution of the business, succeeding beyond the antici-
pation of its directors. He also purchased the patent, and up to the
period of his decease manufactured a " metallic shingle " or iron
roofing, which after a test of years has been acknowledged to be un-
equalled for strength, durability, economy and beauty.

1883.] Peter Thatcher, of Cleveland, Ohio. 11

Socially Mr. Thatcher was a genial, whole-souled gentleman, and
enjoyed the affection and respect of a large circle of friends, and as
a citizen and business man commanded the confidence of all. Politi-
cally he was a republican, and though never seeking preferment he
held several offices of public trust. He was a commissioner of the
Cleveland Water Works for six years, and for three years he held
the important position of member of the State Board of Public
Works, giving in each instance universal satisfaction.

At the close of his term of service in the latter body, he was pre-
sented by his associates and the employees of the Ohio Canal, as a
token of their regard and esteem, with a gold-headed cane inscribed
to " Uncle Peter," and a watch-chain to which was attached a Ma-
sonic jewel of the Thirty-second degree.

He was not a member of any church organization, but always
manifested a lively interest in public institutions, churches, schools
and charitable associations, his purse and influence being always at
command to advance the cause of education and benevolence. He
was an active member of the building committee of the First Pres-
byterian (Stone) Church ; president for two years of the Cleveland
Library Association, and during the war of the rebellion he took
an active part in providing for the welfare of the soldiers, contribut-
ing freely his personal services and his means to the cause. He
was chairman of the Committee on Halls and Buildings during the
Fair held in aid of the ^ Sanitary Commission." He also was a
member of the Cleveland Humane Society, a member of the West-
em Beserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, and at his de-
cease was a member of the Committee on Genealogy. He was a
subscriber to the Register at its inception, and much interest-
ed in the progress of the New England Historic Genealogical Soci-
ety. He had collected much material for a history of the '' Thatch-
er family,*' which now only exists in scattered notes and fragments,
and can be but with difficulty arranged. His ret^idence was, and is
now, a veritable museum of antiquities of the "Thacher family,"
containing many mementoes in the shape of letters, books, sermons
and portraits of prominent individuals of the earlier generations of
the name, which relics are religiously preserved by his family.

Mr. Thatcher was prominently identified with the Masonic Fra-
ternity of Cleveland, having been initiated as an Entered Appren-
tice in Iris Lodge, No. 229, at that city, September 11, 1854, and
rapidly advanced to the highest honors of the craft in Lodge, Chap-
ter, Council and Commandery. In association with Killian H.
Van Bensselaer, he with George H. Burt, Albert C. McNairy,
Richard Creighton, Robert Weaver, Theodore Ross and others, or-
ganized the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry at Cleveland, now one of
the most prosperous and respected bodies in the state. For eight-
een years prior to his death he was treasurer of the Grand Comman-
dery of Knights Templar of Ohio ; and as a further evidence of the

12 Peter Thateher, of Cleveland, Ohio. [Jan.

respect in which he was held, a Lodge and Chapter in Cuyahoga
County each bear his name.

At his decease each masonic body with which he had been con-
nected adopted resolutions testifying to his faithfiilness to the insti-
tution, and their deep sorrow at the demise of one who could truly
be called an honest man.

His funeral was, at his desire, conducted under the auspices of
the Masonic Fraternity, directed by R. W. J. Kelly O'Neall, Grand
Master of Ohio, assisted by Rev. F. L. Hosmer of the Church of
the Unity, and Rev. T. M. House of Christ Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the remains were borne to the grave by ex-mayor Ste-
phen Buhrer, ex-mayor Frederick W. Pelton, ex-mayor William G.
Rose, ex-sheriff Pardon B. Smithr commissioner C. Porter JeWett,
and Messrs. W. W. Parker, J. Burton Parsons and Eli Ely, all
life-long friends and associates of ^' Uncle Peter," as he was famil-
iarly called.

The funeral oration was pronounced by Rev. F. L. Hosmer, and
contained the following tribute to his memory : ^ We are here to-
day to pay a tribute of respect and tender memory to the brother
who has gone. His has been a life of more than ordinary activity,
a life of energy and enterprise ; and through all he made strong,
loving and lasting friends ; and that is the best tribute we can pay
him to-day. By many, very many, his death will be long regret-
ted. We all remember, and well, the kindness and generosity of
his heart. But he has passed away. He has passed through that
portal through which we must all pass sooner or later. He has
joined the army of the great majority. We join in the service of
tender regret for his memory."

His body was laid to rest in the family plot at Woodland
Cemetery.

Thacher Pedigree.

The line of descent of Hon. Peter Thatcher, as gathered from
papers in possession of his family, and which was compiled by him-
self, is as follows :

Petrr^ Thacher, the earliest progenitor in this line, was a clergyman
of Sarutn, England, and had six sons and three daughters, viz. : Peter ;^
Thomas,' clergyman ; Ann ;' Martha,' married Mathew Barker, and lived
at Turner's Hall, Philpot Lane, London, England, 1 676 ; Elizabeth ;' John,*
died in England about 1673; Samuel;' Paul,' living at Salisbury, Eng-
land, 1676; Barnabas.'

Thomas,' born in England, May 1, 1620, bapt. at parish church, Sarum,
England, 1622. He arrived at Boston, June 4, 1635, in company with his
uncle Anthony Thacher, minister at Marblehead, and was brought up and
educated by Rev. Charles Chauncey, afterwards president of Harvard Col-
lege. He married first, May 11, 1643, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Ralph
Partridge, the minister at Duxbury. She died June 2, 1664. Ordained

1883.] Peter Thatekery of Cleveland, Ohio. 13

pmstor to the charch at Weymouth, Jmn. 2, 1644. He married second at
BoetoD, Margaret, daughter of Heurj Webb and widow of Jacob Sheaffe,
to which place he removed aboat May, 1669, and was called to the pas-
toral cliai^ of the Old South Church" there, Feb. 16, 1670, where he re-
mained until his decease, October 15, 1678.* His children were: Peter,
bom at Salem, Mass., July 18, 1651, died December 27, 1727 ; Ralph ;*t
Thomas,' died at Boston, April 2, 1686 ; Patience,* mar. William Kemp;
Elizabeth,* mar. first, Nathaniel Davenport, killed in the Narraganset
Fight, Dec 19, 1675, mar. second, Samuel Davis.

Peter,* visited London, 1676 ; returned, was ordained pastor of church
at Milton, June 1, 1681; married first, November 21, 1677, Theodora,

daughter of Rev. John Oxenbridge; married second, , 1699, Susaima,

widow of Rev. John Bailey, of Boston (no issue) ; married third, ,

Elisabeth, widow of Rev. Jonathan Gee, of Boston (no issue). He had
children by first wife : Theodora^ ; Bathsheba^ ; Oxenbridge,^ t bom May
17, 1681, died October 29, 1772; Elizabeth*; Mary*; Peter/ bom Oc-
tober 6, 1688, died April 22, 1744; John*; Thomas*; John,* 2d. The
portrait and watch of Peter* are in the possession of Peter Thatcher, Jr.,
of Cleveland, Ohio.

Peter,* graduated at H. C. 1706 ; began to preach at Middleborough,
Mass., September, 1707 ; ordained third minister at that place, November

2, 1 709. He married, , Mary, daughter of Samuel Prince, Esq., of

Sandwich. (Possibly he had second wife Mercy , of Rochester; MS.

indistinct.) His children were : Mary,* born Wednesday, November 22,
1711 ; Mercy,* born Friday, April 9, 1713, died December, 1745, married
1734, Nathaniel Foster; Peter,* born Saturday, January 14, 1715, died
September 13, 1785; Samuel,' born Monday, June 10, 1717; Susanna,*
born Monday, January 22, 1719, died December, 1747; Thomas,* boru Sat-
urday, May 13, 1721, died December 10, 1744; John,' bom Saturday,
April 12, 1723, died January 2, 1748 ; Oxenbridge,* born Saturday, July
12, 1725, died June, 1776; Moses,* born Sunday, October 22, 1727, died
November, 1747; Theodora,* born Sunday, October 12, 1729, died July
27, 1732.

Peter,* graduated at H. C. 1737 ; ordained minister at Attleborough,

Mass., November 30, 1748; married , 1749, Bethiali, daughter of

Obadiah Carpenter, of Attleborough, and had children : Mercy,* born De-
cember 16, 1751, died January 14, 1835, married June, 1768, John Tyler
(b. April 26, 1746, d. May 22, 1822), and lived at Harford', Pa.; Peter,*
bom October 21, 1753, died December 4, 1814, at Attleborough, Mass.;

• A letter ftrom him dated '* Boston 16. 8. 1676," is printed in the Rbgistbr, Vol. viii.
pages 177-8. The original is now in the possession of Mr. Peter Thatcher, Jr., 60 Seneca
Street, Cleveland, Ohio, son of the sal>ject of this memoir. It has a seal bearing the arms
of the writer, which will be the subject of an article in the April number of the Reoistbk.
— EnrroR.

t Ralph, ordained first minister at Chilmark ( ?), Mass. ; resided there 1697 ; dismissed
at bin own request, 1714.

Ralph* had son Peter,* H. C. 1696; ordained Weymouth, November 26, 1707 ; installed
pastor ** New North Church," Boston, 1723; died March 1, 1739.

I Oxenbridge,* grad. H. C. 1698 ; many years selectman of Boston and representative to
Oeneral Court ; removed to Milton, was representative from there also. Was a preacher
and pnbUc man. He had son Oxenbridge.^ an attorney of eminence, graduated H. C. 1738,
died July 8, 1765, aged 46. Was representative to Genera I Court for Boston. Oxenbridge*
had aon Peter,* bom at Milton, March 21, 1752, graduated II. C. 1769, master of grammar
school, Chelsea, ordained minister at Maiden. Sept. 19, 1770. Installed pastor of Brattle
Street Cborrh at Boston, January 12, 1785, died Savann.ih, Qa., Dec. 16, 1802.

VOL. ZXXYU. 3*

14 Bristol Records. [Jan.

Thomas/ born November 24, 1755, died May, 1823, uDmarried, lived at
Princeton, Mass.; Obadiah,* born July 30, 1757, died Harford, Pa., 1838;
John,* bom Attleborough, October 25, 1759, died at Harford, Pa., January
8, 1841, married December 7, 1780, Sally Richardson, b. at Attleborough,
Mass., Nov. 26, 1762, d. Harford, Pa., June 9, 1840 ; Mary,« born March
24, 1762, died unmarried; Bethiah,* bom March 27, 1764, died August 20,
1845, married Noah Blandin^, and lived at Attleborough, Mass. ; Moses,*
born August 15, 1766, died October 17 (?Sept), 1845 ; Samuel,* born Oc-
tober 28, 1768, died October 9, 1833; Nathan Prince,* born Febmary 13,
1771, died September 19, 1772.

Peter,* farmer, lived and died at Attleborough ; married April 16, 1778,
Nanna, daughter of Capt. John Tyler, of Attleborough, she born July
15, 1754, died January 17, 1816, and had children: Peter,^ born Tues-
day, March 30, 1779, died Sunday, September 20, 1863 ; Mercy,^ born
February 16, 1783, married first, Timothy Balcom, of Attleborough, mar^
ried second, Ebenezer Tiffany, of Pawtucket, R. I. ; Phebe,' born May 22,
1786, married Elias Ingraham, of Attleborough, and died December 25,
1870, at Pawtucket, R. I. ; Ona,^ bom March 24, 1788, died August 6, 1788.

Peter,^ married first, Monday, May 7, 1804, Salona, daughter of Capt.
Abial Dunham, of Attleborough, she bom Sunday, June 11, 1780, died Oc-
tober 31, 1824; married second, January 12, 1826, Susan Carpenter, of

Foxboro*, Mass., widow of Pratt, she born August 20, 1796, died

. His children were, by first wife : Calista Caroline,* born Saturday,

February 9, 1805, died November 23, 1824; Anne Tyler,* born Friday,
July 4, 1806, married January 1, 1828, Harvey, son of Noah Claflen, of
Attleborough, Mass., born July 7, 1802 ; Peter* (the subject of this me-
moir), born Monday, July 20, 1812, died Cleveland, Ohio, February 12,
1880; Salona Harriet,* born Saturday, November 7, 1818, married Lloyd
French, of Taunton, Mass. By second wife : Susan Barstow,* born Fri-
day, January 19, 1827 ; John,* bom Tuesday, November 4, 1828; William
Tyler,* born Monday, April 26, 1830; Calista Caroline,* 2d, born Tuesday,
August 12, 1835.

Peter* (the subject of this memoir), married May 6, 1849, Sarah Ad-
ams, daughter of Endor and Lydia (Adams) Estabrook, of West Cam-
bridge (now Arlington), Mass. (b. Jan. 22, 1820, living [1882] Cleveland,
O.). Their children were: Peter,* bom Saturday, August 31, 1850, living
(1882) unmarried at Cleveland, O. ; became blind, Febmary, 1864, from
spinal meningitis. John Adams,* born Thursday, February 26, 1852, liv-
ing (1882) at Cleveland, O., unmarried. Annie Adams,* born March 18,
1855, died February 17, 1857.

BRISTOL RECORDS.

Commnnicated by the Rev. Jakes P. Lake, of Norton, Mass.

N the Register for April and July, 1880, pages 132-138, and
259-264, was published a List of Baptisms from the records of
the Church of Christ at Bristol, R. I. (formerly Bristol, Mass.),
organized May 3, 1687. This list was copied from the oldest rec-

1883.] Bristol Records. 15

ord book now In possession of the church, the last entry in which
was of the date Feb. 17, 1727-8. From that date until 1741 there
is no record. In that year the minister, Rev. John Burt, began a
new record-book, introducing a brief epitome of the history of the
church up to that time, with the following paragraph :

** The Church of Christ in Bristol tho' of ancient standing is with-
out any Record. Whether any was kept by former ministers or lost
after y decease I can't say. By wh. means many inconveniences
have happened. So y' most we can gather concerning ye time of
its settlement and ye pastors of it, is from certain manuscript papers
of Mr. John Cary one of ye .first Deacons of said Church, from
whence I have collected as follows."

It appears from this that the first record-book was not then in pos-
session of the church. It was doubtless subsequently discovered
and brou<Tht to light, although we have now no way of knowing
when or by whom. From 1727 to 1741 was the period of the min-
istry of the Rev. Barnabas Taylor, graduate of Harvard College in
1721. If his records or any facts concerning his personal history
can be given by any one, we shall be very glad to obtain them for
preservation in the church archives.

From Parson Burt's book we give a continuation of the List of
Baptisms down to 1775, when, by the calamities of the Revolution-
ary War, the church was scattered for a time, and the ordinances
were suspended.

Baptisms. Rev. John Burt, Pastor.

Timothy, son of Jonathan and Sarah Glading.
Benjamin, son of Nathan and Bathsheba Jones.
Solomon, " " " *'

Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Eliz. Lefavour.
Isaac, son of Cornelias and Ann Waldron.
Stephen, son of Samuel and Eliz. Smith.
Isaac Drown. Adult.

Vial, son of Rogers and Susanna Richmond.
Benjamin, son of Charles and Friscilla Munro.
Mary, daughter of Constant and Mary Clark.
Martha, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Salisbury.
Esther, daughter of John and Esther Philips.
Abigail, daughter of Capt. Samuel and Mary Gallop.
Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Mary Throop.
Susanna, daughter of Allen and Hannah Cary.
Josiah, son of John and Mary Gladding.
Samuel, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth James.
Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and Sarah Drowne.
Martha, daughter of William and Mary Lindsey.
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Jemima Wardwell.
Benjamin Fairbanks, Adult.
Benjamin Cathbert, Adult.
Urtllla, daughter of John and Jane Oldridge.

1741.

May

17.
24.

30.

Jane

14.

21.

28.

July

25.

Aug.
Sept.

16.
13.

27.

Oct

11.

18.

Nov.

15.

22.

1742.

Jan.

31.

Feb.

14.

Mar.

14.

May

16.

June

13.

27.

Aug.

22.

29.

Sept

19.
25.

16 Bristol Records. [Jan.

Elizabeth, daughter of Gamaliel and Elizabeth Clark.
Mrs. Rebecca Fairbanks, Adult.
Sarah, daughter of Simon and Hannah Davis.
Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Peck.
Samuel, sou of Joseph and Rebecca Phillips.
Josiah, son of Benjamin and Abigail Smith.
John, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.
Nathaniel, son of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.
Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Ruth Edsy.
Mary, daughter of Solomon and Mary Vonheiner.
Rebecca, daughter of Edward aud Mary Little.
William, son of '* " **

Oct 10. Abigail Truck, adult, mulatto.

Dimine, adult negro woman of Mrs. Joles.
24^ Hannah, daughter of Allen and Hannah Gary.

a a , f rp^jQ children of Jeremiah and Sarah Diman.
iiannah, )

Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Finney.

Deborah, daughter of John and Lydia Cochran.

John, son of John and Mary Bosworth.

Mary, daughter of John and Mary Bosworth.

Mary, daughter of Isaac and Alice Crocker, Indians.

Nathaniel, son of Charles and Priscilla Munro.

Mrs. Mary Booth, Adult

Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Smith.

Esther, daughter of John and Esther Phillips.

Lucretia, daughter of Richard and Lucretia Smith.

Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Peck.

Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah Glading.

Lydia, daughter of William and Mary Lindsey.

Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth Church.

Benjamin, son of Abigail Truck, widow of Hare Truck.

Uarier )

P^ ' y daughters of Dim me, Mrs. Joles negro woman.

Nov. 6. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Jr. and Mary Throop.
Michael, son of Joseph and Rebecca Phillips.
Peter, son of John and Mary Gladding.
Martha, daughter of Joseph and Jemima Wardwell.

William, son of William and Mary Wardwell.
Elizabeth, daughter of Rogers and Susanna Richmond.
John, son of John and Lvdia Cockrum.
Nathaniel, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.
Martha, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.
Benjamin, son of Edward and Mary Little.
Charles, son of Capt Simon and Hannah Davis.
William, son of Capt Benjamin and Elizabeth James.
Esther, daughter of Capt Jeremiah and Elizabeth Finney.
Nathaniel, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Lindsey.
Priscilla, daughter of " " **

Dec. 16. William, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Diman.

Nov.

14.

21.

1743.

Feb.

20.

Nov.

27.

April

24.

May

22.

July
Aug.
Sept.

31.
25.
18.

25.

Dec.

18.

1744.

Jan.

Feb.

12.

April

1.
22.

29.

May
July
Nov.

27.

11.

18.

1883.] Bristol Records. 1 7

1745.
Feb. 3. NathaDiel, sod of Benjamin and Abigail Smith.
Mar. 3. Aaron, son of John and Mary Bos worth.

10. William, son of William and Mary Lindsey.
April 1 4. John, son of John and Esther Phillips.

Thomas, son of Richard and Lucretia Smith.
May 5. Loring, son of Jonathan and Hannah Peck.

Samuel, ^n of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.

James, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Smith.

Abigail, daughter of William and Mary Wardwell.

Daniel, son of Charles and Priscilla Munro.

Mary, daughter of Rogers and Susanna Richmond.

Joseph, son of Joseph and Rebecca Phillips.

Joyce, daughter of Joseph and Ruth Eadey.

Joseph, son of Benjamin and Hannah Parmiter.

Martha, daughter of John and Mary Gladding.

Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Jemima Wardwell.

Lydia, daughter of Capt. John and Lydia Cockrum.
Thomas, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Diman.
William, son of William and Mary Lindsey.
Esther, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.
Nathaniel Church, son of Capt. Simon and Hannah Davis.
Mary, daughter of William and Mary Bosworth.
Sarah, daughter of Rogers and Susannah Richmond.
Benjamin, son of Dimme, Mrs. Jole's negro woman.
John, sou of John and Sarah Coy.

Mrs. Mary Marks, adult.
Joseph, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.
Susanna, daughter of John and Esther Phillips.
Nathaniel, son of Joseph and Rebecca Phillips.
Michael, son of Michael and Bridget Phillips.
Bridget, daughter " " "

Nathaniel, son of Capt Jonathan and Hannah Peck.
George, son of Stephen and Elizabeth Rawson.
Baptized by Rev. Mr. Diman, Salem.
Simeon Potter, son of Capt. John and Lydia Cockrum.
Sarah, daughter of John and Mary Bosworth.
Joseph, son of Benjamin and Abigail Smith.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Tomkins.
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.
Joseph, son of William and Mary Lindsey.
Mary, daughter of William and Mary Wardwell.
Nathaniel Tomkins, Adult.
Anna,daughter of Joseph and Sarah Russell.
Daniel, son of John and Mary Gladding.

By Rev. Mr. Turner.
Joseph, son of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.

Benjamin, son of William and Mary Bosworth.
Richard, son of Richard and Lucretia Smith.
Samuel, son of Capt Simon and Hannah Davis.

June

Aug.

11.

Oct

Nov.

10.

Dec.

29.

1746.

Feb.

Mar.

30.

April

27.

May

11.

June

22.

July 8.

Sept. 28.

1747.

Feb.

March 8.

28.

April

12.
19.

26.

May

16.

17.

July

Aug.
Oct

30.
9.

11.

25.

Nov.

Dec

13.

20.

27.

1748.

Feb.

28.

Mar.

20.

April

May
Sept

22.
4.

Oct

25.

16.

Nov.

30.
6.

18 Bristol Records. [Jan.

JohD, son of Eleazer (deceased) and Mary Reynolds.
Joseph, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Diman.
Martha, daughter of Shearjashub and Ruth Bourn.
Joseph, son of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.
Joseph, son of John (deceased) aud Mary Lawless.
William, son " '* " ••

Samuel, son of John and Sarah Coy.

Ye parents both deceased and ye children offered by
Mrs. Mary Fairbanks y' grandmother.
1749.
Jan. 15. John, son of Capt Francis and Elizabeth Ross.

29. Tabitha, daughter of John and Tabitha Packom [Peckham ?]
Phebe, daughter of John and Phebe Wardwell.
April 2. Mrs. Rebecca Nooning, Adult.

James, son of Timothy and Rebecca Nooning.

Mary, daughter of " " "

Hannah, daughter of John and Mary Bosworth.

Martha, daughter of Charles and Priscilla Munro.

Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.

Dido, negro woman of Jonathan Woodbury, Esq.

Samuel, son of Benjamin and Abigail Smith.

Phebe, daughter of Allen Cary (deceased) and Hannah Cary

alias Hannah Clark.
Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Mehitabel Wardwell.
Joseph, son of Joseph and Mary Reed.
Ruth, daughter of William and Mary Bosworth.

William, son of William and Mary Wardwell.
Martha, daughter of William and Mary Lindsey.
Primus, Mr. GreenhiU's negro man.
Jonathan, son of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.
Nathan Munro. Adult.

Nathaniel, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Church.
Daniel, son of Daniel and Phebe Waldron.
Simon, son of Capt Simon and Hannah Davis.
Rebecca, daut of Richard and Lucretia Smith.
Elizabeth, daut of Daniel and Mary Bradford.
Elizabeth, daut of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.
William, son of John aud Sarah Coy.

Hannah, daut of Samuel and Hannah Clark.

Susanna, daut of John and Phebe Wardwell.

Benjamin, son of Michael and Bridget Phillips (deceased.)

William, son of Jonathan and Tabitha Packom [Feckham ?]

Cabel, son of John and Mary Bosworth.

Sandford, son of Charles and Priscilla Munro.

William, son of William and Mary Bosworth.

John, son of William and Mary Lindsey.

Benjamin, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Diman.

Shearjashub, son of Shearjashub and Ruth Bourn.

16.

23.

May
June

14.
11.

July

2.
23.

Oct

22.

Nov.

1750.

Jan.

28.

March 4.

25.

April
June

22.
17.

July

1.
15.

Aug.

5.
12.

Sept
Oct.

23.

28.

1751.

Jan.

20.

Mar.

21.

24.

June

30.

Aug.

18.

1752.

Jan.

1883 . ] Bristol RectnxU. 19

Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Hannah Fales.

Benjamin, son of William and Mary Ward well.

Nathaniel, son of Belamy and Esther Bosworth.

Newton, son of Daniel and Phebe Waldron.

Abigail, daut of Stephen and Mehitable Wardwell.

Nehemiah, son of Nathan and Joanna Cobb.

Priscilla, daut. Daniel and Mary Bradford.

Elizabeth, daut. of John and Elizabeth Phillips.

Hannah, daut. of Joseph and Mary Reed.

Rebecca, daut. of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.

Mary, daut. of John and Mary Gladding. '

Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.

Sarah, daut. of John and Sarah Coy.

Mary, daut. of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.

Fr'^heth [ ^^^" dauts. of John and Phebe WardwelL

Jeremiah, son of Josi^h and Molly Finney.

Sarah, daut. of James and Sarah Allen.

Deborah, daut. of Thomas and Elizabeth Church.

Sarah, daut. of John and Tabitha Packom [Peckham ?]

Sarah, daut of Samuel and Hannah Clark.

Benjamin, son of William and Mary Lindsey.

Richard, son of Richard and Lucretia Smith.

Mrs. Mary Gladding. Adult.

Jonathan, son of Benjamin and Sarah Boyce.

Jeremiah, son of John (Jr.) and Mary Ingraham.

Elizabeth, daut. of Samuel and Elizabeth Bosworth.

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Jr. (deceased) and Phebe Smith.

Lydia, daughter of David and Anstis Talby.

Samuel, son of Joseph and Mary Reed.
Alithea, daut. of William and Mary Bosworth.
Sarah, daut. of William and Mary Wardwell.
Ameratia, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Fales.
Samuel, son of John and Dorothy Reynolds.
George, son of Daniel and Phebe Waldron.
George, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.
Mehitable, daut. of Gamaliel and Elizabeth Clark.
Nathaniel, son of Samuel and Mary Gladding.

12.

Feb.

16.

Mar.

29.

April

May

June

26.

10.

14.

July
Nov.

26.
12.

26.

1753.

Jan.

15.

Feb.

Mar.

11.

18.

May

13.
25.

June

24.

July

1.
8.

Nov.

1754.

Jan.

20.

27.

March 3.

31.

April

21.

May

19.
26.

Jane

Aug.

18.

Sept
Oct

29.
13.

20.

27.

Nov.

Dec

( Abigail, ^
4 Ajuba, y
(Elizabeth, )

dauts. of Abigail Aqua, a Mulatto.

Hannah, daut of Edward and Anstis Talby.
Wilson, son of John and Mary Ingraham.
Ebenezer, son of Bellamy and Esther Bosworth.
Phebe, daut. of Capt Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.
Timothy, son of John and Mary Bosworth.
James, son of James and Sarah Aldeu.
John Anthony, Adult
Elizabeth, daut of Josiah and Molly Finney.
22. Stephen, son of Stephen and Mehitable Wardwell.

20 Bristol Records. [J

1755.
Biar. 30. Solomon, son of John and Mary Gladding.
May 18. Thomas Green. Adult.

Thomas Green Jr. Adult

Hannah Green. Adult.

Nathaniel Green. Adult

g ^^^7' . V children of Thomas and Elizabeth Green.

N. B. Te above persons were Thomas Green Esq', and
his children by his wife Elizabeth. Thomas, Hannah
and Nathaniel were baptized upon y' owning covenant,
& Mary and Benjamin were offered by y' parents.

Samuel, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.

Martha, daut of William and Mary Wardwell.

Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bosworth.

Sarah, daut. of Matthew and Elizabeth Bright

Susanna, daut of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.

Jemima, daut of William and Mary Lindsey.

Sarah, daut of Richard and Lucretia Smith.

Samuel, son of Capt Daniel and Phebe Waldron.

Grindal, son of John and Dorothy Reynolds.

Sarah, daut of John and Sarah Anthony.

June

29.

July

13.
20.

27.

Aug.

Oct

19.

26.

Nov.

23.

1756.

Jan.

11.

April

25.

May

9.
23.

June

13.

July

25.

Aug.

22.

Sept
Oct.

26.
3.

Nov.

14.

21.

1757.

Jan.

Mar.

13.

20.

April

3.
17.

15.

Benjamin, son of Shearjashub and Ruth Bourn.
Stephen, son of Stephen and Mary Paine.
Josiah, son of John and Tabitha Packom [Peckham ?]
Hannah, daut. of Josiah and Rebecca Waldron.
Christopher, son of Solomon and Sarah Roffy.
Samuel, son of John and Mary Bosworth.
Hannah, daut of Samuel and Ann Church.
George, son of Samuel and Mary Gladding.
Ruth, daut. of William and Mary Bosworth.
Hezekiah, son of Hezekiah and Abigail Salisbury.
Jonah, son of " ** "

Solomon, son of Jonathan and Ann Drown.
Richard, " ** " "

Jonathan, « " " *'

Ann, daut of ** " "

29. Susanna, daut of William and Lydia Martindale.
Samuel, son of Abigail Aqua, a Mullatto.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.
Elizabeth, daut of Isaac and Joyce Young.
George, son of Josiah and Lydia Reynolds.
Stephen Pain. Adult

Elizabeth, daut of Thomas and Elizabeth Church.
Jonathan Woodbury, son of John and Sarah Coy.
Allen, son of Josiah and Molly Finney.
Stephen, son of Edward and Anstis Talby.
Benjamin, son of John and Dorothy Reynolds.
Ruth, daut of John and Elizabeth Waldron.

[To be oontinaed.]

1883.] Lieut. Diederick Brehm. 21

LIEUT. DIEDERICK BREIIM.

Communicated by G. D. Sccll, Esq., of Oxford, Eng.

" Honest Brehm," as he is called in the MS. letters of Captain
Francis Hutcheson to General Haldimand, then in England, was
Diederick Brehm, an officer of engineers of German extraction, who
in 1762 was a lieutenant in Capbiin Etherington's Company of the
Ist Battalion of the Royal American Ke*jiment. It is probable he
cjime to America at the same time with Col. Frederick Ilaldimand
and Col. Henry Bouquet. He was with Col. Ilaldimand at the
capture of Ticonderoga. Col. James Montr^sor mentions in his
Journal, April 3, 1759, ''General Amherst showed me Lieut.
Brchm's plan of Ticonderoga and environs, &c." After the capitu-
lation of the fort he writes to Col. Bouquet, December 9, 1759, that
"since the taking of Ticonderoga I am left to repair it again, which
waii very much damaged by the Ennemy, in blowing up one Bastion
intirely in which they had their Powder Magazine and two more
which were casematted with Logges, they burnt by combustibel stoff
antl Powder, also three fourth of their Barraks before we could ex-
tinguish the Flames : the Flanks in which they had Sallyports were
wholly ruined. The Fort is a verry triifling small oblong with four
Basitions, the Parapets thin, it has 2 Ravelins of stone (verry good
ones if they were bigger) before the most exposed sides ; it is situ-
ate«l upon a Ridge of Roks, about 300 yards from the point, in the
midst of a low nek of Land form'd by Lacke Champlain and the
River by which Lacke George emptys itself into Lacke Champlain ;
the Fort Kan't be inlarged for narrowness of the Roks ; at the out-
most point of Rokes were the Lacke is but 5 or 600 yards wide, is
a Stone Redout in the form of an Bastion hous, point is towards
the Fort, which the French had to secure theyr retreat with Battoos
ns the Lacke a little below it is a mill wide." In 1763 Lieut.
Brehm was with Col. Henry Gladwin in Fort Detroit, when it was
closely invested by the celebrated Indian chief Pontiac. The gar-
rison was very short of provisions until relieved by Lieut. John
ilontr^sor, who succeeded in introducing a supply into the fort on
the third of October (1763).

There was a reduction in the army in the year 1763, and Lieut.
Brehm despairing of the future, as to his chances of promotion in
his regiment, determined to make an attempt to exchange his full
|>ay for half pay, asking for the exchange the difference of £220,
because he thinks " he could live happier in some parts of the Jersies,
with a small interest of the difference between full and half pay,
added to the half pay, then to remain full pay Lieutenant without
hoops of preferment and in a Frontier Fort for life. It putts me

TOL. X2XVII. 4

22 Liemi. IHederick Breim. [Jan.

in mitbd of Siveria acd tl>eref >re h seem* kirder. as I am shore not
\0nit2 «fij m>re a Ba««ian subject.* C>I. Bouquet seems to hare
I'^wrs annore^l acd reluctant t'> part wiili such a g'CMd officer from
fal* r«^^^r^*ent, a&d f^erhaps showed ii in his leiier*. for' henceforth
Bnrhrii's letxerp are formal and less cordial than at first. Under date
of \'iV*rifiF>er 13th. 17<>4. from Detr.»:t, he write*: 'I take ones
m^^re the Liljertj of be^^iog joor faToar in allowing me to go out
fA the Re^ment upon full paT« as I have i:ieen lockv enough to re-
move that difficult J vou was kindlj pleased to mention in answer
to my firwt letter that of the service loosing a good officer. I have
g^/t Lieut. John Hay now Fort Major hier. he is a better officer and

willing to serve upon his half pay instead of me in the Regiment "

Ilii! n;irae disapf^ears from the It<)yal Americans, and nothing further
can lie a«scertained aUiUt him until he re-appears as Captain Brehm
in a |io#t<«cript to a letter from Lord Percy at Boston to General
Ilaldimand in En;rland (December 14. 1775 1. ^I be^ vou will be
kind enough to make my best compliments to Ciptain Brehm and
tell him the En^neers have not found it necessary to alter his works
in the least which has been found remarkablv useful." Ue accom-
panif'd Gen. Ilaldimand to England in 1775. and was soon after his
arrival sent X/} Germany upon some recruiting service. When Gen.
Ilaldimand was appointed Governor General of Canada, Captain
Brehm returned with him in the summer of 1778 and was made one
of his aid-de-camps. In Oct. 6, 1778, he was stationed at De
Lorurs IIouf*e on the River St. Lawrence, near the rapids, directing
the erection of a post there. In 17711 he was ordered on a tour of
insf>ection and observation of the far western posts, "by the route of
Lar;hine and Detroit," and visited Niagara, &c. From 1780 to
1785 Capt. Brehm was the Barrack Master General for the depart-
ment of Quebec.

LieiU. Brehm* $ Report to hit Excellency General Amherst of a scout going

from Montreal by I^a Galette — round part of the North Shore of Lake

Ontario to Niagara^ from thence round the South Shore of Lake Erie to

Detroit^ up Lake St, Claire and part of Lake Huwny returning by land to

Fort Pia.

— 1761 —
In going from Montreal ap St. Lawrence nver Mr. Davis of the Royal
Artillery, had a sketch of said River which he will deliver to your Excel-
lency, if the difficulty occasioned by so many Islands where he seemed some-
times to be lost, would allow him to bring it together. Major Rogers in
making all possible speed in going round Lake Ontario, very often was
obliged to take Nights for it. The wind and Surf not being so high
as in the day time, so that I could not correct much of the plan given
to mo as by the mistake of the guide we went wrong. Our arrows
were corrected by the Plan — and got to right again as likewise fixing our
course at night by the plan, we came very near the place intended which
•hows that the Plan is good in the main, better then I could have made,
my watch being out of order and without a Log line. The rivers in said

1883.] Lieut, Diederich Brehm, 23

•

Plan are marked too lar^e for the scale appearino[ like Harbours for vessels
instead of that. Them that I saw are but small the entry shut up by the
surf, as will be mentioned hereafter in Lake Erie. Some little coves are
left out and the shore drawn smooth which in plans of a small scale must
be the case. I have made the said Lake upon the same scale with Lake
Erie by enlarging the French plan in proportion and corrected the shore
in particular about Toronto.

The land along the Cove or Bay des Cove is high & rocky in which bay
we went by a mistake in the night from Frontenac & arrived at daybreak at
the farther point of the Peninsula forming said bay. We coasted the penin-
sula and arrived at the point du Detour where we lay one day, the wind be-
ing high. The land along it is but low and of slate stone kind, and not very
safe for boats to land in a strong southerly wind. The surf in the lower
parts, washes over the shore, and drowns the lands.

Next evening we left said point and took the course from the plan for
Presque Isle de Quinte which peninsula is low and moist, drowned except
the point which is rocky, for a good many miles. As far as I could see
were mountains behind the shore. We went far from shore so as to have
the advantage of a fair wind & lay in the river Gunorasky. From Gano-
rasky we went to River au Saumon, & from there we went along high &
8teep clay banks round the peninsula of Toronto which is likewise low and
the neck of it very narrow. The Indians and French carrying their canoes
over the neck to save the way round it, and we landed at Toronto where I
saw the remains of a stockade fort about 50 yards square which the French
burnt after Niagara was taken. I was told that it was built upon request
of the Indians who used to hunt at some points and the river about it, and
between Lake Ontario and Huron, to bring their furs and skins to market,
where they found all sorts of Commodity in Exchange without going any
farther. The soil seems very good and rich but rather hilly. The river
Toronto is about 35 yards wide, though narrow at the mouths and I was
told it was but 15 miles navigable, whenever rafts and falls interrupt the
Davi<Tation.

We saw from there the other shore towards Niagara therefore concluded
the distance not so far as marked in the plan but by the time of passing it
across and the hi<][h land towards Lake Erie makes me believe it to be
very little narrower than the plan shows. The next day we intended by a
favourable wind to go over to Niagara, but about an hour and a half after
our departure the wind turned entirely and drove us to the leaward in the
night. We made shore but could not tell where we were and sifter coasting
near 2 hours we landed and lay by, about Miller above Niagara, where
we arrived next day. It would be one of the best forts if the Enemy could
be obliged only to attack it from the point of land where it is built upon.

The Narrows between Lake Ontario and Erie is wide between 5 and
800 yards ; and navigable for 9 miles with boats ; from thence the carrying
place to Lake Erie is about 9 miles more. The course I have put down by
guess I could not sound the depth of the Rifts at the lower end of Lake
Erie, for want of a grapling, but was told by Captain Clapham* to be 6 feet.
In the sketches of Lake Erie I have kept all, what 1 could see from a dis-
tance or had by Intelligence. The Island except the south side of Lake Erie
has a good gravelly beach along banks consisting in Strata of Slate stone,

• No doubt Capt. William Clapham, of Fort Pitt, who was, several years afterwards,
murdered by thr^ Indians.

24 Lieut, Diederick Brehm. [Jan.

blue clay and yellow soil, same points mixed with gravel from 6 to 20 and
more feet high except those parts marked in the sketch — Rocky — where
the lK)at3 cannot ascend. From the River Huron the banks are distant
from the beach, some parts half a mile and some above a mile between
them is drowne<l laud full of small cane grass and swamps which continues
till about Cedar-point from which some places are without a beach : Bul-
rushes extending sometimes a mile and more from the shore and mostly con-
tinue to the narrows near the forth. The rocky part of the Lake is very
shallow thoui;h it is hiijh water : the Inhabitants of Detroit have remarked
that the Water iu Lake Erie and the Narrow, rises and falls every Eight or
nine years.

The beach from Presque Island to Sandusky is full of all sorts of petri-
factions, drawn out of the Lake, as likewise from dust, both is also found
in Lake Huron. So far as we went the depth of water along said distance
is from o to 10 feet. Sandusky Lake has entry alwve J mile wide and the
Channel 10 feet deep, which alters by high northerly winds as likewise the
mouth of all the rivers, some of them are shut up till sufficient quantity of
water is supplyed to wash the Beach and Bars from the mouth again. The
upper part of Sandusky lake was froze and full of ice the 19*** of November
80 that I could not go round it, but only guess the form by sight. Several
islands appeared to me in it, but as the same appeared afterwards in Lake
Erie, by some high places being full of trees, in and along the edges of
drowned lands and swamps I therefore left it to a better opportunity.

I did not name any rivers, neither islands as it would only occasion mis-
understanding for the future being known by the French or Canadians and'
certainly named therefore by them till their names given by Indians or
Canadians can be known.

The 21'* of November Bay de Nanquise was frozen and full of ice, so I
couhl not go round it to see the river de Mie. All the low and drowned
lands are marked in the Sketch with yellow and limited by black steps or
points. The river from Presq' isle to Sandusky winds with frequent turns :
in a rich black soil full of vines, apples Ilawtliornes and other fruit bearing
shrubs. But those at the upper head some are hardly to be found among
the Rushes, and therefore as Leckays (?). The difficulty is of getting the
distance of the points or it would be easy to take an exact survey of the same.
In the winter all swamps being frozen &c they are narrow at the entrance
but wide a little higher. The water at that time looked brown in compari-
son to the Lake. The river at Savcn is the bijjijest being 80 or DO yards
wide and 12 feet deep. Nine miles up the river the French had a Store
House there where they landed and to Fort du Quesne or Fort Pitt. I
was told it was naviijable with canoes for 150 miles. It is remarkable
that all the mouths of the rivers at the South side from Presqu* isle to the
River a Sayon turn Easterly, and from the river a Sayon to Sandusky they
incline westerly. By river de portage they carry their canoes and goods
over into Lake Sandnsky to avoid going round the Peninsula in to the
Mouth of the Lake. Coining from Detroit the carrying place is IJ miles
into a Pond which empties itself into Sandusky. By the river de Mie they
have a Communication to the Issllons (sic) Settlements it is navigable for
Canoes 126 miles to the fort au Mie, but in the summer full of Rafts. I
was told that there were warm mineral Springs as likewise Salt Springs
near it, the river which carry's Produce. Lime stone for huilding, and Lime
& clay for bricks are near and about the Fort. River Rushes has a salt
spring about 20 miles up the River and 15 miles from the Fort by Land,

1883.] Lieut, Diederick Brehm. 25

where the Inhahitants make some Salt, hut as they have do Pans for the
purpose, it is therefore Expensive & one Man can but make in 8 Days
1 1 Bushels of Salt which is boiled in 5 Kettles containing 5 gallons each.
I Uisted the water but it seemed not to be very rich. The quantity of salt
it contains might easily have been known by a salt mine water proof. The
settlements of Detroit begin where the rushes and swamps are along the
narrows and above before mentioned river and extend at the west Side for
about 12 miles. The fort lays 3 miles above the said River made of Stock-
ades about a year ago, 12 and 14 feet high, behind which is a bank of
Scaffoldings about 6 feet high which for want of Planks is not finished,
wanting 7200 feet of 2 inch planks to compleat them. It contains about
90 houses. Some of them are not inhabited. The commanding offi-
cers house is out of repair, and a building called by the French I^ Mag-
azin. is not finished being intended for 2 Stories high and when compleated
would contain all the officers at present in Detroit. Below the Fort are
15 houses and above it G8 and at the opposite shore 58 more besides there
Indian villages. In the whole 221 wooden houses, some of them are very
small and ill finished. The settlement seems very little improved in 60
years, the time I was told it first began.

At the west shore of Lake S* Clair are three rivers, by Intelligence,
which in going up no time could be spared to find them by coasting along
the Shore, and in returning the Lake was froze over so that I could not
see a Salt Spring, wliich by accounts is better than the above mentioned.

The soil at Detroit is extremely good producing White Indian Corn, good
grass and all sorts of garden stuff and fruit, like apples, pears, peaches &c.
They have vines from France which grow extremely well. The trees along
Lake Erie are Chesnuts, black and other walnuts. Hickory, ash and Ma-
ple, and past Sandusky Locust and large Sassafras all mixed with oak of
different kinds. The Narrows opposite the Fort are about 900 yards wide
and the Shallowest 12 f* of Water being opposite the great Island. If it
once requires a Fort to prevent or stop the incroaching of a powerful
Kneray the best situation would be at the East Shore, a place where the
Indians have buried their dead, which situation commands the ground about
it for a mile & a half, <& the land high so as to bury the works. Lake S'
Clair, the upper end of it, is drowned land or Islands of rush and canes in
swaaips. Some bunches of Trees are in those swamps which appear from
a distance like Islands above mentioned. By taking my bearings to them
and by approaching found difficult to find a channel to a fixed object, was
obliged to leave the intended line and bearing and only guess it which wants
greatly to be corrected. In my return went the Eastermost channel in order
to return by the shore but found it losing itself in the Rushes and froze,
which obliged me to return back a larger channel. The Narrows between
Lake S' Clair and Huron are about 700 yards wide and the Shallowest
being among the rushes is 31 feet deep. The stream is gentle and the
banks increased to where Lake Huron begins there the channel is narrow
mod the Stream Swift but deep. Four small creeks run into the Narrows
at the west shore and 3 at the East which I have not named as the guide
differed in the names. Exce[)t that they agreed with that river called De
Pioe, for the number of white Pyn Trees that stand about it. The Inhab-
itants of Detroit had a Sawmill at said creek and got all their boards and
Pyn Timber from it. The Pyn trees continue so far as we went up the
west shore of Lake Huron, mixed with oak shrubs, higher up it began to
mix with Hemlock, maple, cedar, poplar, Beech & Swamp ash. The shore

VOL. ZXXTII. 4*

26 Litut. Ditderici Brekm. [Jan.

bfrgins to be shallow and full of Rocks aboat 5 miles below the Rock
markf^! in the Sketch, the LaTid verr low aud swampv and a few places to
land with lioats for want «»f a IW:irh. N«» tv^vt could be discovered but the
water hxiks brown along sh«tre, like in I^ktr Erie bj approachin<^ a river.
Perhafis the snow and i*.-e Sholes prtveiii*:^! tlie Discovery of Rivers as the
honiii cijuld not z*> liear the Shore. KetTirnini: from Detroit bv laud round
the npfter end of Lake Erie I found a Difference in the names for the Riv-
ers by a guide, frum what M' (Tamliii;; wlio went along with me in ji^oing
up \\jA told me. I therefore name them the same as an Inhabitant who had
V>een often times that wav. The ci>ld not kieins sulficieut to make the
swamp bear us, oblige<l the gui«le.s to brin:; us sometimes over the Ice of the
c^ives in the Lakes and sometimes fur from the L:ike. so that nothing; could
be correctc-r*!. Comiiijj to River de Poria«:e we corrected it and went along
the carrying place. Crosses! Lake S;iiidu»ky over Ice. which appeared to
me verv different from what I saw before. I tof>k all the bearings of the
road fn>m the lake Samluskv to Fort Pitt l>ut as mv watch was out of onler
and sometime the sun not to l>e seen, besides the winding up & down hills,
I could not think to lix Fort Pitt bv so slight an observance. But if once,
the Principal place were fixed by ]>:ititude antl Longitude it would answer
verv well U) lav down the Koad. The land is level from Sanduskv to Mob-
cons (a small Indian village of 8 caIlbin^) from where it begins to be Hilly
&, increases to liitrh and njckv mountains to the Forks of Beaver Creek.
From there to Fort Pitt are several deep gully's, the Trees are generally
like them all along Lake Erie, and promi>ing a very fertile soil, full of runs,
brooks, & creeks.

The beginning of the lands from Sandusky is so level that the water is
8topi>ed. On it are occasional Swamps & meadows clear from trees for 6
ami more miles, besides some smaller. The soil which I saw on the l>anks
of the River is on the Top black and the bottom of the brooks are full of
gravel and Stones. About 12 miles from Sandusky we crossed a brook the
4*** of January 15 yards wide & 2 J feet deep, which was not froze though
the weather was very cold. The snow all along the banks was melted and
no Ice. I was told it never freezes in the severest winters. In wading
thc"! water did not seem to be so cold, like other brooks, and creeks. If I
had a thermometer that time, the degree of warmth could have been known,
and without doubt the Spring must be warm. I was told that the banks
of Beaver Creek which iP Evens mentions in his map to have a salt spring
is navigable for cannoes to said springs. If the mine could be found, or else
proper pains employed, it might produce the Salt cheaper for the use of
Fort Pitt and the back settlements, then the great land carriage will bring
it from Pennsylvania or Maryland. In going from Presq' Isle to Fort Pitt
the 3** of October Major Rogers went in a small Birch Canoe down the
river from Le Boeuf. The water was so low at that time that we very
oft<jn were obliged to step out of it and lift it over tlie shoals and trees fal-
len into the Stream. I took a sketch of said River, which runs very wind-
i ng. Made it out at Prescj' Isle and left it with Colonel Bouquet to be cor-
rected by M' Basset* who was to go down said River.

D. Brehm

February the 23** — 1761 — Lieut, first Battalion

Royal American Regiment.

• Capt Thomas Basset, the engineer at Fort Pitt.

1883.] Braintree Records. 27

BRAINTREE RECORDS.

Commanicated by Samcel A. Bates, Esq., Town Clerk of Braintree, Mass.

[Continued fyom toI. xxxvi. paj(e 380.]

Mary Mott the daughter of Nathaniel! Mott & hanna his wiffe borne
10th mo. 15. 1664.

ebenezer ffackson the son of Rich** ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe borne
the 10**^ mo 15. 1664.

peter Twells the son of Robert Twells & Martha his wiffo borne 8th. mo.
10th 1664.

Margritt payne the daughter of Moses payne & elizabeth his wiffe borne
10th mo 20 1664.

Mary Darlin the daughter of John darliu & elizabeth his wiffe borne 12
mo 21. 1664.

Ephraim Arnoll the son of Joseph Arnoll & Rebecca his wiffe borne 4th
mo 11th 1664.

Gregory Belcher the son of Sam'^ Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 12
mo. 28. 1664.

hanna Belcher the daughter of John Belcher «& Sarah his wiffe borne 2
mo. 1664.

John dassit the son of John dassit & hanna his wiffe borne 2 mo 3. 1 664.

Sarah cleavery the daughter of John cleavery & Sarah his wiffe borne 12
mo. 22. 1 664.

Judith Saunders daughter of John Saunders & Mary his wiffe borne &
dyed ll**- mo. 23.

hanna pray the daughter of John prav & Joanna his wiffe borne 1 mo.

16. 1665.

Martha quinsy daughter of Edmond quinsy & Joanna his wiffe borne 1
ma i^ 1665.

natli" S|)eere the son of George Speere & Mary his wiffo borne 3** mo.
15. 1665.

Rlward Thomson the son of Sam" Thomson & Sarah his wiffo borne 2
mo 20 1 665.

Sam" hoydon son of Sam" hoydon & Hanna his wiffe borne 6 mo 6.
1665 & dyed on the 27 day of the same mo.

Caleb hubbert son of Caleb hubbert & Mary his wiffo borne 3 mo. 28.
1665.

Ebenezer Thayre son of Thomas Thayre and hanna his wiffe borne 7th.
mo. 15. 1665.

hanna Webb daughter of Christopher webb <& hanna his wiffe borne 7th
mo. 5th. 1665.

hanna parris daughter of John parris <& Mary his wiffe borne 7th. mo. 3.
1665.

Sam" AddamssoQ of Joseph Addams & Abigail his wiffe borne 7th mo. 3.
1665.

Jf)hn Poffer son of Matthias poffer & Rachcll his wiffe borne 8*** mo. 10***
1665.

Mehetabell Veasy daughter of Will Veasy & Ellin his.wiffe borne 12 mo.

17. 1665.

28 Braintree Records, [Jan.

Edward Mills son of John Mills & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 4*^ mo. 7*^
1665.

Joseph Bass son of John Bass & Ruth his wiffe home lO*^ mo. 5, 1665.

Josiah chapin son of Josia chapin & Mary his wifie borne 10**^ mo. 17.
1665.

natfianiel Sheffeild son of Edmond Sheffeild & Sarah his wiffe borne 1'^
mo. 16*^ 1665.

Bjichell neale the daughter of henry neale & hanna his wiffe borne 12
mo. 1. 1665.

Ephraim Copeland the son of Laurance Copeland & Liddia his wiffe
borne 11 *^ mo. 17. 1665.

James penimau sou of John peniman & lianua his wiffe borne 12 mo 7^^
166.").

Mercie nucome the dau(;hter of John nucom & Ruth his wiffe borne 2
mo. 1665.

Sarah hay ward daughter of Jonath hay ward & Sarah his wiffe borne 1
mo. 10. 1665.

Joseph Sciint son of will Scant & Sarah his wiffe borne 4*** nio. 4*** 1662.

M<*icie Scant the daughter of will Scant & Sarah his wiffe borne 8*** mo.
27. 1664.

Susan Scant daughter of will Scant & Sarah his wiffe borne 11*** mo 30.
1665.

Josf»ph harper son of Joseph Harper & Kithtina his wiffe borne 11*^ mo.
6*^ 1665.

Tiuiothy Thayre son of Shadrach Thayre & deliverance his wiffe borne
3* mo. 1666.

Richard ff-ickson son of Richard ffackson & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 4
mo. 21. 1666.

Jolin Harris son of Richard Harris & Margritt his wiffe borne 5 mo. 15.
1666.

Sam" Belcher son of Sam" Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 7*^ mo 21.
1666.

Joseph Ruggles son of John Rugglcs & rel)eca his wiffe borne 8*** mo 7'**
1666.

Susaima hoydon daughter of Sam" hoydon & hanna bis wiffo borne 7'**
mo. 28. 1 666.

John daly son of Johu daly & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 8*^ mo. 13. 1666.

Joseph son of Joseph niles Sc Mary liis wiffe was l)orne 7*^ mo. 21. 1666.

Baxter sou of John Baxter & Anna his wiffe borne 12 mo. 14.

1666.

& Rachell poffer daughters of James poffer & Mary his wiffe borne

ir»»mo. 25. 1666.

a Mott daughter of Nath" Mott & hanna his wiffe borne 12 mo. 5.

1666.

Scott daughter of Steevin Scott & Sarah his wiffe borne the 7*^

mo. lO*"^ 1665.

Dassitt the son of John Dassit & hanna his wiffe borne the 8*** mo.

14. 1666.

Experience quinsy daughter of Edmond & Joanna his wiffe borne 1 mo.
20 1667.

Ri<;hard pray the son of John pray & Joanna his wiffe borne the 3* mo
8, 1667.

Hanna Bass the daughter of John Bass & Ruth his wiffe borne the 4^
mo. 22. 1667.

1883.] Braintree Records, 29

Abigail wallsbee the daughter of David wallsbee <& Ruth his wiffe borue
4*»»mo. 15. 1G67.

pavne daughter of Moses payne and Elizabeth his wiffe borne 4***

mo 23. 1 667.

Tliayre son of Shadrach Thajre & Deliverance his wiffe borne 7***

mo. 7«^ 1667.

Downing son of John downing & Sarah his wiffe borne 11*** mo. 21.

1666.

harper son of Joseph harper & kithtina his wiffe borne 7*** mo. 10***

1667.

cleverly son of John cleverly & Sarah his wiffe borne 8*^ mo. 8***

1667.

Debora neale daughter of henry neale & hanna his wiffe born 7*** mo. 1.
1667.

Abigail Thomson the daughter of Sam^^ Thomson & Sarah his wiffe
borne 9^ mo. 10*^ 1667.

Jonathan hay ward son of Jonath hay ward & Sarah his wiffe borne 11***
mo. 18. 1667.

Joanna Mills daughter of John Mills & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 12 mo

1. 1667.

Benjamin Webb son of Christopher webb & hanna his wiffe borne 12 mo.

2. 1667.

John peniman son of John peniman & hanna his wiffe borne 12 mo. 23.
1667.

Mary Addams daughter of Joseph Addams & Abigail his wiffe borne 12
mo 25. 1 667.

Chapin son of Josia chapin & Mary his wiffe borne the 3** mo. 11***

1667.

Sheflfeild daughter of edmond Sheffeild & Sarah his wiffe borne 4***

mo. 23. 1667.

Owen son of William Owen & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 6*** mo. 1,

1667.

Scott son of Steevin Scott & Sarah his wiffe borne 5 mo. 14, 1667.

Darly son of darly & hanna his wiffe borne 6 mo. & dyed 19

1667.

harris son of harris & Mary his \riffe borne 2 mo. 26. 1667.

William Belcher son of Sam" Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 3** mo. 3.

John ffackson son of Richard ffackson & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 2 mo.

hayden daughter of John haydeu & hanna his wiffe borne

chapin son of Josia chapin & Mary his wiffe borne the

harris son of Richard harris & Mary his wiffe borne

Marv Belcher daughter of Moses Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 7'** mo.
a** 1 G68.

Sarah hayden daughter of Sam" hayden & hanna his wiffe borne the 1
mo. 25. 1 668.

Edward Lincford son of Edward Lincford & hanna his wiffe borne 11***
mo. 25. 1668.

Sam" ^fott son of nathaniell mott & hanna his wiffe borne the 11*** mo.
19. 1668.

Marv Niles daughter of Joseph Niles & hanna his wiffe borne 11*** mo.
8'** 1668.

hanna Copeland daughter of Laurance Copeland & Liddia his wiffe borne
12 mo. 25. 1668.

30 Braintree Records. [Ji

Beniamin Neale sod of henry neale & hanna his wiffe bonie the 1 mo. 7^.
68-69.

John Darlin son of denice darlin & hanna his wiffe was borne the 7^ mo.
1664.

Anna Giles the daughter of James Giles & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 2
mo. 15. 1609.

Sam" pray son of John pray & Joanna his wiffe borne 2 mo. 1 6. 1 669.

Mercy Mash daughter of Allexander Mash & Mary his wiffe borne 2
mo. 2. 1 669.

Joseph ffackson son of Richard ffackson & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 6^
mo. 26. 1669.

Sam" daly son of John daly & Elizabeth his wiffe was borne 6*^ mo. 18.
1669.

Mary cleverly daughter of John cleverly & Sarah his wiffe borne 7*** mo.
6. 16G9.

Josia hayden son of John hayden & hanna his wife borne 4*^ mo. 19.
1669.

Ephraim Thayre son of Shadrach Thayer & deliverance his wiffe borne
ll*»»mo. 17. 1669.

Sarah darlin daughter of denice darlin & hanna his wiffe borne 1 1*^ mo.

26. 16G9.

William hay ward son of Jonath hay ward & Sarah his wiffe borne 12 mo
6«» 1669.

Mary Bass daughter of John Bass & Ruth his wiffe borne 12 mo. 11^
1669.

Mercy Veasy daughter of William Veasy & Ellin his wiffe borne 11^
mo. 20. 1669.

peter Addams son of Joseph Addams <& Abigail his wiffe borne 12 mo.
7"* 1669.

Joseph peniman son of Joseph peniman & waitinge his wiffe borne the
12 mo 20. 1670.

William needam son of John needam & hanna his wiffe was borne the 2
mo 8"* 1670.

Sarah Thompson daughter of Sam" Thompson & Sarah his wiffe borne 2
mo 28'»» 1670.

Margritt hayden daughter of Jonath hayden & Elizabeth his wiffe borne
8* mo 11"'1670.

Joseph Chapin son of Josia Chapin & Mary his wiffe borne the 3** mo 17.
1670.

John Saunders son of John Saunders & Mary his wiffe borne the 7*** mo.
1. 1669.

Thomas Baxter son of John Baxter & Anna his wiffe borne the 2 mo.

27. 1670.

William harper son of Joseph harper & kithtina his wiffe borne the 10**
mo. ^'^ 1 669.

Sam" harris son of Richard harris & Margritt his wiffe borne the 5 mo
26. 1670.

Mary Webb daughter of Christopher Webb & hanna his wiffe borne the
7*^ mo. 6. 1 669.

Liddia payiie daughter of Steevin payne & hanna his wiffe borne the 7*^
mo. 20. 1670.

Mary Belcher daughter of Sam" Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne the 8***
mo. 16. 1670.

1883.] Braintree Records. 81

Cornelius Thayre son of Richard Thayre and doratby his wiffe borne 7^
mo. 18. 1670.

Ellin Scott daughter of Steerin Scott & Sarah his wiffe was borne the
10«»mo7"» 1670.

Mary dassit daughter of John dassit & hanna his wiffe borne the 7'^ mo.
27. 1670.

Abigail ffackson daughter of Richard ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe borne
12 mo. 1670.

Ruth neale the daughter of henry neale & hanna his wiffe borne the 10^^
mo. 25. 1670.

Sarah Belcher daughter of Moses Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne the 1
mo 2. 70-71.

Elizabeth deeringe daughter of Sam" deeringe & Mary his wiffe borne
the 12 mo. 7''* 1670.

Sam" Nightengell son of Will Nightengell & Bethia his wiffe borne the
12 mo. 14. 1670.

Joseph peniman son of John peniman & hanna his wiffe was borne the 1
mo. 15. 60-70.

Katheren Hayden daughter of Sam" hayden & Hanna his wiffe borne
the 1 mo. 10»»^ 70-71.

Elizabeth hubbert daughter of Caleb hubbert <& Mary his wiffe borne the
12 mo. \^ 1666.

hannah hubbert daughter of caleb hubbert & mary his wiffe borne the
lO'^^molO*** 1668.

Josiah hubbert son of caleb hubbert & Mary his wiffe borne the 10*** mo
\V^ 1670.

Obadiah Owen son of William Owen & Elizabeth his wiffe borne the 12
mo. 1. 1670.

Mary Belcher the daughter of John Belcher & Sarah his wiffe borne the
\0^ mo. 26. 1666.

Josia Belcher son of John Belcher <& Sarah his wiffe borne 4*^ mo 26.
1669.

Elizabeth Mott the daughter of Nath" Mott & hannah his wiffe borne
3 mo. 17.1671.

£lizal)eth Winter the daughter of Timothy Winter & hester his wiffe
borne 6 mo. 1671.

Mercy Belcher the daughter of Moses Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 1
mo. 2. 71-72.

John Lincford the son of Edward Lincfor & hannah his wiffe borne 10**"
mo. 12. 1671.

Joseph Allin the son of Joseph Allin <& Rebeca his wiffe borne 11*^ mo.
3. 1671.

Rebeca Ruggles daughter of John Ruggles & Rebeca his wiffe borne 10*^
mo. 22. 1671.

hannah S|)eere the daughter of Georg Speere <& Mary his wiffe borne 7*^
mo. 6. 1671.

henry chapin son of Josia chapin & Mary his wiffe borne 12 mo. 15. 1671.

Jonathan Addams son of Joseph Addams <& Abigail his wiffe borne 11*^
mo. 31. 1671.

Jal>ez poffer son of James poffer <& Mary his wiffe borne 12 mo. 4, 1671.

Joseph Webb the son of Christopher webb <& hannah his wiffe borne the
1 mo. 15. 71-72.

Sarah Bass the daughter of John Bass & Ruth his wiffe borne the 1 mo.
29.1672.

82 Braintree Records. [Jan.

Mary Bass the daughter of Thomas Bass & Sarah his wifie home 2 mo.
20. 1672.

Rel>eca Savill the daughter of Beniamin Savill & Liddia his wifie borne
the 3^ mo. 3.1672.

huldah hayward daughter of Jonathan hajward & Sarah his wiffe borne
3* mo. 28. 72.

Sam^^ peuiman the son of John penimau & hanna his wlffe borne 4*^ mo.
18. 1672.

Ricliard Copeland son of Launince Copeland & Liddia his wiffe borne the
5*** mo 15. 1672. & dved the same day.

Ste|>hen cleverly son of John cleyerlj & Sarah his wiffe borne the 6** mo
5. 1672.

hannuh Thompson daughter of Sam'^ Thompson & Sarah his wiflTe borne
6*** mo. o. 72.

marv <& martha winter daughters of Timothy winter & hesther his wiffe
borne 6. 26. 1671.

Amee hayden daughter of Jonath hayden & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 7'^
mo. 16.

Margritt daly daughter of John daly & elizabeth his wiffe borne the 8*^
mo.

Lid'lia Neale daughter of henry neale & hannah his wiffe borne the 8'**
mo. 10.

Christian harper daughter of Joseph harper & kithtina his wiffe borne
S'** mo.

Nathaniell Mash son of Allexandcr Mash & Mary his wiffe borne the
8*»»mo 17.

Jonath Saunders son of Martin Saunders & Liddia his wiffe borne 9***
mo. 31. 167.

hannah Thayre daughter of Shadrach Thayre & deliverance his wiffe
borne 8**^ mo.

Nathaniell Mills son of John Mills & elizabeth his wide borne 12 mo 22.
1672.

John pray son of John pray & Joanna his wiffe borne the 12*** mo. 10***
1672.

Elizabeth plumly daughter of Joseph plumly <& Jane his wiffe borne 2
mo 12.

Mary ifiske daughter to M' Moses ffi^ke & Sarah his wiffe was borne
August

Edward Mott son of Nath'^ Mott & hannah his wiffe borne the 3^ mo.
irM673.

Susanna Nucome daughter of peter nucome & Susanna his wiffe borne
4*»» rco. 22.

Ruth Belcher daughter of John belcher & Sarah his wiffe borne

Abigail Copeland daughter of Laurance Copeland & Liddia his wiffe — ^

Abigail Allin daughter of Joseph Allin & Ruth his wiffe

Georg Witty son of Georg witty & Sarah his wiffe borne

Abigail Winter daughter of Timothy Winter & hesther

Rebeoa Neale daughter of henry Neale & hannah his
Mehetabell Addanis daughter of Joseph Adams & Abigail

chapin son of Josiah Chapin & Mary his wiffe

hannah hardman daughter of John hardman & hannah

[To be coDtinoed.]

1883.] Tht Wyllys Family of Connecticut. 38

THE WYLLYS FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT.
By Miss Mabt K. Talgott, of Hartford, Ot

GEORGE WYLLYS, of Fenny Compton, co. Warwick,* came, in
1638, with his fiunilj to Hartford, having sent his steward two years
before to prepare his residence for him. In 1639 he was an Assistant ;
in 1641, Depaty Grovemor ; in 1642, Grovemor of the colony. He was once
elected commissioner to the United Congress of the Colonies. He died in
Hartford, March 9, 1645. From his will we know that his wife's name
was Mary. Children :

i. Gn>sox. left in England in posiiesaion of the estate of Fenny Compton.
Dogdale says that George Willys, Eaq.^ late of Fenny Compton,
aliened the f^reater part of the estate in Napton, 16 Gar. I.

iL HiSTXB, married Oct. 17, 1645, as bis second wife, Capt. Robert Hard-
ing, who came witb W intbrop in 1630, and aflerwardo removed to
Bbode Island. In November, 1646, be sailed for England, and in
1651 he was a mercbantin London.

iii. AxT, married Oct. 30, 1645, Jobn Pynchon, only son of William Pyn-
cbon. of Springfield, born in Eoji^laDd in 1625. He was Assistant,
memoOT of tbe ooancil, colonel oitbe Hampsbire regiment, and tbe
cbief man in tbat part of Masaachusetts. Mrs. Amv Pyncbon died
Jan. 9, 1699. Col. Pyncbon died Jan. 17, 1703. Children : 1. Jo-
seph,^ b. July 26, 1646 ; 11. 0. 1664 ; d. in Boston, Dec. 30, 1682.
2. JoAit,' b. Oct. 15, 1647 ; m. Margaret, daughter of Key. VViJliam
Hubbard ; d. in Springfield, April 25, 1721. 3. Mary,^ b. Oct. 28,
1650; m. Oct. 5, 1669, Joseph Whiting, of Westfieldf, son of Wil-
liam Whiting, of Hartford. She died about 1675 or 6. 4. Wir7-
liam,^ b. Oct. 11, 1653 ; d. young. 5. Mehitabel,'* b. Noy. 22, 1661 ;
d. young.
9. IT. Samusl, bom in England in 1639.

2. Samuel* Wtllts ( George^), of Hartford, H. C. 1653 ; he was cho-
sen Assistant the next year, and continued in office until 1685. He was
extensively engaged in trade, and had an interest in several sugar planta-
tions at Antigua. His speculations proved disastrous, and he became deep-
ly involved in debt, so that pecuniary assistance was granted him by the
Genera] Assembly. He was for four years commissioner to the Congress
of the New England colonies, and held other offices. He married Ruth,
daughter of Grov. John Haynes, and his second wife, Mabel Harlakenden.
The date of her death is unknown ; but he married, secondly, at Berwick,
Me., Nov. 28, 1688, Mrs. Mary Love. He died in Hartford, May 30,
1709. Children :

i. Mast, b. 1656 : m. about 1684, Rey. Joseph Eliot, of Guilford, son of
the Apostle Eliot. He died May 24, 1694. Mrs. Mary Eliot died
Oct. 11, 1729. Children : 1. Jared* b. Noy. 7. 1685 ; Y. 0. 1706 ;
ordained at KilUngworth,Ct.^ Oct. 96, 1709; m. Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of ftimuel Smithson ; d. at K. April 99, 1763. He practised
medicine, and was one of the most prominent physicians of his day.
He iatroduced the white mulberry mto Connecticut, and witb it the
^-wonB« and in 1761 he reeeiyed a medal from a society in Lon-

• Ib Note L, at the end of this article, are reprinted from the Reoistbr, xxxiii. 356, my
reasoas for thinking Oeone Wyllys of Hartford to haye been a son of Richard Willis of
Fenny Compton, who diea Jnne 10, ld77, and whose epitaph is printed at the close of Note
IL ; and tbitt his mother was Bridget, daughter of William Young of Kingston Hall.

yox»* xxzvn. &

34 The Wyllys Family of Connecticut. [Jan.

doD, as a premiom for the disooTery of extracting iron ore from black
sea sand. 2. Abiel,^ b. 1087 : m. Mary, daagbter of John Leete, of
Guilford. He died in Guilford, Oct. 28, 1776. 3. Mary,^ b. 1688 ;
m. first, Hawkins Hart, of Wallingford, Ct. ; m. second, May 25,
1636, Abraham Pierson, of Killin^worth, Gt. ; m. third, Samuel
Hooker, of Kensington, Ct. She died March 9, 1771. 4. Rebecca*
b. 1600 ; m. first, Oct. 26, 1710, John Trowbridge, of New Haven ;
m. second, Not. 11, 1740, Kbenezer Fisk, of r^ew Milford ; and
third, William Dudley, of North Guilford. She died Feb. 9, 1782.
ii. Mehitabel, or Mabel Wyllys, b. about 1658 ; m. first. Rev. Daniel
Russell, uf Oharlestown. H. 0. 1669. He d. Jan. 4, 1679. She m.
second, Rev. Isaac Foster, of Hartford, H. C- 1671, who d. Aug. 20,
1682. She m. third. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, of Hartford, H. 0.
1675. He was Mr. Foster^s successor as pastor of the first church,
and one of the most prominent ministers in the colony. She d. in
Hartford, Dec. 21, 1698. Mr. Woodbridge d. April 30, 1732. Child-
ren : Mabel* Russell, bom 1678 ; m. June 12, 1701, Rev. John
Hubbard, of Jamaica, L. I., 11. C. 1695; m. second, Dec. 9, 1707,
Rev. Samuel Woodbrid«re, of £ast Hartford, H. C. 1701. She d. in
New Haven, May 10, 1730. 2. Ann* Foster, m. Nov. 29, 1699, Rev.
Thomas Buckingham, of Hartford, H. C. 1690; m. second. Rev.
William Bumham, of Kensington, Ct., H. C. 1702. She died in
Hartford, October, 1764. 3. Timothy* Woodbridge, bapt. Oct. 3,
1686; Y. C. 1706; ordained at Simsbuf^ in 1712; m. Feb. 14. 1712,
Dorothy, wid. of Rev. Dudley Woodbridge and daughter of Joshua
Lamb, of Roxbury, Mass. He died in Simsbury, Aug. 22, 1742.

4. Mary* Woodbridge, bapt. June 19, 1692; m. May 7, 1724, Hon.
William Pitkin, afterwards governor of Connecticut. She died in •
£ast Bartford, Feb. 17, 1766. 5. Ruth* Woodbridae, bapt. Auir. 18,
1695 ; m. July 18, 1716, Rev. John Pierson, of Woodbridge, N. J.,
y. C. 1711. She d. in VVoodbridge, Jan. 7, 1732. 6. John* Wood-
bridge, bapt. Jan. 31, 1697 ; buried Feb. 6, 1697.

iii. Ruth, m. June 2, 1692, Rev. Edward Taylor, of Westfield, as his sec*
ond wife. He died June 29, 1729 ; she died January, 1730. Child-
ren : 1. Ruth* b. 1693; m. Dec. 3, 1713, Rev. Bemamin Colton,
first minister of West Hartford, Y. C. 1710. She d. May 30, 1725.
Mr. Colton d. March 1, 1759. 2. Naomi,* b. 1695 ; m. June 4, 1720,
Rev. Ebenesser Devotiim, of Suffield, Ct., H. C. 1707. Shed. Aug. 6,
1739; Mr. Devotion d. April M, 1741. 3. Anne,* b. 1696; m. 1720,
Rev. Benjamin Lord, D.D., Y. C. 1714, of Norwich, Ct. She died
Jan. 5, 1748; bed. in 1784. 4. Mehitabel,* b. 1699; m. Rev. WiU
liam Gager, of Lebanon, Ct., Y. C. 1721. Mr. Gager died in 1737.

5. Keziah,* b. 1702 ; m. June 1, 1725, Rev. Isaac Stiles, of Nortb-^
Haven, Y. C. 1722. She d. Dec. 4, 1727, leaving one child, Ezra,
b. Nov. 29, 1727, LL.D. and president of Yale College. 6. Eidad,*
b. 1708 ; of Westfield ; m. first in 1732, Rhoda Dewey ; m. second
in 1742, Thankful Day ; died in Boston, 1777, while attending the
General Court.

3. iv. HszKKiAH, b. April 3, 1672.

3. Hezekiah* Wtllts (Samuel,* George^), married May 2, 1704,
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Whiting) Hobart, of
Haddam, Ct He was town clerk of Hartford for many years, and held
other positions of trust. Chosen secretary of the colony 1712, and con-
tinued in that office until 1734. He died in Hartford, Dec 24, 1741. Mrs.
Elizabeth Wyllys died in September, 1762. Children:

i. Ruth, b. Feb. 22, 1705 ; m. Dec. 31, 1724, Richard Lord, of Hartford,
b. Feb. 18, 1705, Y. C. 1724. They removed to Wethersfield, where
be d. in 1740. Mrs. Ruth Lord m. second, Thomas Belden, of Weth-
ersfield. He d. April 13, 1761, and his widow, Mrs. Ruth Belden,

died . Children (by her first husband) : 1. Elizabeth,^ b. Oct.

9, 1725 ; d. in infancy. 2. Elisha,^ b. Feb. 24, 1727 ; d. June 7,
1727. 3. Elisha,^ b. March 25, 1728 ; d. June 10, 1729. 4. Ruth,^

1883.] The Wyllys Family of Connecticut, 35

b. Dec. 28, 1729 ; d. in infancy. 5. Richard^ b. Dec. 14,1731 ; d. in
infancy. 6. Marv,^ b. Feb. 22. 1734 ; m. Charlee Caldwell, of Hart-
ford. Hed. March 31, 1801, a. 69. She d. in Hartford, Feb. 18, 1823.
7. S(miuel Wyllys,^ b. Feb. 27, 1736 ; d. July 13, 1736. 8. George^
b. July 8, 1737 ; a merchant in Hartford ; m. Dec. 14, 1758, Sarah,
daughter of Hon. Daniel Edwards. He d. Oct. 19, 1765. Children
of her second marriage: 9. Eunke^^ b. 1744; m. Oct. 21, 1764,
William Gardiner, of Hartford, who was one of the number blown
up in the school-house, May 23, 1766. She m. second, Jan. 31, 1770,
Ralph Pomeroy, of Hartford, quarter-master general of Connecticut
durinjc the Revolution. She died in Hebron, Ct., Aug. 26, 1816.
10. Ruthy^ b. 1747; m. Jan. 22, 1765, Capt. John Stoughton, of
Windsor, an officer in the British Provincial army. He settled on
lands granted him by the Crown, still known as the Stoughton Pa-
tent, between Lakes George and Champlain. He was drowned in
Lake George, Nov. 27, 1768. She m. second, her cousin. Gen. Sam-
uel* Wvllys, of Hartford, Feb 3, 1777.

ii. Georgb, bapt. Nov. 30, 1707, and died in infancy.

iii. EiJZABBTH, b. July 15, 1708; died in Hartford, unm., August, 1750.

iv. GiOROB, b. Nov. 28, 1709 ; died June 20, 1710.
4. V. George, b. Oct. 6, 1710.

▼i. Mabel, b. Feb. 13, 1713; m. May 3, 1739, Col. Samuel Talcott, of
Hartford, Y. C. 1733, sheriff of Hartford Co., and a very prominent
citizen. She died Feb. 13, 1775. Col. Talcott died Mnrch 6, 1797.
Children : 1. Samuel,^ bapt. March 2, 1740; Y. C. 1757 ; m. Dec.
24, 1767, Abigail, daughter of John Ledyard, of Hartford. He was
colonel of a C^nn. regiment in the Revolution. Died in Hartford,
May 27, 1798. 2. Elizabeth,^ bapt. March 8, 1741 ; d. in infancy.
3. William^^ bapt. Dec. 18, 1743 ; d. in infancy. 4. James,^ bapt.Sept.
1, 1745 ; d. in infancy. 5. Elizabeth^" bapt. Oct. 5, 1746 ; d. young.
B. J(ime5,* bapt. Aug. 13, 1749; d. young. 7 Mary^^ bapt. Dec.
3, 1752 ; m. James Watson, Y. C 1776 ; an officer in the Revolu-
tionary army, afterwards a merchant in New York ; a member of
the Cmcinnati ; Naval Officer of New York ; CJ S. Senator, 1798-
1800; d. in 1806. 8. Jerusha,^ bapt. April 11, 1756 ; m. her cousin)
Maj. John Palgrave* Wyllys.

Til. Samuel, b. Aug. 26,4714; d. Nov. 3, 1732.

4. Hon. George* Wyllys (Bezekiah* Samuel* George^), graduated
from Yale College 1729 ; was appointed in 1730 secretary of state for the
colony, pro tem., and in 1734 was regularly chosen secretary, which office
he held for the long period of sixty-six years. He was town clerk of Hart-
ford for many years, Lieut. Col. of the 1st regiment, and served on many
oommittees of the General Assembly. He married his cousin, Mary, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Timothy and Dorothy (Lamb) Woodbridge, of Simsbury.
She died in Hartford, Nov. 11, 1774, aged 59. He died in Hartford, April
24, 1796. Children :

i. Samuel, bapt. Jan. 7, 1738 ; T. C 1758 ; went to England in 1764 and
remainea there for six years ; in 177 1 he became the nrst captain of the
first company of Governor's Foot Guards ; in 1774 colonel of the 1st
Conn, regiment: in 1776 Congress appointed him colonel of a regi-
ment on the Continental establishment, in which capacity be served
through the war. Uo m. Feb. 3, 1777, Ruth, widow of Capt. John
Stoughton, and daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Wyllys) [Lord] Bel-
den. He held many offices in Hartford, was Msjor-General of the
Connecticut militia, and succeeded his father and grandfather as sec-
retary of stite in 1796. He held this office until 1809. Ilis wife
died Sept. 2, 1807. He died June 9, 1823, in Hartford.

ii. Marv, hapt. Nov. 7, 1742 ; m. March 8, 1764, Eleazer Pomeroy, born
in Hebron, Sept. 1, 1739. He was a merchant in Hartford, and died
about 1783, perhaps in the West Indies, where he had estates. Mrs.
Mary Pomeroy died in Middletown, Ct., Nov. 14, 1805. Children :

36 The Wyllys Family of Connecticut. • [Jan.

1. Samuel Wyllys * b. 1765: m. Sept. 7, 1793, Clarissa Alfiop, of
Middietown ; resided in Brighton and Boston, and in 1837 remoyed
to Pomerov, Ohio, where he died June 5, 1841. 8. Mary^^ m. Not.
18, 1767, Richard Aisop, of Middietown. 3. Benjanun^ b. 1774 ;
probably died yoang. 4. A daugfUer,* m. first, Mr. Oliver ; m. sec-
ond, Samuel W . Dana.

ii. William, bapt. Aug. 12, 1744 ; d. unmarried in Hartford, January 18,
1826.

iii. Hbzekiah, b. in 1747 ; Yale Coll. 1765 ; colonel of a Connecticut reg-
iment in the Revolution ; m. in 1785, Amelia Trumbull. He lived
in the old Wyllys house on Charter Oak Hill, and vras the last of
the name who resided there. Soon after his death, the estate, which
had belonged to the Wyllyses since 1636, pas^ into other hands.
His wife died Jan. 15, 1818. He died March 29, 1827.

iv. Susanna, bapt. May 13, 1750; m. Jan. 22, 1788, Judge Jedediah
Strong, of Litchfield, Ct. She died in Hartford, May 23, 1794, s. n.

y. John Palsgrave, bapt. Aug. 11, 1754 ; Yale College 1773 ; was brigaae
miyor in 1776, and in 1781 major in the 3d Conn, rchgiment, and dis-
tinguished himself by his gallantry. He married nis cousin, Jeru-
sha Talcott, who died in Hartford, Aug. 9, 1783. In 1785 he vraa
appointed major of the troops raised for the defence of the frontier,
lie was killea in the attack on the Miami Towns, Sept. 30, 1790,
while serving in Gen. Harmar's expedition against the indians, s. p.

Note I.

wife Bridget, daughter of William Young, of Kingston Hall, and the ^ndson of
Richard Willis, wno married Hester Chambers, ^w Camden's Visitation of War-

wickshire^ in 1619 (London, 1877), gives in his pedigree of Wyllys the name of
Bridget Young's husband, a6 George, aged 29 in that year. 1619, and the epitaph of
Richard Willis, who married Hester Chambers, given in Dugdale*B Warwicksnire,
sa^s he had ^Ye children — George, William, Ricnard, Judith and Mary — " all now
living." This Richard died in 1597, and his wife Hester was the daughter of Geor^^
Chambre, of Williamscourt, in the county of Oxford, according to Dugdale, and it
seems probable that he was succeeded by his eldest son George. We know that Geor^
Wyllys, when he came into New England, left a eon George in England, that his
youngest son Samuel was born in 1632, when he was 21, according to Mr. Fowler s
pedigree, and his two daughters were married in 1645, so were probably older than
Samuel. The statement that George, born in 161 1, came to New England, does not
appear in Berry, being an addition by Mr. Fowler : but does it not seem probable
that he was the son George left behind in possession of the estate of Fenny Comp-
ton, a man grown, for, according to the other theory, that son could not have been
more than ten years old when his father came to America. George Wyllys brought
a wife Mary with him to Hartford, as we know by his will ; but she may have been
his second wife and the mother of all his children, except George and Mary, whom
Camden gives as the children of Georcre and Bridget. Dugdale copies the epitaphs
of three of the Willises — Richard, Ambrose, and Richard who married Hester
Chambers, and says that George Wyllys, late of Fenni Compton, gent., aliened the
greater part of his estate in Napton to Richard Shakburgh, Esq., 16 Car. I. Ano-
ther point, though not a conclusive one, is that the names of George Wyllys's daugh-
ters. Amy and Hester, are those of the mother, and grandmother of the man bom
in 1590. In conclusion I would say that I think the name of Richard has been sub-
stituted for that of George in the genealogies, and I shall be very glad if any one can
enlighten me in this matter. The liartrord Town Records do not give the age of
George Wyllys, Esq., when he died in 1645.

Note II.

•* Of your cbarite pray for the soul of Richard Willis, gentleman, lord of the
Mannour of Fenny- Compton, and one of the King's Justices of the Peace in the
County of Warwick. And Jone his wife. Whicn Richard deceased the VIII day
of February in the year of our Lord MDXXXI. Of whose souls Jesu have mercy,
Amen."

1883.] Willicm^^Sabiny the Patriarch. 37

" Here lyeth baried the body]^ Ambrose Willis of Fenny Compton in the County
of Warwick, Gentleman, the son uf William Willis who lyeth buried at Prior*s
MarsoD, which William was the son of Richard Willis and Joane his wife, both
lying buried under the stone adjoining. Which Ambrose had by Amye his wife
eight sonnes all deceased in their infancy, but one sonne named Richard, and one
dauffhter named Anne, yet living. He deceased the tenth day of June Anno Domi-
ni Millesimo quingentesimo nonogesimo." [This Amye was the daughter of Rich-
ard CoUer of Little Preston, in the County of Northampton, £squire.]

" Here lyeth buried the body of Richard Willis of Fenny Compton, in the County
of Warwick, gentilman, son of Ambrose Willis, deceased. Which said Richard
bad by Hester his wife, five children, that is to say, (jeorge, William, Richard, Ju-
dith and Mary, all now living, who deceased the tenth day of June, 1597.*' [This
Hester was the daughter of George Charabre of Williamscote in the County of Ox-
lord, GBqaire.j From Dugdale*s Warwickshire.

Arms. Gules, three chevronels and a burdure, argent.

WILLIAM SABIN, THE PATRIARCH. WAS HE A

HUGUENOT ?

By Judge A. W. S avert, M.A., of Digby, N. S.

I HAVE been favored by the Rev. Anson Titus with a copy of
hie valuable preliminary article on the Sabin family of America,
and the tradition that its venerable founder, who was my ancestor
through a female line,* was a French Protestant refugee, has sug-
gested the following considerations.

1 . It seems highly improbable that a native of France could have
written the long holograph will of William Sabin in such pure idio-
matic English of that day, unless he had come to England an infant
and received the whole of his education there.

2. The nariie William was an English, not a French christian
name. True, there is the French form " Guillaume," which would
be abandoned for William during an English residence, but then
the name Guillaume was not a very common one in France in those
days. See how rarely it occurs among the several hundreds of
names in the "Letters of Denization." (Reg. vol. xxxv. 248.) I
will not, however, claim much weight for this.

3. William Sabin must have been more than 21, probably more
than 25 years old when he appeared at Rehoboth in 1643. Two
children had been bom to him before that date. He died about
1687, having been the father of twenty children, the youngest but
7 years old. It is safe to conclude that he was born not later than
1618, nor earlier than 1610. But from the time of the Edict of
Nantes, A.D. 1598, to about A.D. 1675, protestants enjoyed tolera-
tion in France, and were under no necessity of exile for conscience
sake. Their peace was interrupted when their leaders made com-
mon cause with the Prince of Cond6, and afterwards when Louis

• The writer's father was Sabine Savary, of Plympton in this connty, whose mother was
a daughter of Jeremiah^ Sabin, bom 1717 (Jeremiah,' BeigamiD,* William*)-

VOL. xxxvu. 5*

38 William Sahin^ the Iktlriarch. [Jan.

XIII. attacked them : but both the brief struggles which ensued
ended in express confirmations of the edict — the first in 1615, the
second in 1620. Again, they revolted during the war between
France and Italy, and an intermittent struggle took place, which
resulted in 1628 in the capture of Kochelle and other Huguenot
strongholds ; but the victors made no attempt to deprive the van-
quished of liberty of conscience, and fiichelieu is commended even
by his most adverse critics for his moderation and good temper on
this occasion. No general persecution followed ; and althougn some
of the discomfited leaders in the politico-religious strife may have
exiled themselves, it is submitted that William Sabin was too young
to be implicated. The two great migrations of Huguenots to Eng-
land took place at the periods of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's
day, 1573, and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685. The
latter event sent over to New England the Oxford settlers of most
honorable memory. It is suggested that the probate of William
Sabin's will at Boston may be accounted for by his removal to Ox-
ford to join his compatriots, but I should think it improbable that he
would be influenced by such considerations at his then advanced age.
Might not the probate of the will at Boston during the administra-
tion of Gov. Andros be due to circumstances arising out of the re-
cent cancellation of the colonial charter ?*

4. The name Sabin does not appear at all in the Camden Soci-
ety's publications, ** Lists of Foreign Protestants and aliens resident in
Ericrland, 1618-1688," edited by W. Durant Cooper, London,
1862.

5. Experience has taught me the futility of relying on oral
traditions of a Huguenot ancestry in American families bearing
French names. The learned and judicious, but anonymous author
of a valuable work on ** The Norman people and their descendants
in England and America" (Henry S. King & Son, London, 1874),
points out that thousands upon thousands of Normans and Bretons
swarmed into England during the Norman dynasty, and that what
we call the " Anglo-Saxon race " is of fully one third Norman
blood ; and he thus very clearly and conclusively accounts for many
French names erroneously assigned to a Huguenot origin. He gives
the name Sabe as existing in Normandy 1180, Robert and Wil-
liam Sabe in the Hundred Rolls, England, about 1272. He
cites a list of tenants in Cloppam, Bedfordshire, more than half of
whom bore Norman names, and among them was Sabina Burgeys,
and in the Borough of Cambridge, temp. Edw. I. A.D. 1272, he
gives 106 Norman names, among them Sabyn. Ferguson on Eng-
lish Surnames cites Sabas as a Gothic name of the fiflh century,
and refers to Sabbe and Sappi as Friescic names, from which he de-
duces the modern English iSabine, deriving them all from words in

* Such, no doabt, was the case. Wills of residents of other colonies were probated at
Boston daring the administration of Andros.— £o.

1883.] Marriages in West Springfield. 39

the old German and Norse languages meaning "a sword," whence
our modem ^ sabre." I may, perhaps, venture the suggestion that
the name of the ancient Sabini, the severissimi homines of Italy,
came from the same Aryan root, qtiasi *^men of the sword."
Lower on English Surnames, pp. 35-6, cites a string of verses,
forming an address to the populace at the beginning of one of the
" Coventry mysteries " early in the 15th century, in which occurs
the name Sabyn Springe. Burke's General Armory, ed. of 1878,
mentions English families Sabb^, Sabben, Sabin and Sabine, the
latter of Bedfordshire, and obtaining a grant of arms in 1660, but
armorially identified with that of Sabin of Northampton, which would
seem to be the older family. Marshall's ^ Index to English Pedi-
grees " (Lond. 1879), refers for Sabin to '* Berry's Kent Gene-
alogies," p. 461.

I should judge that Sabin is much more common as an English
than as a French name, while my own surname is the reverse ; yet
even my name in a form so nearly approaching the modern English
one as Saveri, is found in England as early as 1272, while Sava-
ry was the name of a Bishop of Bath in the reign of King John.
Still, as to Sabin, all the above facts are consistent with the possi-
bility of his having^ been a son or a grandson of an exile from
the scenes of St. Bartholomew's day ; or the youthful son of one
(if there were any such) who brought his family over to England
after the fall of Kochelle ; but my judgment is very strongly in favor
of assigning a Norman-English rather than a Huguenot origin to
this widely extended American family.

MARRIAGES IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 1774-1796.

Contribated by Mr. Ltm\n H. Baoo, of New York, N. T.

[Continaed fW>m vol. xxxvi. page 400.]

Tire Intention of Marriage between Enos 'Allen and Nabby Beers both
of West Springfield was entered December 27th and published the 28,
1793. Paid 1-6.

The Intention of Marriage between Forest Ashley of Pittsfield alias of
West Springfield and Eleanor Williston of West Springfield was entered
and published Dec. 29, 1798.

Tnieman Smith son of Alexander Smith 2^ and Elizabeth Smith was
bom Dec. 23* 1793.

William Steward Bliss son of Pliny Bliss and Polly Bliss was born No-
Tem' 8**» 1793.

Jacob Day Ju' son of Lt Jacob Day and Mrs. Abigail Day was bom
May 6, 1791.

Nabby Day their Daughter was born August 13*^ 1793.

Jonathan White 2d, son of Aaron White and Lucy White was bom Jan-
nary 6, 1794.

40 Marriages in West Springfield. [Jan.

Lydia Ely Daughter of Simeon Ely Ju' and Margaret Ely was born Oo-
tob'V*^ 1788.

Aurelia their Daughter was born 12'** September 1791.

Dan'l their son was born November 29, 1793.

The Intention of jNIarriage between Matthew Copley & Keziah Ellesworth
both of West Springfield was entered January the 29th and published the
2^ February, 1794.

Julia Ely Daughter of Martin Ely and Elizabeth Ely was born January
1, 1794.

Amanda Bagg Daughter of Oliver Bagg and Trypheua Bagg was bom
June9*»» 1793.

The Intention of Marriage between Luther Frink and Phebe I^Eorgan
both of West Springfield Wiis entered February the 21, 1794 and published
the 22^ 1794. To be certified ready.

Jacob Cooper Jun' Sou of Jacob Cooper and Rebecca Cooper was born
Dec' 24, 1793.

The Intention of Marriage between Ebenezer Sargeants of West Spring-
field and Elizabeth Adams of Cheshire was entered March the 18th and
published the 23* 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Jcdediah Bliss and Roxana Ban-
croft both of West Springfield was entered March 20, & published the 23,
1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Gains Pepper and Lettico Brooks
both of West Springfield was entered March the 21. & published the 23.
1794.

The Intention of David Worthington and Polly Rogers both ot West
Springfield was entered March 22 and published the 23. 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Edmund Ely and Huldah Mayan
both of West Springfield was entered March 27. and published the 29**
1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Jabez Otis of Westfield and Lucy
Ely of West Springfield was entered April 3** and published the 5*** 1794.

Hezekiah Day Mason son of David Mason and Mary Mason was bom
April 20. 1793.

Ambrose Day Ju' son of Ambrose Day and Polly Day was born Febru-
ary 9**» 1792.

Records of Steph" Bedortha Minister left to be recorded.

Clarey Bedortha Daughter of Stephen Bedortha and Eleanor Bedortha
was l)orn March the 3** 1773.

Jonathan Bedortha their son was born January 1. 1775.

Persis Bedortha their Daughter was born October 14. 1776.

Stephen Bedortha Ju' their son was born November 28. 1782.

Walter Bedortha their son was born April 29. 1779.

Harvey Bedortha their son was born July 2. 1784.

Alden Bedortha their son was born June 18, 1786.

Daniel Bedortha their son was born March 30, 1791.

Jere Bedortha their son was born July 31, 1788.

Fanny Bedortha their Daughter was born January 20. 1794.

August 4. 1763, Died Jonathan Bedortha in the 27'** year of his Age.

July 30, 1764, Died my Father Jonathan Bedortha in the 61** year of
his Age.

August 15. 1769 Died Joanna Smith my Sister — 9 years old.

1883.] Marricujes in West Springfield. 41

JaDoary 11, 1773, Then Died my Sister Mabel Stiles aged 40.
April 20, 1774, Then Died Clarissa the Daughter of Stephen and Elea-
nor Bedortha aged thirteen Months.

April 1782 Then Died my Mother Joanna Bedortha.

Justin Bagg Son of Thomas Bagg and Eonice Bagg was born December
18, 1793.

The Intention of Marriage between Ens" Stephen Worthington of Wt.
Springfield and Lydia Rogers of Brimfield was entered May 1. 1794. and
pablished the 4^ of the same Instant

The following Persons were married at the Time affixed to their respec-
tive Names By me Joseph Lathrop.

Moses Ashley & Sarah Rogers both of West Springfield May 23, 1793.

Moses Day and Polly Carver both of West Springfield May 27, 1793.

Silas Clap of Southampton and Eunice Ranger of West Springfield June
13, 1793.

Pliny White and Lydia Granger both of Wt. Springfield July 14, 1793.

Cyrus Robinson & PoUy Williston both of West Springfield Aug^ 15,
1793.

Elijah Famham & Lovisa Day, both of West Springfield Oct' 1. 1793.

Thomas Hutchins and Lucy Bedortha both of West Springfield Novem-
ber 7, 1793.

Solomon Ashley and Caroline Rogers both of West Springfield Decem-
ber 26, 1793.

Samuel Ward and Rhoda Brooks both of West Springfield January 16,
1794.

Edward Day and Beda Hitchcock both of West Springfield January 16,
1794.

Enos Allen and Nabby Beers both of West Springfield January 23,
1794.

Forest Ashley of Pittsfield alias of West Springfield and Eleanor Wil-
liston of Wt Springfield Feb. 16, 1794.

Matthew Copley and Kezia Ellsworth both of West Springfield March
13. 1794.

Edmund Ely and Huldah Morgan both of West Springfield April 9,
1794.

Luther Frink & Phebe Morgan both of West Springfield April 9, 1794.

Gaius Pepper & Lettice Brooks both of West Springfield April 20, 1794.

West Springfield 19 April 1794 Mr. Aaron White Town Qerk of West
Springfield. These are to certify that I have not joined any Persons in
Marriage for the year last past. Abr"' Burbank Just^* Pads.

The Intention of Marriage between Henry Day and Mary Ely both of
West Springfield was entered May the 10^ and published the IV^ 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Rufiis Leonard and Betty Flower
both of West Springfield was entered May the 10*^ and published the 11^^
1794.

Olive Smith Daughter of Simeon Smith and Mary Smith was born Jan-
oary 23, 1792.

Simeon Smith Jun' their Daughter [sic!'] was born March 7^ 1794.

To Mr. Aaron White, Sir, This certifieth that Lazarus Warren and
Lovisa Leonard both of West Springfield were Married the 28th of April
AD 1793 By Sylvanus Griswold.

42 Marriages in West Springfield. [Jan.

Sophia Kent Daughter of Augustus and Mary Kent was bom 15^ of Au-
gust 1788.

Elizabeth Griswold Kent their Daughter was bom 11*^ day of October
1793.

Warren Farnham Son of Elijah Farnham and Lovisa Farnham was bom
February U, 1794.

Tlie Intention of Marriage between Hezekiah Loomis of West Spring-
field and Rosauna Rice of Sufiield was entered and published the IG'^'of
May 1794.

I hereby certify that I have joined no Person in Marriage for seyera^
Years past from this Day. Witness my hand this 12*^ of April 1794.

Justin Ely Justice of the Peace.

The Intention of Marriage between Cyrus Starkweather of Partridge-
field and Chloe Bagg of West Springfield was entered May 30. and pub-
lished the 31, 179 i.

The Intention of Marriage l)etween Mr. Lucas Morgan of West Springs
field and Miss Betty Eastman of Grauby was entered June the 19^ and
published the Same Day 1794.

Betty Chapin Daughter of Moses Augustus Chapin and Lucina Chapin
died April 4, 1794.

Mrs. Mary Cooly Wife of Lieu* Roger Cooly Died May 15^ 1794.

Anna Cooly Daughter of Walter Cooly and Eunice Cooly was bom Sep-
tember 19*^ 1790.

Polly Cooly their Daughter was born May the 2^ 1792.

The following persons were married on the Day of the Date affixed to
their respective Names (entered April 30, 1793)

2. Elijah Rust of West Hampton and Anna Miller of West Springfield
Sept' 4, 1792.

1. Edward Stebbins 2^ and Anna Taylor both of West Springfield June
11"» 1792.

3. James Farmer of Springfield and Prudence Faraham of West
Springfield, Nov. 25, 1792.

4. Pelatiah Farrington and Polly Brackett both of West Springfield Jan-
uary 3, 1793.

5. Wells Tuttle and Electa Morgan both of West Springfield January
24, 1793.

6. Jasper Peck Sears of the Genisee Settlement and Martha Parsons of
West Springfield Jany. 29, 1 793.

7. Lyman Bostwick of New Milford and Rebecca Bond of West Spring-
field, Feby. 18. 1793. By Joseph Lathrop a Minister of the Town of
West Springfield.

The Intention of Marriage between Ephraim Blakslee of Suffield and
Betsey Ellsworth of West Springfield wjis entered and published July 13,
1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Jesse Rogers and Zerviah Leonard
both of West Springfield was entered August 2** and published the 3d 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Aaron Wright Jun' of Northampton
and Helena Talcott Breck of West Springfield was entered August 6th.

The Intention of Marria<je between Warren Johnson of Woodstock in
the State of New York and Sally Farnham of West Springfield was en-
tered August 8th and published the 10'^ 1794.

[To be oontlnaed.]

1883.] CocU of Arms of Maine. 43

COAT OF AKMS OF MAINE.

By the Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast, Me.

FTER the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, in 1820,
one of the earliest acts of the first legislature was to establish
a coat of arms and a seal for the new state, as follows :

Resolve for providing a Seal, June 9th, 1820.

Description of the Device, Sfc, of the Seal and Arms of the Siate of Maine.

A Shield, argent, charged with a Pine Tree ; a Moose Deer at the
foot of it, recumbent Supporters ; on dexter side, an Husbandman rest-
ing on a scythe ; on sinister side a Seaman resting on an anchor.

Jo the foreground, representing sea and land, and under the Shield, the
name of the State in large Roman capitals, to wit :

MAINE.

The whole surmounted by a Crest, the North Star. The Motto, in small
Roman capitals, in a label interposed between the Shield and Crest, viz.,
DmiGO.

Explanation.

The Moose Deer {Cervus dices) is a native of the forests of Maine.
When full grown it is scarcely inferior to a horse in size. It has a neck
short and thick, a large head, hams dilating almost immediately from the
base into a broad, palmated form, a thick, heavy upper lip, hanging very
much over the lower, very high shoulders, and long legs. The color is a
dark greyish brown, much paler on the legs and under part of the body.
The hair is coarse and strong, and much longer on the top of the shoulders
aod ridge of the neck than on other parts. The eyes and ears are large,
the hoofs broad, and the tail extremely short. The greatest height of the
Moose Deer is about seventeen hands, and the weight of such an animal
about twelve hundred and twenty pounds. In deep snows they collect in
numbers in pine forests.

The Mast Pine {Americana, quinis ex uno foUiculo setis), leaves five
together, cones cylindrical, imbricated, smooth, longer than the leaves, crests
of the anthers of two minute, awl-shaped bristles. It is as well the staple
of the commerce of Maine as the pride of her forests. It is an evergreen
of towering height and enormous size. It is the largest and most useful of
American Pines and the best timber for masts.

Application of the Emblems, Sfc,

NAME.

The territory, embraced by the limits of the State, bears the name
MAINE.

CREST.

As in the Arms of the United States a cluster of stars represents the
States composing the nation, the North Star may be considered particu-
larly applicable to the most northern member of the confederacy, or as in-
dicating the local situation of the most northern State in the Union.

44 Inscriptions in Copp^s Hill Burial Ground. [Jan.

MOTTO.

" DiRiGO." Idirecty or 1 guide.
As the Polar Star has been considered the mariner's guide and direeUr
in conducting the ship over the pathless ocean to the desired haven, and
the centre of magnetic attraction ; as it has been figuratively used to denote
the point, to which all affections turn, and as it here is intended to repre-
sent the State, it may be considered the citizen's guide, and the ohfeci to
which the patriot's best exertions should be directed.

SHIELD.

The Pine Tree.
The stately Pine, with its straight body, erect head and evergreen foli-
age, and whose beauty is exceeded only by its usefulness, while it repre-
sents the State, will excite the constant prayer of its citizens, semper virtdds.

The Moose Deer,
A native animal of the State, which retires before the approaching steps
of human inhabitancy, in his recumbent posture and undisturbed situation,
denotes the extent of unsettled lands, which future years may see the abodes
of successive generations of men, whose spirit of independence shall be un-
tamed as this emblem, and whose liberty shall be unrestricted as the range
of the Moose Deer.

77ie Supporters of the Shield,
A Husbandman with a scythe represents Agriculture generally, and more
particularly that of a grazing country ; while a Seaman resting on an an-
chor represents Commerce and Fisheries ; and both indicate that the State
is supported by these primary vocations of its inhabitants.

INSCRIPTIONS IN COPFS HILL BURIAL GROUND
ON NEWLY DISCOVERED GRAVESTONES.

Commnnicated by Edward MacDonald, Saperintendent of that Barial Groand.

[The inscriptions on the following gravestones are not contained
in ^ Whitmore's Copp's HiU Epitaphs," published in 1878. Six of
them were omitted in copying, and the rest were at that time buried
under ground, but have since been discovered by Mr. MacDonald.
— Editob.]

No. 1. " David, son to David Copp and Obedience his wife, aged 2
weeks Dyed Dec 22 1661." 2. '' Thomas, son to David Copp and Obedi-
ence his wife aged 2 years and 8 quarters.*' 8. Foot-stone. ^' M. L."
4. '^ Jonathan Copp son of David Copp aged 12 years and 2 mo Deed Ocr
ye 22d 1721."

5. ^* Isac son of Joseph and Elizabeth White aged 8 yrs & 6 mo Died
Sept 8 1732."

6. " Mary Glidden chd to Joshna and Elizabeth died March ye 8th 1709
in ye 16 year of her age."

7. '* In memory of John William son of John W and Elizabeth J. Zie-
gel who died Oct. 15 1814 aged 18 mos."

«<v

1883.] Inscriptions in Copp^s Hill Burial Gh'ound. 46

8. '* Frederick Christopher Ziegel who died Aug Sd 1815, set 5 mos & 10
days."

9. ^^ John Carthew age years and 7 months & days departed this
life Nov ye 13 1696."

10. *' Recompense Wads worth A. M. First Master of ye Grammar Free
School of ye North End of Boston, aged about 24 years. Died June ye
9th 1713."

11." Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs Mary Welch wife to Mr Eben'r Welch
aged 21 Years. Deed Septr y* 5'»» 1730."

12. "Ebenezer Weldh son to Ebenezer and Mary Welch, aged 3 weeks
and 2 days. Deceased Septr ye 6 1730."

13. '* Here Lyes ye Body of Sarah Goldthwait, wife to John Goldthwait,
aged 35 years & 2 mo. dec'd Octr ye 31st, 1715."

14. " John the son of John & Hannah Buck aged 18 days, Died the 4th
day of Sept 1701."

15. " Here lyes the body of Mr Thomas Millen, aged 58 years Deed Jan.
24, 1727-8."

16. "James Hill son of Mr. James and Esther Hill, aged 16 months,
died July 24th 1744."

17. ** Here lyes buried the body of Mr. James Hill, aged 36 years,
died April ye 29, 1746."

18. '* Here Lyes buried the body of Mr. Daniel Collins, who died Aug.
29th 1758, in the 4l8t year of his age."

19. " Here Lyes Buried the Body of Mrs Easter Henchman, late widow
of Mr. Richard Henchman aged 75 years. Dec'd May ye 5th 1731."

20. " Elizabeth Boone aged 2 years Dyed ye 13 October 1667."

21. " Miss Sarah Leate died Jan 19, 1805, JE 80."

22. " Here Lyes ye Body of Mary Roberts daur of Mr John & Marcy
Roberts died Sept 11th 1772 aged 1 year & 9 months."

23. " Here Lyes ye Body of Hannah Souther, wife to Joseph Souther,
aged 53 Years, who departed this life August y® 20th 1711."

24. " Jeremiah Son to Mr Jeremiah & Mrs Hannah Bill aged 3 Years
6 mo Dec* March y* 10»»» 1735-6."

25. "Ann Hett aged 38 Years Dec* June Y« 20*^ 1678."

26. "In Memory of Mrs Abigail Breading died March y* 80"" 1774 in
the 60'* Year of her age."

27. " Here Lyes ye body of Joseph Soames aged 24 Years & 6 mo died
Aagusty2<>»*1705."

28. Foot Stone. " Elizabeth Brame."

29. " Here lyes ye body of mrs Sarah Storer Wife to mr Nathaniel Sto-
rer Dec* Sep* Y* 22^°* 1745 in y* 52*'°* Year of her age."

80. " In Memory of Mrs Mary Sweetser Wife of Mr Joseph Sweetser
who died April 9*^ 1784 in the 79 Year of her age."

81. " Edward Page Y« son of Mr W" & Mrs Dorcas Page aged 6 Years
died march ye 12«^ 1748-9."

32. •* Here Lyes Burried Body of mr Edward Page Dec* Jan^^ Y*
15 1736-7 aged 49 Years."

33. " Mary Page aged 5 Years Dec* aug 21"* 1730."

34. " Elizabeth Barker Y* Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Barker aged
6 weeks died Y* 14 of July 1688."

35. " Elizabeth Coit Daughter of Mr Joseph & Mrs Dorathy Coit aged
1 month died aug. Y« 24"* 1749."

TOL. XXXTII. 6

46 Early Bells of MaascuihuaeUa. [Jan.

36. ^' In Memory of Nathaniel Lamson of Mr Nathaniel Lamson &
Elizabeth Lamson who died august Y* 1761 age 1 Year & 7 mo
Days."

37. Foot Stone. " Mrs Elizabeth Lash."

38. ^^ John Ruck Son to Thomas & Mary Ruck aged 20 months Dec'
Sept Y« 2"* 1715."

EARLY BELLS OF MASSACHUSETTS.— ADDENDA.

By Elbridob H. Qobs, Esq., of Melrose, Mass.

SINCE the articles on this subject appeared in the Reoisteb for
April and July, 1874, vol. xxviii., communications have been
received giving information of interest concerning other bells and
churches. One of them appeared in the October number for that
year, in which Mr. George R. Cur wen gav^ an account of the old
bell in St. Peter's Church, Salem, — imported from England in 1740,
and still in use, — copied from the parish records. Since then, also,
two new chimes of bells have been cast and introduced into Massa-
chusetts ; one in Lawrence and the other in Brookline, details of
which will now be given, together with these communications, and
a few additional items gathered from local histories.

Boston, 1630. In '' Boston Town Records " is found the follow-
ing vote: **The 26 : 4th mo., 1649. Rich. Taylor is to ringe the
bell at 9 of the cloke at night, and half an hour after foure in the
mominge, and is to have for his recompence 41. a yeare, begining
his yeare the 24 : 4^^ mo, 1649." This may be considered the ori-
gin of our nine o'clock evening bell. It was spoken of by Josselyn
in 1663, and it was probably rung every evening from that time
until the beginning of the year 1880, when the good old custom
ceased by vote of the Common Council of Boston ! There seems
also to have been an eleven o'clock bell, according to Snow's ^ His-
tory of Boston," which says, under date 25. 5. 1664, the following:
" For the more convenient and expeditious dispatch of merchants'
[and maritime] affairs, or any other relating to strangers or our in-
habitants, it is ordered that the bell be rung at eleven of the clock
every working day, to give notice thereof to all persons concerned ;
and that the ringer shall be allowed 12d. a year by every person
that commonly resorts thereunto, and that they may assemble in the
room under the Town-house, for the space of one hour, for the ends
above expressed." This was the first Town House, and was of
wood, and was erected in 1677-9, at the head of State Street, where?
the Old State House now stands, and was consumed by fire in
1711. •

• Drake's *<01d Laodmarks of Boston."

1883.] Early Bells of Massachusetts. 47

The ** Old South " bell has an interesting history :

Feby. 18, 1728-9. Whereas Capt. Timothy Cunningham in his last
Will and Testament generously hequeathed to this Church Two hundred
pounds : and the Execution of his will by order of his mother, Mrs. Ruth
Cunningham, falling into the hands of his only brother, Mr. Nathl. Cun-
ningham, to whom the committee of this church has made application for
the same Legacy, and which he offers to pay, at the same time signifying
his desire that the money should be invested in a Bell for the New House
now going to he built:

Voted that the said money be applied to the purchasing as good a Bell
as it win procure and that in honor and gratitude for the memory of the
donor there be the following inscription cast on the bell :

'* The Gift of Captain Timothy Cunningham to the South Church in
Boston, who died at sea Sept 12, 1728.''

This bell was cast in London, and for a century or more greeted
the ears of Bostonians, when some unskilful person, in ringing for
an alarm of fire, cracked it. It was sent to London and recast, and
some of the names of the Old South committee of that time cast
thereon. The " new house " spoken of in the above vote, is the
one now standing, and for the preservation of which so many have
been laboring. In an interview, two or three years ago, the late
Mr. Longfellow said that he had about despaired of the success of
the effort to save it, and made this suggestion : " Let the body of
the house go, but save the tower with a small strip of land around it.
Take out the doors and leave open arches on all four of its sides ;
fence it in for preservation. That would leave it a graceful monu-
ment and memorial."

Ipswich, 1633. Indian name, Agawam. Rev. A. Caldwell,
of Shrewsbury, Mass., communicates the following votes, which he
copied from the Ipswich town records while on a recent visit to his
native town, showing that Ipswich had a bell as early as seven years
after its settlement.

Jan. 11, 1640. Agreed with Ralph Varnum for ringing Bell: keeping
dean meeting House : and publishing such things as the Town shall ap-
point : shall have for his pains of every man for the year past whose estate
is rated under £100, 6d: from £100 to £500 I2d: & upwards 18d. the like
for thiA year to come.

1647, 11* of 11* mo. Voted that the Deacons shall have power to
agree with a man whom they shall think fit to keep the meeting house
dean, and to ring the bell, and what they shall agree with him shall be paid
cot of the town rate.

1658, June 18*^. The selectmen for the time being it is left to them to
tend the little bell for the use of the school as they may judge meet.

In 1695 a bell of 200 wt. was bought for the town. And in 1G99
a ** Bigger Bell" was procured. This "Bigger" one weighed 600
pc»unds, and the old one was sold to Marblchead. The names of
fifty-three who subscribed to the bell of 1699 are recorded.

48 Early Bells of MaasachtMetts. [Jan.

Reading, 1639. Called " Lynn ViUage " until 1644, when the
General Court ordered it to be called " Redding.** Probably named
in honor of Reading, England, whence some of the first settlers of
Lynn Village emigrated, says Eaton in his " Genealogical History
of the Town of Reading, Mass., including the present Towns of
Wakefield, Reading and North Reading.*' The first vote concern-
ing a bell occurs in 1714,* when the town voted ''to procure a new
bell, not to cost over 50 pounds," which indicates that a bell had
been previously in use. In 1727 the First Parish voted ^ to procure
a new Bell for the meeting-house, with the old Bell so far as that
will go, and what that will not do, to be paid by way of a Rate."
Also voted " to build a turret on the meetincr.house for the Bell."
In 1750, the First Parish paid Rev. Mr. Hobby for his negro's
sweeping the meeting-house and ringing the bell one year, £3. 10s.
In 1824, the town voted "that the bell should be hung on the Bap-
tist meeting-house, to remain there during the pleasure of the town,
the town using it for all town purposes, as they see fit, and that the
Baptist society have the privilege of using it for their religious meet-
ings, the same as the Congrcgationalists use the other bell which is
hung on their meeting-house."

Barnstable, 1639. Named from a seaport in Devonshire, on
the south side of the Bristol Channel. George Wingate Chase
gives two Indian names as belonging to Barnstable, viz. : Chequock-
et and Coatuit. Mr. C. C. P. Waterman communicates the fol-
lowing :

Among the relics of ages long passed away, the old bell, now hung up to
rest in the Court House of Barnstable after its days of labor are over, has
a history of its own to tell. It was cast in 1673 and bears evidence of hav-
ing been made in Munich ; the string of grotesque faces around its crown
strongly reminding one of a cherry stone in the Elector's Palace, with one
hundred and forty heads distinctly engraven upon it. The inscription upon
its sur&ce is

SI DEVS PRO NOBVS ,gyQ
QVIS CONTRA N08

[If God be with us who can be against us.]

March 12th, 1702, Capt Peter Adolph of New York was cast away upon
our shore. His body was recovered and buried in the old cemetery of
Sandwich. His widow, out of gratitude for the kind attention paid to his
remains by the citizens of Sandwich, presented them with this old bell not
far from the year 1705, about thirty years after it was cast. It was hung
up in the tower of their old church in the centre of the town, where for
years in its sweetest tones it invited the wayfarer to come within its portals,
where God was pleased to see his people bow and reverently learn the way
of truth and life. In 1756, the people apparently needed a louder call,
as their ears grew deaf, or they lived farther apart ; and they voted to sell
and get another. May 12, 1763, Rev. Benjamin Fessenden, their agent,
made report that he had sold the bell to the Justices of the Se8sions for the
Court-House in Barnstable. There it hung for many years, calling those
who had broken the laws and trampled upon the rights of their fellow-men,

1883.] Early Bella of Massachusetts. 49

to judgment Its hibtory thus far is on record, but the end is not yet. The
tones of its invitation, heeded or unheeded, are on record too ; atid when tlie
walls now surrounding it are crumbled into dust, those who profited by the
invitations it then gave, and those who did not,- will remember them with
pleasure or regret

Hull, 1644. Formerly Nantasket ; inhabited 1621-2. Named
Hull from that town in Old England, whence, and vicinity, some of
the first settlers came. [Kingeton-upon-Hull , commonly called
Hull, in the East Riding of York, is a county of itself, and a well-
known seaport. It was strongly in favor of the Parliament when
the civil war broke out. It stood two severe assaults from the royal
troops, but was never taken. — Whitmore,]

Mr. C J. F. Binney, of Boston, contributes the following informa-
tion about the bells and church in Hull, copied from the Town
Records.

Rev. iSachariah Whitman was the first regularly ordained minister, in
1670, when there was a church, and probably a bell. He died in 1726, —
after the ordination of Rev. Ezra Carpenter as colleague, — aged 82, in the
56th year of his ministry.* "Jan. 5, 170*, meeting house enlarged, Com*
to seat it. Oct. 6, 1710. Voted that the bell be taken down from where
it stands and set up in the middle of the Meeting House. March 19, 1733.
Voted a new meeting House to be 30 feet wide X 36 feet 6 in. & pued. —
Voted 13 pews & to be sold at £8 each \ at raising J at finishing. Nov.
21. 1743, voted £65 for a new bell ; having voted 3^ Jan. of that year that
the bell be changed for a new one, of 150 lbs, John Loring, John Binney,
Jos. Milton, Jos. Lobdell a Com. for it. 1757. 8ol° Jones & James Lor-
in^j. Selectmen, onler the Treasurer of Hull to pay Joshua Hinney (ajjed
19) eii^'ht shiUings for ringing the bell for 1756." [From 1772 to 1791
various votes were passed to repair the meeting- house and supply the pul-
pit.] In 1789 a memorandum on the Town Records says: **This day de-
livered to Solomon Jones, to keep, the last male member of the Church,
the Church plate," &c. (described.) [The plate and the Church records,
1725 to 1767, yet (1876) remain with the family in Hingham. The church
reconls under Kev. Z. Whitman are lost.]

*' 1791, 7 March. Comm* to repair the M. House 8i supply the pulpit
for the ensuing year, & agree with the minister to keep the School in s*^
Town for ensuing year. Agreed & voted that the Town advertise the
Ticket that was bought by the Selectmen with a view to maintaining a min-
ister in 8** Town. 1791, 19' August, ordered that the Town buy a base
Voial, & a book to keep for the youse of s** Town, to the amount of 33s.
1794, Comm* to supply pulpit 3 mos. & allow Cap. Dan^ Souther 12s. a
week for minister's board, & 7s. week, keeping his horse, — 21 meals a
week's board."

* This is a very lon^ pastorate, but Massnchusctts can Aimish many instances equally as
lOM, and qnite a numl>er where they extended over a period of more than sixty years. The
tmm adjoining Hnll, Hingham, has had two such, viz.: Rev. Ebenezer Gay, D.D., 1718-
87^^ years; and Rey. Joseph Richardson, 1806-71, 65 years. Salcm has had one, Rev.
Broini Emerson, 1806-72, 67 years. One in Chicopee, Rev. John McKinstry, 1752-1813,
61 yean. One in Holland, Rev. Ezra Reeve, 1737-1818, 61 years. One in Loiigmeadow,
BeV. Stephen %yilliams,»son of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield,— 1716-82, 66 years. One
in West Springfield, Rev. Joseph Lnthrop, 1756-1819,— when a colleague was provided, —
61 rears. One in Soathampton, Rev. Jonathan Jndd, 1743-1803, 60 years. One in Whate-
ly,)ler. RafVis Weils, 177M834, 63 years; and doubtless some others.

VOL. XXXYII. 6*

50 Early Bella of Maasachusetts. [Jan.

1815. The old meetiDg-hoase and bell which had stood eight j-Cwo yean,
with often repairing, blew down in the great gale of this year. The bell
was afterwards sold by the town. On the fly-leaf of a hymn book at Mr.
John Reed's, Hull, is the following: ^Presented to the Hall Society by
Mess. Codman, Earle, Reed and other friends, Sept. 26, 1868. Mr. Reed
says that they gave a sum towards a bell, and with the surplus bought 25
hymn books. Since the loss of the old meeting-house, religious services
have been held in th6 Town Hall, over the school house, whenever there b
a minister present Various sects have sprung up, and no regular minis-
ter has been settled since 1767. The young ladies, from 1775 to 1815,
used to sit in the belfry of the church to knit and chat, throwing their baUs
of yam to the ground, to see who could first knit them up. The old par-
sonage house, a low cottage, was sold in 1873 and remodelled. On the in-
side of a closet door now in the kitchen, there is a very pretty landscape,
painted by Rev. Samuel Veazie about 1760.*

Lawrence. Incorporated as a town in 1847, as a city in 1853.

Named in honor of Abbott Lawrence, one of its founders. A new

chime of bells, — the tenth in INIassachusetts, — has recently been

placed in the tower of St. Mary's (Catholic) Church. These bells

were cast by the well-known bell-founders, William Blake & Co.,

of this city, are sixteen in number, and form one of the finest peals

that have ever,

*' Low at times and loud at times,
And chan^Dg like a poet's rhyme?,
Rang the oeautlful wild chimes." f

• This property, known as the Hnnt estate, has now (1880) been purchased br John
Boyle O'Reilly, who will preserve as many as possible of the old features of this historic
house, which was probably built about the year 1644, and in it dwelt Rev. Marmcduke
Mathews, then the pastor.

t The total wciicht of the bolls is 14,585 pounds, and they cost about ^,000 Besides
the '* Cast by William Blake Sc Co., Formerly Henry N. Hooper & Co.," on each bell, they
are named and inscribed as follows :

D. Weight 3161 pounds.
SanctiB Mario! Dicata.
(Cruciflx.)
Nos Fieri Jussit Rev. Pater J. P. Gilmore, O.S.A., MDCCCLXXIV. Episcopo, Sedente
Revino, A.C. Ilmo, D.D. Joanne J. Williams.

(On reverse.)
Com. Gen. Ordinis S.P.A. Adm. Rev. T. Ghilberry.

(Crucifix.)
Cleri EcclesisB Gnilelmus Harnett Joannes J. Bowles, D.D., Regan. Pro Nobis DooBvit
Hugo Raffbrty. Tria Millla Scututorum.

VTranaUUioft. Dedicated to St. Mary. Rev. Father J. P. Gilmore erected this chime,
18/4. Right Rev. John J. Williams, Bishop of Diocese of Boston, Com. Gen. of the Order
of St. Augustine in America, Very Rev. T. Galberry. Clergy of the Church, William
Harnett, John J. Bowles, D. D. Reagan. Towards the erection of the chime Hugh Baiftr^
xx)ntribnted three thousand dollars.]

E. 2125 pounds.

Sancto Josepho. [Dedicated to St Joseph.]

Fl 1624 pounds.

Sancto Augustino. [To St. Augustine.]

G. 1362 pounds.

Sancto Thomse de Villanova. [St. Thomas of YillAnoya.]

qp 1135 pounds.

Sancto Putritlo. [St. Patrick.]

A. 974 pounds.

Sancto Petro. Ex Dono Petri Holihan. [St. Peter. Gift of Peter Holihan.]

A|. 779 pounds.
Sancto Ludivico. In Memoriam, Rev. Ludovid Edge, O.S Jl. [St. Loois. In mcmoiy
of Bey. Louis M. Edge.]

1883.] Early Bella of Massachusetts. 51

Bbookline, 1705. Termed often by Sewall, Brookland. Its first
name was Muddy River, and this may fairly be ranked among de*
scriptive names derived from the peculiarities of location. — Whttmore*
Winthrop speaks of it as Muddy Brook, under date of August 30,
1632. According to the records there was no bell in Brookline
until 1771, when it was "Voted To Erect a Steeple at the West
end of the Meeting house," in which to place a bell that had been
given to the town by Mr. Nicholas Boylston. This bell was sold
in 1805 to make way for another one imported from London, and
donated by Hun. Stephen Higginson.

In 1880 Brookline was the recipient of a chime of bells, it being
the eleventh introduced into Massachusetts. It consists of ten bells ;
the first ,or " tenor " bell, weighs 3054 pounds,* is in the key of E^,
and bears the following inscription :

'' Let him that heareth say, Come.
And whosoever will, let him take
the water of life freely."
Presented to the
Harvard Church of Brookliue

by
Heury Masou
1874.

B. 72S pounds.

Sancto Alo7«io. Ex Dono Confmtcmitatis Imm. Cone. Eccl. Sant Maria. [St Aloysios..
Gift of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of St. Mary's Church.]

C. 60*) pounds.

Sancto Jflcobo. In Memorlam Rev. Jacob! O'Donncll, O.S.A. Ex Dono Confratemita-
tis SanctaB Familio). [St. James. In memory of Rev. James O'Donncll. Gift of the SO'
dAUty of the Holy Family.]

CI. 505 pounds.

8anct£e Anns. Anna Summers me Dona v it. [St. Anne. Gift of Anna Summers.]

D. 41S pounds.

Sacred to St. Cecilia. Gift of the Lawrence Catholic Choral Union, 1874.

Dl 349 pounds.
Sancto Nicolao de Tolentino. Ex Dono Puerorum Eccl. Sts Marias. [St. Nicholas.
Gift of the boys of St. Mary's Schools.!^

£. 288 pounds.
Sanctis Angelis. Ex Dono Pucllarum. Eccl. Stsd Marise. [To the Holy Angels. Gift
of the girls of St. Mary's Schools.]

Ft. 221 pounds.
Sanctie Monies. In Memoriam Eorum qui Fro Nobis Collectas Fccerunt. [St. Monica.
In memory of those who raised subscriptions.]

G. 184 pounds.
Sancto Michflello. Ex Dono Michoslis Summers. [St. Michael. Gift of Michael Sum-
mers.]

A. 132 pounds.
Sanctisrimo pnero Jesu. Ex Dono Confratemitatis Eccl. Stso Maris. [To the Infant
Jesus. Gift of the Infant Jesus Sodality of St. Mary's Church.]

• The weights of the other nine bells are as follows :

No. 2, 2056 pounds
No. 3, 1607
No. 4, 1246
No. 5, 807
No. 6, 522
No. 7. 457
No. 8, 412
No. 9, 375
No. 10, 279

Total weight of the ten bells, 10,714 pounds. Cost of chime, set in tower, $6,500.

inds

Key

i«

A5.

B5.

t«

D5.

((

£5.

52 Early Bella of Massachusetts. [Jan.

The balance of the chime was given by an unknown donor, or
donors, and they bear no in8cri[)tion8 except those of the caster and
date, viz. : " Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company. 1880."

" The cheerful Sabbath belle, wherever heard,
Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice
Of one who, from the far-off hills, proclaims
Tidings of £Ood to Zion."

In many of the towns the conch shell was used as a means of
summons before bells were introduced ; and in speaking of Am-
herst (ante^ vol. xxviii. p. 287), it should have been mentioned
that in 1743, when it was known as the third precinct of Hadley, it
was '* voted to give Aaron Warner 30 shillings to sweep the meet-
ing house, and to give a signet when to go to meeting for one year."
In 1746 it was " voted to give John Nash forty shillings to sound
ye kunk for this year." Holland says that the conch at the first
church was used until 1793, when a bell weighing 932 pounds, pur-
chased of Benjamin Hanks, of Mansfield, took its place.

Many more items of interest connected with our early bells and
early methods of summons might be given. Bells have perfonned
a most useful and interesting function in the world's history, and
very much has been written about them. Prof. Longfellow, who
has himself written some of the sweetest idyls about bells, recently
said in a note : " The subject of bells is always attractive, and I
wish somebody would bring together all the best things that have
been written upon theni, both in prose and verse. Why will you
not do it?" Stimulated by this suggestion, and by his kind aid and
correspondence, I have made a collection of nearly two hundred arti-
cles on the subject, exclusive of some hundreds of different inscrip-
tions upon the bells, many of which are unique and entertaining.

** What varying sounds from yon gray pinnacles

Sweep o'er the ear, and claim the heart's reply !

Now the blithe peal of home festivity,
Natal or nuptial, in full concert swells :
Now the bri.sk chime or voice of altered bells,

Speaks the due hour of social worship nigh :

And now the last stage of mortality
The deep dull toll with lingering warning tells.
How much of human life those sounds comprise ;

Birth, wedded love, God's service, and the tomb !
Heard not in vain, if thence kind feelings rise,

Such as befit our being, free from gloom
Monastic, — prayer that communes with the skies,

And musings mindful of the final doom.''

Since this article was written three other chimes of bells have been
cast for Massachusetts, one for Dcdliam, one for Worcester, and
the other for West Stockbridge — making fourteen in all.

1883.] Records of Marriages by NcUhaniel Thwing. 53

RECORDS OF MARRIAGES BY NATHANIEL THWING, JUS-
TICE OF THE PEACE, LINCOLN CO., MASS.

(NOW MAINE).

Copied from the original records and commnnicated by Waltsb E» Thwino, Esq.,

of Boston.

March 6. 1777. Mr. Adam Adams of Harpswell & Miss Mary M^Cla-
ry of Georgetown.

May 15. 1777. Mr. James Perry & Miss Susannah Gorham both of
Woolwich.

July 23. 1780. Mr. Peter AUin <& Miss OUve Call both of Powoalboro.

Jane 1. 1783. Mr. Amos Holland & Miss Mary Pray both of Pow-
nalboro.

Oct. 7. 1783. Mr. William Patterson <& Miss Elizabeth Call both of
Pownalboro.

Feb. 5. 1784. Mr. Benjamin Eastman & Miss Anna Carr Barker both
of Pownalboro.

Aog. 21. 1786. Mr. Henry Crawford of Bath & Miss Abigail Lynes of
Pownalboro.

Oct. 26. 1786. Mr. Samuel Singleton & Miss Anna M^Gown both of
Pownalboro.

Not. 9. 1786. Mr. James Call & Miss Lydia Fitch both of Pownal-
boro.

Feb. 7. 1787. John Cannes <& Miss Bathsheba Webb both of Pownal-
boro.

Oct. 16. 1787. Capt Enoch Sampson of Bowdoinham & Miss .Marga-
ret Reed of Topsham.

Apr. 17. 1788. Mr. Lemuel Allen & Miss Lucy Parris both of Pow-
nalboro.

Oct. 29. 1789. Mr. John Seger <& Miss Polly Knight both of Pownal-
boro.

Jan. 27. 1791. Mr. John Cook & MissJ Anne Famham both of Wool-
wich.

Nov. 6. 1791. Mr. James Bugnon & Miss Lucy Pouchard both of
Pownalboro.

Dec 25. 1791. Mr. John North <& Miss Mehetable Trott both of Hal-
lowell.

March 27. 1794. Mr. Richard Delano & Miss Huldah Stinson both of
Woolwich.

Aug. 7. 1794. Mr. Andrew Johnson & Miss Margaret Clarke both of
Pittston.

Aug. 14. 1794. Mr. George Pouchard Jun' of Dresden & Miss Polly
Reed of Woolwich.

Sept 4 1794. Mr. Archibald M^'Crea & Miss Lucy Rittall both of
Dresden.

Jan. 1. 1795. Mr. Aaron Bickford & Miss Catherine Hudlette both of
Dresden.

Dec. 8. 1796. Mr. Timothy Call & Miss Nancy Rittal both of Dresden.

Same time & place. Mr. Obadiah Call Jun' & Miss Betsey Rittal both
of Dresden.

54 Records of Marriages by Nathaniel Thwing. [Jan.

Feb. 27. 1797. Mr. James Craig Jun' & Miss Deliverance Call both of
Read field.

May 4. 1797. Mr. Joseph M'Gown & Miss Jane Pouchard both of
Dresden.

Aug. 31. 1797. Mr. Tho' Coss & Miss Lidia Barker both of Dresden.

Dec. 25. 1797. Mr. George Goodwin <& Miss Sally Houdelette both of
Dresden.

March 3. 1799. Mr. Will™ Lewis Jun'& Miss Polly Costelow both of
Dresden.

March 7. 1799. Mr. £<lward Mulliken & Mrs. Betsey Coffin both of
Dresden.

Dec. 2. 1799. Mr. David Stinson & Miss Sasanna Smith both of Wool-
wich.

Dec. 8. 1799. Mr. Benjamin Marshall & Miss Dorcas Call both of
Dresden.

Jan. 1. 1800. Mr. Robert Bickford <& Miss Mary Mayer both of
Dresden.

Sept. 29. 1 800. Mr. John Gaud & Miss Prudence Call both of Dresden.

Oct. 7. 1800. Mr. Benj. Parker Jr. of Audover & Miss Lucy Pouch-
ard of Dresden.

Oct 8. 1800. Rev. Thomas Green of North Yarmouth & Mrs. Huldah
Delano of Woolwich.

Oct. 9. 1800. Mr. Robert White Jun' of Woolwich & Miss Mary Brown
of Dresden.

Sept. 17. 1801. Mr. John Blair & Miss Elizabeth Marson both of
Woolwich.

Jan. 24. 1802. Mr. Abiel Getchel of Yassalboro & Miss Letitia Har-
ward of Bowdoinham.

March 9. 1802. Mr. John Punz Jun' of Fairfield & Miss Sally Obrian
of Dresden.

Dec. 12. 1802. Mr. James Con vers Reed & Miss Keziah Con vers
Couch both of Woolwich.

Sept 11. 1803. Mr. Reuben Hatch & Miss Susanna Peirce both of
Dresden.

Dec. 4. 1804. Mr. Nathaniel Day Jun' of Woolwich & Miss Sally
Brown of Bowdoinham.

Dec. 16. 1804. Mr. Benjamin Davenport of Bath & Miss Lucy Eames
of Woolwich.

Feb. 24. 1807. Mr. Robert Lincoln & Miss Elizabeth Lilly both of
Woolwich.

Feb. 26. 1807. Mr. William Costelaw of Dresden & Miss Elizabeth
Reed of Woolwich.

Nov. 5. 1807. Mr. Daniel Card Jun' & Miss Nancy Stinson both of
Woolwich.

Nov. 26. 1807. Mr. Joseph Wheeler of Bowdoinham & Miss Mary
Hathorn of Dresden. [One of Judge Th wing's grand-daughters.]

Jan. 7. 1808. Mr. Alexander Blair & Miss Elizabeth Pollard both of
Dresden.

March 13. 1808. Mr. Daniel Graves of Bowdoinham & Miss Catha-
rine Hathorn of Dresden.

March 24. 1808. Mr. William Dickinson of Wiscasset & Miss Lucy
Bailey of Woolwich.

1883.] Daniel Henshaw*8 AcqtMmtances in Boston, 55

July 1. 1810. Id Dresden Mr. Isaac Toll & Miss Sally Foster both of
Wiscasset.

Nov. 22. 1810. Mr. John Dickerson of Wiscasset & Mbs Susanna
Bayley of Woolwich.

Sept. 11. 1811. Mr. Jonathan Whiting of Winthrop & Miss Sasan
Hathom of Woolwich [grand-daughter of the Judge N. T.J

Dec. 23. 1813. Mr. James Blair Jun' <& Mrs. Elizabeth Card both of
Woolwich.

Jane 19. 1814. Mr. John 6. Gould & Miss Betsey Hathom both of
Woolwich. [Grand-daughter of Judge Thwing.]

March 7. 1816. Mr. William Hiscock of Nobleborough & Miss Joan-
na Hathom of Woolwich (grand-daughter of Judge Thwing).

Nearly all the above marriages took place at Judge Thwing's house on
Thwing's Point, Woolwich, Maine.

DANIEL HENSHAW'S LIST OF HIS ACQUAINTANCES
IN BOSTON, WHO DIED AFTER HIS REMOVAL.

Commanicated by Miss Ha&bibt E. Hbnshaw, of Leicester, Mass.

DANIEL HENSHAW, the writer of this '' List/' was the old-
est child of Joshua and Mary (Webster) Henshaw, and was
born in Boston, December 3, 1702. He was married by Rev.
Samuel Checkley, pastor of the church on Church Green, March
30, 1724, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Belcher)
Bass. His occupations were various, being for a while a merchant,
or shop-keeper ; he was also a wharfinger and a distiller. His resi-
dence was on the east side of what was then called R-.iinsford Lane,
now a part of Harrison Avenue, being the portion running from
Essex to Beach Streets, and a little beyond it. The house was
built by himself, on land bought of his father-in-law, whose house
wa» north of his, making another "next door neighbour." This
estate extended southward to the water, and included another small
house, the distill-house, and a cooper's shop.

In September, 1748, he removed to Leicester. For many years
this dwelling-house was rented to Nathaniel Coffin for £25 13 04
per annum. It was the birth-place of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin of
the British navy, and of Gen. John Coffin of the British army.
This was the ^ Coffin Mansion," as styled by some writers. After
the decease of its owner the place was sold, by those inheriting it, to
Samuel Hastings.

While the British troops occupied Boston, Mr. Henshaw sustain-
ed a loss of property in houses, which he thus stated :

Damage of my Houses in Boston, by y^ Regular Soldiers, estimated by
Ford & EUiston, two Carpenters, and returned to the Committe at Boston,
Sept' 1777.—

56 Daniel jHen$haw*8 AcquainianeeB in Bosion. [Jaa.

1 House destroyed, the Damage apprized at ... £ 150

1 House damaged, apprized at £ 50

£200

He was an officiating magistrate, and being a man of sound judg-
ment and of much legal knowledge, he had much of the justice's
business, in his portion of Worcester County, to transact, and was
often employed as arbitrator in difficult cases. In his habits and
tastes he was retiring, and rather avoided than sought office and
public life, but was chosen for the offices of his town for many
years. He was an earnest Liberty man^ and took an active part in
the deliberations and measures adopted at town meetings prior to
and during Revolutionary times. At great expense he hired a
substitute for the army, to do the work he could not perform in per-
son. He died at Leicester, Nov. 18, 1781.

A List of the Names of sundry Persons deceased Bince I removed from
Boston, which was in September 1748 — all of whom I knew, and Seve-
rail of mine Acquaintance, — in Boston.

1 Joshua Blanchard, a man of a very good Character and mine Acquaint-

ance.

2 Cap* Ruck, formerly a Sea Commander.
d Cap* Pitts, formerly a Sea Commander.

4 M' Downs, a Shopkeeper.

5 Richard Hood, a noted Ship-wright, of the same Congregation. (New

South.)

6 Jn® Overin, Esq': the King's Attorney.

7 Andrew Lane, an Attorney at Law.

8 Nathaniel Cunningham, died at London.

9 Cap* Rand, a noted Taylor, a man of a fair Character, my Acquaint-

ance.

10 Joseph Henderson, a Sea Commander.

11 M' Ricks, an industrious House wright.

12 Jn® Traill, a noted, successful Merchant, & my Acquaintance.

13 M' Francis, a noted Gardener.

14 M' Willis, a noted Dealer in Lumber, a good Character, and my Ac-

quaintance.

15 Edward Vale, a noted Baker.

16 Nicholas Salisbury, a Shopkeeper.

17 Daniel Ingersol, a Shipwright, & of (he same Congregation.

18 William Lambert, Esq^ Comptrouller of the Customs, and a Neighbour

more than twenty Years.

19 John Indicott, a near Neighbour & Acquaintance for 80 Years, and of

the same Church. (New South.)

20 Stephen Apthorp, a Braizer.

21 Samuel MacLane, a Cooper.

22 Eleazer Flagg, a Retailer.

23 Samuel Biscombe, a Sail maker.

24 Abraham Belknap, the General Court's Doorkeeper.

25 William Chesbrough, a young merchant.

26 Peter Braisser, a Custom-house Officer.

L883.] Daniel Henshaw^s Acquaintances in Boston. 57

27 Moore, sen', a Cooper, a good Character.

28 ■ Moore, jnn', a Cooper, a good Character.

29 Tjndal Williams, a Cooper.

50 Owen, a Taylor— of a good Character.

51 The Rev* M' Jn» Webb — pastor of a Church in Boston.

12 Samael Gibson, Usher of South Grammar School — died much lamented.
33 John Webb, a Merchant.

54 Nathaniel Eaton, a Leather dresser.

55 Deacon Hunt.

56 Thomas Dawes, a Mason, formerly a near Neighbour.

57 Robert Auchmuty, a very able Lawyer, and a very near Neighbour for

more than 20 Years.

58 Doc* Boylstone, jun'.

59 Roger Hardcastle.

10 Hallowel, a Smith— of the same Congregation.

11 Edward Robison, a Smith.

12 Elder Baker, a man of a good Character.

Id Cap^ Pecker, the tallest and largest sized man that I ever saw ; of a
fair Character.

14 Jeremiah Allen, died at London, my Partner for some Years.

15 William Young, a Distiller.

16 Snoughden, a Boat builder.

17 Barnard, a Cooper, of the same Church.

18 Swan, a Merchant — ^an Acquaintance.

19 John Marshall — ^formerly a Merchant
>0 Greorge Hewes, a Tanner.

M Nathaniel Wardwell jun% a Barber.

52 Middleton, a Merchant.

33 John Ruck, £sq^ a Gentleman of a good Character— one of the Over-
seers of the Poor of the Town of Boston for more than 20 Years
successively, aged between 80 & 90 Years : I think there were
but 2 men in Boston of his standing at Latin School, namely —
Mess'* Colman & Winslow.

S4 Henry Dearing, a noted Shopkeeper of many Years' Standing — ^a Gen-
tleman famous for *' Liberty & Property " — it may be, too much
against y* Prerogative.

35 William Broock, a Post master.

36 Joseph Wadsworth, Esq' — a Gentleman of a good Character, who sus-

tained many Posts of Honour & Trust iu Boston : was a Justice of
the Peace, and Town Treasurer, for a great many Years to his
Death. — was a Representative for Boston, & afterwards was a Couur
cilor — aged about 83 Years.

57 Benj* Gray, a Bookbinder — of the same Church.

38 Henry Johnson, a Shopkeeper.

59 Jonathan Tilden, my next door Neighbour, an Acquaintance.

60 W" Bowen, an under Sheriff.

61 Th* Baxter, an Upholsterer, a good Character.

62 Joseph Grerrish, a young Merchant.

63 Cap* Armatage, formerly a Sea Commander ; of late, a Merchant— a

^ood Character.

64 Hunstable, a House Wright.

65 Samael Grerrish, a young Merchant, of a good Character*

YOL. XXXYII. 7

59 Lttter— Nathaniel Ward to Sancro/i. [Jan.

66 Joseph Fieth, jud' a TaDoer.

67 Latlej Gee, formerly a Baker.

68 Robert Traill, a young Merchant.

69 Inches, formerly a noted Cordwainer.

70 Wheeler, Sen', a Tubb maker.*

7 1 Sam^ Waterhouse, a Sea Commander.

72 Joseph Scott, a noted Braizer.

73 Benj^ Edwards, formerly a Sea Commander — of a fair Character.

74 Jer* Belknap, a Leather Dresser, — of a good Character.

75 John Coleman, formerly a great MerchS aged 83 Years.

76 Burch, a House Carpenter, of the same Congregation — an Ac-
quaintance.

77 SoggS) a Mason— of the same Congregation.

78 Isaac Tuckerman, a Lyme Seller.

79 Thomas Child, a noted Distiller, and a Neighbour— a good Character

and an Acquaintance.

80 Deacon Proctor.

81 Hill, jun', B. A.

82 Row, a Victualer.

83 Elder Chevers.

84 Caleb Lyman, a Shopkeeper.

85 John Downs, a Braizer — of same Congregation.

86 Charles Sigernoy, a Distiller.

87 Pelham, a Schoolmaster.

88 Jn^ Arburthinot, a next door Neighbour, & a near Neighbour for almost

20 Years.

89 M' Clapp, a Coaster.

90 Jn» Otis, a Coaster.

91 Francis Tolman, of a good Character, a Stainer.

92 M' Gookiu, a good Character, a Stainer.

LETTER OF THE REV. NATHANIEL WARD TO THE

REV. MR. SANCROFT.

Communicated by O. D. Scull, Esq., of Oxford, England.

[The following interesting letter of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward,
author of the " Simple Cobler of Aggawam," shows that he was rec*
tor of Stondon Massej in Essex as early as July, 1628. In my
memoir of Ward, page 30, I state that "His institution was prob-
ably between the deadi of Bishop King, March 30, 1621, and the
translation of Bishop Laud to London, July 15, 1628."

The Rev. Mr. Sancroflt, to whom the letter is addressed, was
probably the Rev. William Sancroft, D.D., third master of Em-
manuel College. He succeeded as master of that college the Rev.
John Preston, D.D., who died in July, 1628, the same month in
which Ward wrote this letter. The letter evidently relates to the
election of a successor to Dr. Preston. — Editor.]

* Joflhoa Henshaw, Tatliar of thif Daniel Henshaw, in an acconnt-book of 171S, al BostaNi,
has business transacdona wiUi ** Ephraim Wheeler, the Carter,'* and " Thonuui Wheeler,
the Tnhb maker."

1883.] Letters — Rich and Laud to Sancrofl. 59

M* Saw CROFT— I h^re with grief, how the case stands w*** Eman : Col-
lege: and of theire intentions towards yourselfe : I understand also of your
backwardness, had yow bene att home, M' Hooker and my selfe had bene
w* jow this day att least my selfe, who am desirous to provoke others to
good because I can doe so litle my selfe. my earnest suite to yow is, that
yow would lay downe all fleshly pleas all private and p^sonall respects, mel-
ancholy and sup modest objections and make all haste to give way to their
motion, the Kingdome of Satan finds instrum*' inough and such as crowd
fkst inough for advantages ag^ X* and the truth. It is meete that some
who are able and called thereto should stepp forth and arm themselves w^^
an holy forwardness to counter worke them and to releive the tosing church.
Tou have the votes of all y' heare of it and shall have their prayers w*^
strength, all our feare is y' delayes will subvert this good work. I pray
therefore do not yow last demurre but rather desire a good worke and offer
yoarselfe willingly. If yow had pleased to have stept to Crenerson* yesterday
yow might have mett w*'' incouragem' inough and argum^ pro and con ; I
meane as full a discussion and calculation of the cause as Loudon can afford
yow. But I presume wherever yow goe yow shall be abundantly invited
to y' place. I could wish Sir Henry Mildmay, the Jeweller were well pos-
sessed of the matter and requested to stand close friend to y' Colledge in
promoting and securing their proceedings. I wish yow also to honor Dr.
Cbaderton what vow may in Consulting w**^ him and in making of a prudent
recognition of his former right. Yf it comes to a contestation or y' the
Kinge interpose I desire I may heare how, in a word, from yow : I have
some friends, powerfull with his Majesty and y* Duke y^ shall trye theire
strength fiiithfully and fVeely in y* Coll behalfe but I pray prevent all haz-
sards w*^ a speedy despatch of the business and yet so circumspect ; I meane
ponctnally according to y^ statutes of y* house y^ no error defeate what
yow have done, thus in haste I Comltt yow and the cause to his guidance
iHio ia most able to worke his own will and ends amongst y^ sonnes of men,
and so rest yours in any Xtian service . . • Nath^ Warde.

Stondon July— 1628.

I pray oonceale my desire towards y^ cause and yourselfe from M' Hilder-
sham. If I may do the least good office att any price, M' Ball or M' Bridge
knows how to send to me.

[The above letter is endorsed : ^ to his very reverend ffrlend M' Bancroft,
Minister att Stanford le hope neere Hornden on y^ hill in Essex, these, with
aU apeede."]

LETTERS TO THE REV. WILLIAM SANCROFT, D.D.,
BY SIR NATHANIEL RICH AND ARCHBISHOP

LAUD.

Oommvnlcated bj O. D. 8oull, Ssq., of Oxford, Eng.

THE following letter* was addressed by Sir Nathaniel Rich to
his old tutor, Dr. William Sancrofl, who eventually became
the third maater of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was the

• fixtracted from the MS. rolaroe of " Sir Wtlliam Browne and Sir Nathaniel Rich, a
Chapter of Family History," by Q. D. Scull, Oxford, England, 1882.

60 Letters — Rich and Laud to Sancroft. [Jan.

uncle of William Sancroft, a fellow of Emmanuel and afterwards
its master, and made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1665. The let-
ter is addressed '* to my very worthy friend M' Doctor Sandcroft
Master of Emmanuel CoUege in Cambridge," and was written in
the London house of the writer's friend, the Earl of Warwick. Sir
Nathaniel died about 1636. An abstract of his will is t)rinted
in the Historical Magazine^ April, 1867, p. 207. He was the
patron of the living of Stondon Massey, of which the Rev. Nathaniel
Ward, the writer of the preceding letter, was then the incumbent.
He is named in the charter of the New England Company, Nov. 3,
1620.

Good Sir I hartelj thanke yon for your kinde remembrance of

me in yo' letter and the paper therein enclosed wherein I tooke much con-
tentment though 1 confess I am sorry that we should be now driven to
search out Arguments against these things which are too much honoured di
countenanced, even by calling them into dispute : Our Comfort is that
Truth, will in the end prevayle against and become more gloriously oppo-
sition but yett nothing in comparison of that eternall triumph w®** it will one
day have in heaven and then will all her friends triumph with her and 3one
80 much as those y' have contended and endured most in her quarrell. In
which respect yourself (amongst many others who syde with God and his
truth in theise tymes) are in this particular happy above others that Grod
hath given you not only eminent abilityes and prudent courage to serve
him in this kind, but that many (too many) occasions are frequently present-
ed to draw them forth into action and in my poore opinion are like to be
daylie more and more. And this is one of those good things w^^ the only
wise God extracts out of bold and imprudent evill and error even the hon-
our of his own graces in the harts of his children thereby the more exdted
to conflict and repell them. You may remember w' I wished (when I was
last with you) might be the Motto of Emanuell Colledge, w^^ 1 doe and
allwayes shall pray may be verefied of it : Tu ne cede malis sed contr& au-
dentior ito : Sir I have herewith sent you the Booke w'** I promised you
w*** you should sooner have had could I sooner have procured it desyringe
you that wherein soever I may seeme to be of any use unto yon yo^ would
freely Comand me as one that doe truly love and honour y' worth and
would be most glad to find the means of expressing myselfe

y' very assured freind to serve you Na Rich

From Warwick House in Holborne this 20*^ November 1633.
I pray when yo° see the good D' Chaderton remember me Kindly unto him.

The above letter clearly shows the unsettled state of the church at
that period. The following year his Archbishop sent the annexed
letter to Dr. Sancroft :

Whereas we have receaved credible information that John Bastwick,*
practioner of Phisick in y* town of Colchester did lately send unto you by
y^ hands of Samuel Seymor of Immanuell CoUedg a certaine printed booke
or pamphlet entituled Elenchus Religionis Papisticoe with the addicon of
another tract stiled Flagellum Pontificis et Episcoporum Latialium together

• See'AIlibone'f " Dictionaiy of Aathors," under ** Bastwick," for an account of this
author and the two tracts by him named in this letter.

188S.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 61

with a MS. Epistle or letter to you directed. We having by lawfbll author!-*
ty caused as mauy of the said books as cau be yet found to be seazed have
thought fitt to signifie unto you, our will and order for the transmission of
the said booke and epistle or letter remayniug in your hands. These are
therefore to will and require you in his Majesties name by vertue of his.
highnes Ck>mission for causes Eclesiasticall under the great scale of England
to us and others directed that forthwith upon the receipt and perusall here-
of you deliver or cause to be delivered to y* bearer hereof Richard Tom-
lytie one of the sworne Messengers of his Mafies Chamber y* foresayd printed
bookes db MS. Epistle or Tre to be brought unto us or others our Colleagues
hit Mat*** Comiseioner for Causes Ecclesiastical to y* end the same may
be inspected, examined and disposed of, as to Justice shall appertaine, or in
default thereof thai you make jour personall appearance before us or other
cor Colleagues his Maj*** sayd Comissioners in the Mansion house of me
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury scituate & being at Lambeth in y^ Coun-
ty of Surrey on Thursday y* 9 of Oct" next between the hours of 1 and 3
in the afternoone of the said day then & there to answear your Contempt
and such other matters as shalbe objected against you and to receave such
further direc65u therein as to Justice shall apertaine, and that after your ap-
pearance soe made you attend as you shalbe assigned and not depart with-
out our speciall license, hereof faile not as you will answear the contrary at
your periil. Geevin at Lambeth this fourth of September Anno Domu*—
1634.
W: Cant*

FrA. ELIENSf ThO : WOBALL.

SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIP'S WAR.

Communicatod by the Ber. Gborqe M. Bodob, of Dorchester, MaM.

No. I.

Capt. Henchman's Company.

TO the readers of the Register it is probably well known that
bat few published data exist from which it is possible to gather
the names of those soldiers who served the Massachusetts Colony in
the Indian war of 1675-8, known as "King Philip's War." No part
of our history seems to me more important, in no part have occurred
events more thrilling, in no time has been displayed heroism of higher
order, and yet there is no part concerning which so little is accurately
known. It seems to me of great moment, therefore, that every-
thing, especially of official and statistical nature, that can be found,
bearing upon the matter, should be gathered and preserved.

Having become acquainted some time since with the original
Journal and Ledger of Mr. John Hu)l, Treasurer*at-war, and after-
wards Treasurer of Massachusetts Colony, I have conceived that a

♦ Willfam Land, archbishop of Canterhnrv, 1633-44.
t Frauds White, Bishop of Ely, 1681-38/

VOL. XXXVIl. 7*

62 Soldiers in King Philip* s War. [Jan.

careful collation of the data therein contained may throw much
valuable light upon this period. Under the head of ^ Military Ser*
vice " are credited all who served in the war, and these items give
not only the names of the soldiers but their rank, the officers under
whom they served, and, in case the officers' names are omitted, the
garrisons or towns or places at which their service was rendered.
A diligent comparison of these items, with debits of cash, arms,
clothing and assignments of pay, together with dates and amounts,
may, I trust, afford a fairly accurate account of the men in the ser-
vice, their officers, the service at the different garrisons, and much
information besides which will help other departments of our local
history as well as this of the Indian war.

But that which I have particularly in hand is an attempt to re-
store, so far as possible, the Rolls of the Companies raised by the
Colony of Massachusetts. I am aware of the few fragmentary lists
already rescued and published in the Register, and also in the ex-
cellent book of E. W. Pierce, of Freetown, Mass., as well as a
few unofficial lists elsewhere. These mostly pertain to the Narra-
gansett fight in December, 1675, and later ; whereas the Journal is
from the commencement of the levying of troops, June 24th. It is
proposed in these papers to adhere strictly to the letter of the actual
records ; extra matter, comments, &c., will be put in foot notes or in
the text apart from the lists. The names, however, of those who
served under one officer or at one place, will be put consecutively under
that name or place. Thus the credits under Capt. Daniel Hench-
man during a period of 15 months (the period covered by this Jour-
nal), are all collected from date to date under his name. It will be
remembered that the troops were not Regulars, and were only in
service so long as occasion required, and were called together and
disbanded at the pleasure of the Court ; and so those who served
under Capt. Henchman in the summer campaign from June to Au-
gust, 1675, were disbanded, and for the most part may be found,
in the Narragansett campaign, either under new officers or at home
about their various employments, while others took their turn at the
war. Many were engag^ continually under different officers and
at the garrisons. The above remarks apply more to the foot com-
panies ; the cavalry or " Troope " force was more regularly consti-
tuted.

A brief survey of the state of affairs in Boston on June 24th,
1675, when news of the attack of the Indians on Swansea, and Ply-
mouth Colony's appeal for aid, arrived, may be in place here, espe-
cially as in Massachusetts Records there is nothing relating to the
matter from the adjournment of the Court on May 12 until it was
called together on July 19th. It is to be regretted that the records
are lost, as we know many important meetings were held in this time.
I insert the following fragments, preserved in Mass. Archives, vol.
67, as testimony of the energy which the Court displayed in answer-
ing the appeal of the sister colony.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 63

The following is a portion of a letter from the General Court of
Massachusetts Colony to Plymouth Colony, in answer to her
appeal for assistance :

June 24. 1675.
Hon** S' According to what I writ you yesterday we are now convened
in Council to Consider of your desire of a supply of some men from hence
and we have resolved to rayse one hundred foote and 50 horse that shall be
speedily upon their march towards Swansey .... and for the furtherance
and better management &c we have commissionated our faithful friend
Major Thomas Savage &c. . . .

[June 24, 1675.] ^ Att a meeting of the General Court on the 24. June
1 675. Ordered that the Secretary issue out a warrant to the Constable of
Boston to Impress forthwith five Able and Special horses for the service of
the country, and that Capt Savage and Capt Oliver have charge of them,
and their men each of them one."

" Capt Richard is voted to goe forth in this Expedition (who shame-
fully refused the Employment).'

^ Capt Daniel Henchman was clioson and voted to goe forth as Capt of
100 men for the service of this Colony on y^ designe to goe to Plymouth
Col^"

^ Capt Thomas Prentice is appointed to be Capt of the Horse."

^To the Militia of the town of Boston, Cha. Carab. AVatertown, Roxbu-
ry, Dorchester, Dedham, Brantrey, Weymouth, Hingham, Maulden — You
are hereby required in his Majesty's name to take notice that the Gov' &
Council have ordered 100 able souldjers forthwith impressed out of the sev-
erall Towns according to the proportions hereunder written for the aid and
assistance of our confederate Plymouth in the designe afoote ag*^ the In-
dians, and accordingly you are to warne af*^ proportions to be ready at an
hours warning from Capt Daniel Henchman who is appointed Captain and
Commander of the Foote Company ihat each souldjer shal have his armes
compleat and Snapsack ready to march and not faile to be at the raude-

vous."

"To the Comitteeof

>»

" The Council is adjourned till tomorrow at 8 of the Clock at Roxbury."

£. R. Sec'y. (i. e. Edward Rawson, Secretary.)

The special commission of Capt. Henchman for this service is also
in the Archives, vol. 67.

To D. n. Capt. with the Consent of the Councill for the Colony of Mass.

in New England.

** Whereas you are apoynted Capt of a foote Company to Serve in this
Expedition for the assistance of our neighbors of Plimouth against the in-
solences and outrages of the natives, these are to wil and require you to
take charge of the said Company of foote, mounted as dragoons, & you are
to command and instruct your inferior officers and soulgers according to mili-
tary rules for the service and saftey of the Country, and you to attend

* This paretithesic is added by another hand. This captain was John Richard, of the
6th Company, and as be wiis aftenvards a trusted officer in the colony, probabiy the Court
did DOt agree with the remark of the anonymous writer.

64 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Jan.

iiuch orders from tjme to tjme as jon shal receyre from yoar saperior
Comoianders on the Council of this Colony."

Past 25 June 1675

E. R. Secy
Signed by y* Gov"

Daniel Henchman appears in Boston as early as March, 1666,
when he was employed at a salary of £40 per annum " to assist Mr
Woodmancy in the Grammar Schoole and teach the childere to
wright ^ ; was on a committee with Capts. Gookin, Prentice and
Beers, to lay out ** the new Plantation at Quandsigamond Ponds '^
(now Worcester), and settle its affairs, in 1667. He was thereafter
the chief manager in that settlement, and received the largest number
of acres in the first division. He was admitted freeman in 1672, was
appointed captain of 5th Boston Company Colonial Militia, May
i2, 1675, and commissioned for the special expedition, as above.
He is seen to have been one of the most trusted officers of the Court.
For an account of his family, see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary,
Lincoln's History of Worcester, and Drake's note in History and
Antiquities of Boston, page 647. He died at Worcester, where
with his son Nathaniel he was settling the affairs of the new town,
in May, 1685. His posterity have ever held an honorable place in
this commonwealth. The name appears in various forms, as Hinks-
man, Hincksman, Hinchman, &c.

In the following list of names it is probable that nearly all were
the men ^ impressed," as by the above order of the 0)uncil. Many
of the names will doubtless be recognized as from Boston and other
adjiicent towns. Any attempt to classify by towns, however, would
be necessarily from outside material and partially guess-work, and
furthermore many of these names occur again under other captains
later on, so that such attempt might seem premature. The pages
of the Journal, after the first half of the 1st up to the 14th, are gone
from the book, but fortunately the Ledger covering this gap is com-
plete, and I have from that been able to restore the Journal entire.**

There are three books preserved. The Journal, covering the
time from June 25, 1675, to September 23, 1676. A Ledger, on
which is posted on double pages about half the matter in the Jour-
nal. This Ledger must have had originally about 600 pages. It
now contains only 221. A later Ledger has been preserved cover-
ing the years 1677 and 78 in part. There is evidence that a Blotter
was used in the set, but is now lost with several other journals and
ledgers. The Journal was discovered by Mr. Isaac Child, in the
possession of Dr. Daniel Gilbert, who kindly transferred it to the
society.

The Journal was rebound, repaired and indexed with much care
and patience by Mr. Child in the year 1848, and now it has to
be used with the utmost care, being much dilapidated by neglect
before it came to the safe of the society.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 65

John Hull's system of book-keeping was a sort of double-entry, or
a ^ mixed method." It was very exhaustive, giving to every depart-
ment of the colony's transactions a separate ledger account, as well
as to every person mentioned in the Journal. Some of these ac-
coants are of interest as curiosities, such as ^^Bisket," *^ Ammunis-
sion,** '^Wast-Coats and Drawers," "Liqors," "Tobaco& pipes,"
•• Wounded-men," ''Contingencies," " Woolves," "Captives," "Dis-
tressed Dutchmen," "Quakers," " Scalpes," "Perquisites," "Que-
ries." These last two may suggest the idea that some of his forms
of account might have been kept up with profit to the government.

As to the spelling of the names below, I have not departed in the
least from the original. It must be remembered that the names
ircre entered in the Journal from " Debentures " made by the clerks
of companies, and the names at the first were entered on the com-
pany rolls as each man was understood to pronounce his own name,
and unless the clerk was acquainted with the name he spelled it by
the easiest method ; hence many strange variations appear. The
Ledger account often has two forms for the same name.

The list of Soldiers credited with Military Service under Capt Daniel

Henchman.

August 20, 1 675.

Thomas Barges. 02 06 02 John Bull. 00 1 6 02

John Hills. 00 06 00 Richard Brooks. 02 00 00

John Lewis. 01 14 03 John Barrett 01 10 00

John Angel. 01 15 02 Joseph Fiske. 01 10 00

Benjamin Negus. 01 15 02 Joseph Tucker. 02 05 00

John Chapman. 02 02 00 Israel Smith. 00 12 00

Bobert Smith. 02 02 00 Samuel Ireson. 01 10 00

William Manly.' 02 08 00 August 21 1675

Thomas Irons. 02 07 00 James Dicbetto.^ 00 15 00

Samnel Perkins. 02 07 00 Jacob Gully. 01 U 06

Hugh Taylor. 02 07 00 Isaac Ratt. 02 04 06

David Jones. 02 07 00 Samuel Veze (als. Very) 02 07 00

James Whippo.* 02 07 00 Samuel Daniel. 02 07 00

Theophilos Thornton. 02 07 00 John Kemble. 02 07 00

Nathaniel Osborne. 02 07 00 John Russell. 02 07 00

Samoel Davis. 02 07 00 Simon Groveling. 02 07 00

Heory Kerby. 02 07 00 John Thorne. 02 07 00

Ephraim Hall. 01 07 00 Charles DamporU* 01 06 06

Richard Gibson. 02 07 00 Benjamin Bishop. 02 07 00

Thomas Williams. 02 07 00 John Throp.* 02 07 00

Joseph Ford. 00 06 10 Solomon WatU. 02 07 00

Samoel Walles. 01 06 06 Philip Coker. 02 07 00

William Bendy. 02 07 00 John Jeffries. 02 07 00

Peter Edgerton. 01 15 00 Robert Wills. 02 07 00

* Was alire In April, 1785. Claimed his Narragansett right in person.

* Probably from Bamitable, where the name was Whipple, but called Whippo in Boston.

* Bhsewbere Dickenden and Dighenton. More of him nereafter.

* The name was often written Danforth or Davenport.

* And lereral timet written Thorp and Throppe.

8oidier» in Ring Philip't War.

[<fui

Isaac Morris.

02 07 00

Enoch Greenleaf,' LteuL

04 10 00

Nicholas Weymouth.

02 07 00

Samuel Johnson.

03 07 00

Nathaniel Jewell.

02 07 00

William Drew.

02 07 00

Samuel Mirick.

01 04 00

William Hardin.

01 04 06

William Parham.

02 08 00

John Cray.

01 19 04

Thomas Roberts.

02 04 06

Nathaniel Fiske.

01 13 06

August 27*^ or Ledger i

date 2^^

John Miller.

00 06 00

John Hubbard.

02 07 00

-John King.
James OgTeby.

01 11 00

John Tebb.

02 07 00

00 07 08

Henry Timberlake. Sergt

02 00 00

Rowland Sole?.

01 19 04

Thomas Hitchborn. Z)nim'01 11 00

Thomas Region.

01 19 04

John Taylor, SergL

02 01 10

Thomas Hinoher.

01 04 00

Thomas Bishop.

00 18 00

Joseph Smith

01 19 04

Peter Bennett, JIfarshalL

OJ 16 00

Thomas Aliston

02 07 00

Simeon Messenger.

01 04 00

George Burkback

01 19 04

John Polly.

01 04 00

Daniel Magenis.

01 19 04

John Essery.

02 07 00

Henry Eliott

01 04 10

Henry Harward. Sergt,

03 01 00

Thomas Okerby

01 19 04

Samuel Barber.

00 16 00

John Hastings

01 04 10

Phillip Jessop.

01 06 06

Edward Wewien

01 19 04

Charles Blincott.^ Sergt.

02 14'00

John Wiseman

03 03 06

Isaac Amsden.

02 07 00

Septli"^

Henry Prentice.

02 07 00

Joseph Priest

01 05 08

John Streeter.

02 07 00

^Nathaniel King.

02 02 10

Abraham Hathaway.

02 07 00

John Pemberton.

01 01 00

James Johnson. Sergt

03 03 00

Osbel Morrison.

02 19 00

Isaao How.

01 11 08

John Cross

01 06 06

Thomas Parker.

01 04 00

Perez Savage. Entigne

02 08 00

Joseph Pierce.

01 04 00

Roger Procer.*

01 04 10

John Oates.

02 00 00

Robert Orchard. Sergt

02 01 00

William Hopkins.

01 10 00

September 21, 1675

Ralph Hall, Oark

03 10 00

David Church.

01 17 08

Thomas Wigfall, Emigne

03 02 04

Samuel Johnson, Butcher 01 05 08

Richard Bennet.

02 07 00

Thomas Traine.

00 10 04

John Scopelin.

00 07 00

Ebenezer Owen.

00 05 00

September 3<> 1675

Matthew Stone.

00 07 00

Josiah Arnold.

01 15 02

Nathaniel Kean.

01 04 10

W» Smallidge.

01 19 04

Benjamin Tower.

00 10 04

John Bucknam.

01 19 04

Jonathan Dunning.

01 17 06

These above written 121 names I judge to be the company thai
served in this campaign with Capt. Henchman. ** Rank and File *
included Privates and Corporals ; Conmiissioned Officers and Ser-
geants, Clerk, Drummer, and Servants, were not included.

This company, as we learn from the old historians, marched out
to Dedham to the Neponset river, together with Capt. Prentioe*8
troop, and halted during the eclipse of the moon which occurred on

^ Oft«n written Blinoo and Blinko.

" If Mr. Drake if right in supposing Capt Henchman's lieutenant was the '* certain ofB-
cer " refbn^ed to by Capt. Church, then this was the man. The person's name has hitherto
been unknown.

* Often written Frosser.

1883.] SQldier^ in King PhiUp'i War. 67

that eveningy lasting about an hour, then forward to **Wood-
oock'a'' (now Attleborough) , where they arrived in the mom-
ingy and waited until P. M. of the 27th. Capt. Moseley's ** Vol*
unteers" then overtook them, and all three companies marched to
Swanzy, arriving there on the P.M. of the 28th, and quartered
near Mr. Miles's house. On the 29th, Maj. Thomas Savage, com-*
mander-in-chief of the Massachusetts forces, arrived with his compa-
ny and the Troop of Capt. Nicholas Paige. Capt. Henchman's men
were engaged in the movements through Mount Hope, and scouting
about the country until July 4th, when they marched back to head-
quarters at Swanzy. At a council of war, July 5th, in consequence
of orders received from Boston by hand of Capt. Hutchinson, it was
determined to march all the Massachusetts forces into the Narragan-
sett country ; accordingly the next ten days were spent in the march
thither, and the treaty with the Sachems. During this time the Ply-
mouth forces under Cud worth. Fuller and Church were pursuing Phi-
lip into Pocasset, and Church hasted over and *' borrowed "'® three
files of Henchman's men and his lieutenant,'^ to assist in the enter-
prise. On July 15 all the Massachusetts forces marched to Rehoboth,
on the 16th to Mattapoisett, on the 17th to Taunton, and on the 18th
to Pocasset Swamp, where they immediately attacked the Indians,
and five English were killed and seven wounded. Owing to the dark-
ness our forces withdrew. It was decided to withdraw all the Mas-
sachusetts forces except Capt. Henchman's company, which remained
with the Plymouth forces at Pocasset. Maj. Savage, Capts. Paige
and Mosely marched back to Boston, and Capt. Prentice with his
troop scouted towards Mendon. It was determined to build a fort at
Pocasset and ** starve Philip out." But near the end of July Philip
escaped by water, either wading at low tide or " wafting " on rafts,
and passed into the Nipmuck country, abandoning about one hundred
of their women and children in the swamp. Capt. Henchman appears
not to have known of Philip's escape until news was brout^ht him
from the mainland on July 29th, 30th, &c. Letters to him from
Rev. Noah Newman and Peter Hunt, of Rehoboth, which were en-
closed by him in one of his own to the Governor, which I have
copied here, are preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 67. In
Hself it is the best explanation of this time at hand. Fort Leve-
rett was at Pocasset, built by Capt. H.'s company and named for
the governor.

IjtHitr cf QaapL Daniel Bmckman to the Gevemor.

Hon* Sr. Fort Leverett, July 81, 1675.

Siaee my last (of the 28^^) the Generall'* the 29^ day landed here one
bondred men, bit detigne to releeve Dartmouth being as reported in some
distress ; Past nine of the clock last night Lt Thomas brought me the two

^ I sappo96 these mast hare been left at Mount Hope garrison.
^> Enoch Oraenleaf. See note ^ aboye.
» Qen. James Cadworth.

68 Soldier $ in King Philip's War. [Jan.

first enclosed letters from Rehoboth and Mr James Brown with him to
press mj goiug thither, which with what strength I could was yeelded to,
(I having just finished the South East flanker of the fort so farr as to be a
good defence for mj men) drew my company together by a fiedse alarm in
the night, some being at a distance getting stockadoes ; and provided for
our March before day taking six files with me and the 17 Indians (all now
left) and leaving five files behind to be going on with the work, and the
Brigandine ; About 1 1 of the clock a second post came to acquaint me with
the third enclosed letter. Mr Brown and the L' being gon to endeavour
the giving of notice to the Gen^^ to Warwick and the Narragansett Indians
to head Philip, At break I shipped my men in a sloope for Seaconk and
while under sail Mr Almie brought word that one Dan. Stantou of the
Island at his returne yesterday from Dartmouth affirmes that severall parties
of Indians with their armes to the number of about 80 surrendered them-
selves to that garrison for mercie, who have secured them in an Island by
them. After my Company was landed within two miles of Seaconk before
all were on shore an other letter came to me from L^ Thomas Advising to
land at Providence being nearer to the enemy, I strait remanded my men
on bord, gave each one 3 biscakes, a fish and a few raisons with ammunis-
sion which may last two or three days, I make bould to encloss to coppies of
the letters sent least anything in my whurry might be omitted ; The LK>rd pre-
serve and spirite you still for this bis worke ; My humble service to all those
worthies with you ; I would gladly know of y' Hon" welfare ; and begg the
prayers of all to God to qualifie me for my present imploy ; being the ua-
fittest of many yet pardon my confused lines being begun at my Quarters
and patched vp in several places

Hon'* S'
Y' Hon" Humble Servant D. Hbnchman.

The above letter was written evidently on the passage to Sea-
konk and Providence. He landed at P. next morning and marched
twenty miles in pursuit of the Indians before he came up with the
Plymouth forces and the Monhegans, who had been sent to him
from Boston, but had been met by the Rehoboth men and persuad-
ed to join them in the pursuit of Philip ; these had come up with
Philip*8 rear, and had a sharp fight before Capt. H. arrived. The
Monhegans were now passed to his command, and the troops being
wearied with the long march bivouacked till morning, and the Ply-
mouth forces returned to Rehoboth, leaving to Capt. Henchman the
further pursuit of Philip, which was renewed next morning. With
his six files (consisting of 68 men), the 50 Monhegans and the 17
Naticks, Capt. H. marched into the Nipmuck country as far as the
*' second fort," to a place called Wapososhequish^ August 3, but
without finding Philip, and having continued the pursuit until pro-
visions were exhausted and all were tired out to no purpose, the Mon-
hegans returned to their home, and Capt. H. marched his force to
Mondon, meeting Capt. Mosely with 60 dragoons on the way with
supplies. Aug. 8, Capt. Henchman went down to Boston to get orders
from the Governor and Council, and left most if not all his men at
Mendon. (Aug. 16th a part of them were in charge of Capt. Mosely,

1883.]

Soldiers in King Philip^a War.

12 of whom were detailed to Chelmsford garrison by him.) Capt.
Henchman received his instructions for future proceedings in a let-
ter from Gen. Daniel Denison, commander-in-chief of Massachu-
aetts Forces, given August 9th, 1675. This letter commanded him
in brief to return to his men left at Pocfisset, to fetch them and the
"provisions and ammunision " off. He was to advertise the Ply-
mouth commander of this design, and if said commander wished him
to remain there, to await further orders from the Council ; otherwise
to turn over the fort to the care of the Plymouth forces, and march
his men to Boston and disband them until again called out by the
Council. In his march to Pocasset he was given authority to press
horses and guides, or require them of the various constables of the
towns passed, and on his return likewise. On his return he was to
draw off the Massachusetts "souldjers" at AVoodcock's garrison,
and also at Mr. Hudson's house, unless he should deem it unsafe,
Hudson ** being of our colony whom we are to take care of."
Plymouth colony preferred to take charge of the fort, and Capt.
Henchman brought his soldiers home to Boston as commanded.

Oct 5 1675
Richard Wood.
Epfaraim Wilier, Oorp^
Thomas May.
Michael Bo.arstow.
Thomas Webb.

00 10 04
02 05 00

01 19 04

00 10 04

01 19 04

Edward Dickinson.
Jacob Billiard.
Samuel Whitney.
John Shattock.
Daniel Keniday.

02 07 00
01 18 06
01 18 06
01 02 00
01 17 08

I am at loss to determine upon what occasion these soldiers in
the above list served. There was intensely bitter feeling about this
time in Boston as to the way captive Indians should be treated. The
iotercesition of the venerable John Eliot and the strenuous advocacy
of Capt. Gookin in their behalf, had created great animosity not
only against themselves but all who advised moderate uiciisures.
Capt. Henchman seems to have been of the moderate party, and
was therefore somewhat unpopular with most of the soldiers, and
doubtless his apparent lack of success in the pursuit of Philip at Ke-
boboth added to this feeling with the people. But the court sus-
Uuned and trusted him, and immediately reappointed him to service
ow-100 men who met at Roxbury meeting-house, but refused to
march forth under his command, and demanded Capt. Oliver. The
council compromised the matter and sent them Capt. Lake, but they
ttc not credited with any service under him. Capt. Henchman
Beems to have been employed in August and September in regulat-
ing affairs in some of the outlying towns, and these men perhaps
•erved as his patrol or guard. September 27th we find him at
Chelmsford garrison in command, as we see by the following letter
of that date.

YOL. xzxvn.

70 Soldiers in King Philip' a War. [Jan.

Capt. HenchmarCs Letter to t/ie Governor.

Chelmsford Sept 27, 75 [This was Monday].
Hon'* S'

In pursuance of my instructions ; I and my Lieut, met at Major Wil-
lard's^'the last day of the week,** with the Cai)taines of the severall townes
directed to ; as well for the drawing of the Souldiers, as to advise with
them ; for the first they promise they shall I)e sent to clielmsford at an
hours warning and so will be ready here by that time I have provission for
them ; and that of absolue necessity for them will be powder shott biscake
cheese aud raisons, large and warme Wast-coats and drawers tobaco, some
hatchets and a Chirurgion ; for the later the Major and rest of the officers
will advise to no other motion than about this and other towns ; but I un-
derstandinor the intent of the Ho** Council to be that I should march to Pen-
nycooke although not named in my instructions ; I think it need full to ac-
quaint your Hon" there with, and desire your express there unto. I have
not farther at present but to subscribe

S' your Hon" humble Servant
(Mass. Archives, vol. 67, 269.) D. Henchman.

November 1, Capt. Henchman marched out of Boston towards
Hassanameset (Grafton) with a small body of men (20), and arriv-
ed at Medfield at 3 P.M. on the same day. The next morning he
writes the Cxovernor from that place.

Medfield Nov. 2* 1675
Ho-'^S'

My orders directing me to the several places and times that my soul-
diers were to be ready at, Speded my march accordingly ; and reached
this place yesterday by three of the clock afternoon ; and IijmI with me only
20 men that marched from Boston with me — Since divers are come up, and
all that at present I am like to have by nine of the clock last night. Sev-
eral hear as well as myself have great thoughts how it fareth with Mendam,
having not heard since they sent to Boston, I am hasting to march this
morning but hoped if the man's refreshments had not given check to have
been gon by moon rising, I cannot see by acct taken before I draw out that
my number will amount to above 75, some sending short of what ordered
and 37 discharged by order, I have not any officer but a Sergeant from Rox-
bury ; some men and the armes of others not fit for service, notwithstand-
ing the strikt orders given by the Major. Our greatest danger (as I judged)
if the enemy designes upon us this day, will be at a pass six miles from
hence ; the which I hope we shall look unto the Lord in the use of means
to avoid ; some being to returne home this morning I thought it meet to
give this acct. Begging your prayers for us I desire that all our supplica-
tions may be accepted for the Country and the interest of our Lord Jesus
Christ therein ; and rest Hon* S'

Your humble Servant D. Henchman.

[This is in a P. S.]

When the Lord shall have brought us safe to Mendam I shall attend the
Major's orders there and wait for the recruits intended me.

^' Mf^. W. was of Lancaster, bat his hoase was in Qroton, at what is now Ayer
Junction.
^* Saturday, September 25th.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 71

As will be seen by the above letter, the captain expected recruits
to be really and meet him at certain towns on the way, and was dis-
appointed in receiving none, and also with the unfitness of those that
came up aftenvards, and in answer to this letter the Court, on No-
vember 3, ordered the " Major of SuflPolk to send out of his regi-
ment 18 able men armed and furnished with ammunition and pro-
vision for ten days under the conduct of a fitt person to make Lief-
tenant/' to recruit Capt. Henchman's company and search out the
enemy at Hassanameset. The lieutenant chosen was probably
Philip Curtis,** of Roxbury, wlio was killed before he received his
formal commission, I presume, as no order for his commission is
found.

Capt. Henchman** marches to Mendon, arrives on the 2d at 4
P.M., and writes immediately that they "arrived all safe and found
the towne in like condition," and "pressed four horses for Scouts to
send to Hassanemeset." lie found the inhabitants*' " drawn into two
houses,'^ and "in a pestered condition," and holds frequent meet-
ings with them in order to prevail upon them to remain at Mendon
contented. This and frequent scouting and reports took up his time
until the arrival of the men from Boston.

It seems also from tliis letter that he had not yet heard from Capt.
Sill, as it was proposed, and was preparing to send his soldiers
home to Boston, was intending that morning sending all his troop-
ers (8) and three files of men, but he gets orders from the Council
by messengers from Capt. Sill. In order to meet dipt. Sill, four-
teen miles away, he is forced to change a file of men with the gar-
rison on account of their destitution of "clothes and shoes."

On the 9th, with his lieutenant (Philip Curtis) and 22 mounted

men he rides to Hassanameset, and has a fii^ht there of which he

writes the details on the 10th, which in the main are given correctly

in Hubbard's History. In his letter he relates that his lieutenant,

Philip Curtis, is killed, and Thomas Andrews also (one of the

Mendon garrison), and mentions that his corporal, Abiell Lamb,*^

outran himself in the attack, and thnt all his own and the lieutenant's

men ran away from him in the fight except (one of his "old soul-

diers," as he thinks) Jonathan Dunning."

The following list embraces those who served under Capt. Hcnch-
n»n from November 2d, and were credited November 30, as will
W seen by the credits. The service was brief. Amongst these were
^troopers, which may explain in part the difference in credits.

'» vide Snraire.
J? Sec letteni from thence on Nov. 2d, 3d, 6th, &c., in Mass. Archives, and also pablished
n Hkory of Mendon.

. Finds the garrison in charge of Scrgt White, in whoso charge he leaves it when he
^MUrairs.

" Cartis and Lnmb were both of Roxbury. Capt. H. deplores the loss of his lieutenant,
^ «y« he has not another to supply his place. Curtis left a widow and seven cliildren.

• J. D. had served Capt. H. previous to Sept. 27, but had now l>cen of Mendon garrison
"fit least a mouth, and remained some time, as we shall see by his various credits here-
•Aer.

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

November 30'*» 1675
Edward Rarton. 01 05 08

Isaac Heath.
Heury Kerby.
Jeremiah Wise.
Benjamin Negus.
John Leech.
James White.
John Good.
Joseph Bateman.
Edward Everet.
Richard Francis.
John Kemble.
Experience Orris.
Samuel Ryall.
Joseph Gridley.
William Bodkin.
William Hooper.
John Tuckerman.
John Cann.

00 16 02

00 17 02

01 00 06

00 17 02

01 19 04
00 17 02
00 17 02
00 17 02
00 07 02

02 00 00
00 17 02
00 17 02

00 10 04

01 05 06
00 17 02
00 17 02

00 17 02

01 00 00

William Price.
William Davenport
Thomas Smith.
Joseph Bugby.
Samuel Gardner.
Simon Rogers.
Abiel Lamb.
Richard Woods.
Degory Sargent.
Josiah Mann.
John Malony.
Francis Siddall.
Hugh Price.
James Harrington.
Benjamin Gamlin.'®
Isaac Morris.
Josiah Holland.
Joseph Wilson.

00 ]

Samuel Ruggles.
Philip Curtis, Lieut,

On November the 12th the Council ordered Major Willa:
send forthwith 12 troopers to Capt. Henchman.

Many of the soldiers were now withdrawn and placed in gan
and all available were pressed and mustered for the Narragj
campaign. Capt. H.'s men were many returned home with hj

Among the soldiers impressed in Boston for the Narragansett
paign, Dec. 3d, 1675, were the following from Capt. Ilenchi
company :'^ James Whipple, Samuel Jenkins, Walter Cohone, «1
White, Thomas Jones, Thomas Stains, John Dereing, Robert
cry, Ralph Powel for Mr. James Lloyd, Francis Cooke foi
William Larrison. (Mass. Archives, vol. 68, 86.)

December 20*** 1675 Onesiphorus Tilston.

Joshua Silverwood. 01 18 06 Thomas Jones.

01 18 06

00 16 02

01 16 02
00 10 00
00 06 10

00 16 02

01 14 02
00 11 02
00 07 06
00 07 06
00 06 10
00 16 02
00 16 02
00 16 02

John Sherman.
John Corbin.
Henry Tite.
Simon Yates.
Thomas Birch.
John Pierpont.
John Necks.
John Griggs.
Thomas Lawrence.
Joshua Atherton.
William Briggs.
Nicholas Gray.
Isaac Hubbard.

00 <

James Draper.

January 25 1675. (N. S. 1676.)
William Goswell. 00 16 02

Samuel Burnall.
John Spurr.
Lawrence White.
Thomas Cheyney.
Thomas Bridentine."
Robert Woodward.

February 29,1675-6
Joseph Bodman. 00

William Lyon. 00

John Parker. 00

March 24, 1676
William Elliot. 00

Joseph Clark. 00

April 24, 1676.
Hugh Clark. 00

Thomas North. 01

» Married Philip Cartis's widow in 1678.
** ProtMibly of the local militia company in Boston.

** Or Brissenden, Brizantioc, Brisanton, called oo Boston tax-list " Brizellton,
Dowse's man."

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 73

Among the soldiers in the above lists were probably the twelve
troopers sent out by order of the Council on November 12, 1775,
and those who did not return to Boston until the later dates.
It was the custom, I find, to punish the men by fines, and some-
times their pay would be withheld for several months, until on
petition to the Council it would be paid, if the officer who complain-
ed of their misconduct would recommend leniency and sign their
"debenture" or bill for service rendered. On the minutes of the
Council, of which a few fragments are preserved in the Mass. Ar-
chives, I find several instances of this kind ; one in the case of
Magnus White, whose name occurs later, and one in a quaint letter
from one Jonathan Adderton, which declares that Capt. Henchman
wrongfully accused him of " profanation of y" Sabbath," when his
only offence was the cutting up of an old hat and putting the pieces
in his shoes to relieve his galled foot, &c. ; but the Council did not
remit his fine, and so his name does not appear on the treasurer's
book at all. Many of the above will be recognized as of Roxbury
and Dorchester.

On December 12, the Commissioners of the United Colonies
voted to strengthen the garrisons with such of the soldiers as were
able and willing to remain for that service during the winter, and
to dismiss others to their homes.

Jan. 11, "It was ordered by the Council that the Garrison Sould-
jera at Chelmsford, Billerica, Groaten, Lancaster, Marlborough,
Sudbury, under Major Willard be discharged forthwith and sent
home," and at the same time it was voted to pay them " two months'
pay on their returne." This may have been done at the request of
the people in the above-named towns, because we know that in many
cases these garrison soldiers became very obnoxious to the citizens,
a9 will be seen when we come to the lists at the garrisons hereafter.
I presume this service of withdrawal and settlement of soldiers
was under the special charge of Capt. Henchman, who then, I think,
retired from active service until the 27th of the next April."

In the latter part of May, 1676, the forces under Capt. Hench-
man were called together again. These had been impressed by or-
der of the Council, April 27, and released to do their planting until
such time as wanted. They were mustered at Concord,** at this
time an important military post, whence he writes on June 2d, that
" Tom Doublet went away soon after Mr. Clark, and with him Jon*
Prescott, Daniel Champney & Josiah AVhite, carrying the pay for
Goodman Moss, and 3 gallons of Kum." They marched out to-
wards Brookfield to join the Connecticut forces on the 27th, but on
information received from this same Tom Doublet (an Indian),

«» Mass. Archives, vol. 68. Sec Mass. Col. Records, rnffo 96, and also letter of Capt.
Henchman, Concord, April 29, in Shattuck's History oi ( oncord, page 59.
»* CapL H. was commandcr-iu-chlcf, Uc was in cha jo of all the llciums.

VOL. ZXXVII. 8*

Soldiers in King Philip*8 War.

[Jan.

turned aside and had a fi«^lit with the Indians at Weshacom Ponds ;**
and this aflFair detained them so that they did not reaeh Hadlcy until
the 14th,'* when they joined the Connecticut forces in the cainpaipi
on the Connecticut Kiver ; for an account of which, see Judd's His-
tory of Hadley.

Capt. Henchman marched down towards Boston from Hadley
the last of Junx?, and liis letter, given in Hubbard, and written on
the way, describes the homeward march.

On June 24 there seems to have been a general settlement with
all soldiers for service up to this summer .campaign. Some were
paid in cash by the treasurer, but mostly they were paid in part by
the towns where they lived. The following lists probably contain
most of the names of those who marched out and served in this
campaign, with Capt. Henchman :

June 24, 1C76.

Francis Cooke. 2 items

04 04 02

Magnus White.

01 09

John Stone.

01 10 10

Joseph Lyon.

04 11

Patrick Morren.

OG 08 06

July 24, 1G76.

William Ilealy.

02 11 05

John Chub.

02 00

Simon Groves (als. Grow)

1 03 12 10

Daniel Ilawes.

01 or,

John Polly.

01 11 08

Hugh Taylor.

or> 00

John Kendall.

00 17 00

Joseph Procter.

00 17

Kphraim Ro;[;imant

03 17 11

Au<'U8t24"*1676

Benjamin Rice.

03 17 11

John Moore.

01 14 00

Sopteml)er 23* 1G7G.

Thomas Wlieeler.

00 08

Joshuah Sawyer.

03 07 00

liicliard Scott. Cornett

08 17

James Sawyer.

03 01 05

Greorge Stedman.

01 IG

Jacob Willar.

12 05 08

Jonathan Atherton.

04 00

John Winter.

01 02 10

Jacob Hill.

04 17

John Tolman.

00 07 00

James Cheevers.

02 11

James Cutler.

01 04 03

John Oyne.

02 11

Nathaniel Adams.

01 02 06

William Kcene.

04 18

James White.

00 15 08

James Franklin.

04 18

Joseph Browne.

01 10 00

Joseph Richeson.

03 01

John Browne.

03 05 08

Justinian Holding.

02 11

Samuel Ed mens.

02 11 05

Denis Sihy.'T

02 18

John Greenland.

02 02 08

Thomas North.

04 02

John Pinder.

05 00 00

Thomas Robinson.

05 12

John Redman.

02 14 00

Robert Ernes.

05 01

Abraham Wilkinson.

01 10 10

Richard Browne.

O;} 03

James Bavly.

02 11 03

Francis Woolfe.

01 15

Daniel Riiff (als. Roff).

04 17 00

Joseph Garfield.

01 10

John Gibson.

03 11 00

John Floyd, Lieut,

12 17

Richard Wood.

02 17 00

Jonathan Sprague.

04 01

Josiah White.

02 04 03

l^njamiu Muzzye.

02 11

John Adams.

03 15 06

Thomas Adams.

04 17

Joseph Bucknam.

00 14 03

» See HubbanVs IIi«tory.

*« The note of Mr. Drake, in Ilabbard, is cvidcntlv a mistake, as the fbrcos certainly
reached Hadley on the 14th.

*^ Denis Silij, or Sjhj, will be often met with, as he serred ander seycml diflbrent
captains.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 75

John Stedman. 03 17 02 James Patterson. 02 11 05

James Miller. 05 02 06 Thomas How. 02 11 05

Jouathan IIUI. 02 11 05 Richard Scott. 00 08 06

Remarks.

At the opening of the war the colonial militia was quite efficiently
organized. Each county had its regiment of "trained soldiers."
The regiments of Suffolk and Middlesex counties consisted of fifteen
companies of Foot and one of Cavalry each. The Essex regiment
was of thirteen Foot and one Cavalry, the other counties smaller.
There were seventy-three organized companies in the Massachusetts
colony, besides an independent cavalry company called the "Three
County Troop/' made up in Suffolk, Middlesex and Essex. The
highest military officer of the colony was Major General Daniel Den-
ison, of Ipswich. The highest regimental officer at this time was
^lajor, or Sergeant Major. These local companies were not sent on
active service out of their towns, but men were impressed from the
number and placed under officers appointed for special service by
the Council. Each company of Foot had a Captain, Lieutenant,
Ensign, Clerk, Sergeants, Coi-porals and a Drummer. Cavalry
had Comett instead of Ensign and a Trumpeter and Quarter-
master. The regular number of privates in foot companies was 70,
in the cavalry 50. On special service it was more. The pay of
soldiers, accordinjj to Mr. Judd, in his History. of Iladlev, was ()s.
per week, and 5s. was paid for their '^dyct." There is no way of
determining the rate of pay from Hull's Journal, as all payments
are ^ on acct *' and do not specify time of service. Plymouth colo-
ny paid the private soldiers 2s. per day. Drummers 2s. ()d.. Ser-
geant 3e., Ensign 4s., *' Lief tenant " 5s., Captain Gs. A " Chy-
rurgion " or doctor was attached to each expedition. A William
Locke went with Major Savage to Mount lIoj)e, remained with
Capt. Henchman till August, and then joined Capt. Mosely. (This
from two depositions in vol. f)8 Mass. Archives, page 60.) A chap-
lain also generally served with each expedition. The price paid for
horses was 18d. per week. Prices of Clothing, " Wastcoats," 6s.,
Drawers 58. 6d., " Stockins" 2s., Shirts 63., Shoes 4s.

On this Mount Hope expedition many used the Old Matchlock
musket, the " Kegulation " weapon of that time ; but it was soon dis-
carded as not 80 serviceable as the Flintlock or '^ Snaphance." There
were no bayonets in use, but each company at first had a number of
Pikemen, soon found to be useless in an Indian fight. The *^ Match-
lock ^ was an exceedingly cumbrous affair, and was too long and
heavy to fire at arm's length, so that each soldier was obliged
to carry a "rest" (a crotched staff pointed at the foot with
iron and attached to his wrist by a string). No. 7 of the orders in
musket drill, ''Elton's Tactics," was, "Put the string of your rest
about your lefl wrist." The Indians always used the Flintlock.

76 Wright Family of Wobu^^n^ Mass. [Jan.

The other cqiiipmeDts of a foot soldier were a " Snapsack," six feet
of match or fuse, a Bandoleer, >vhich was a leathern belt passing
over the right shoulder and under the left arm, and containing %
dozen or more round boxes each holding one charge of powder ; a
bag of bullets and a horn of priming-powder was also attached to this
l)elt. The Indians who served our side were not regularly credited,
and so, with few exceptions, their "debentures" are not found.
Their names and service will form a separate article.

Pocasset Swamp, where Fort Lcverett was built, lies in the pre-
sent town of Tiverton, K. I.

WRIGHT FAMILY OF WOBURN, MASS.

By William R. Cutter, Ei^q., Librarian of the Public Library, Wobarn, Mass.

1. John* Wright, died June 21, 1688, and Priscilla, his wife, who
died April 10, 1G87, had:

2. i. Jony,d. April 30, 17l4,ajrcd83; m. Abin^nil.

3. ii. JosKPii, d. Murcli 31, 1724 ; m. Kiizabeth ilasHeli, Nov. I, 1661.

iii. lU'Tu, b. April 23, 104(5 ; iii. JonutlmQ Knight, March 31, 1663. Ruth

Knight, M'idow, d. April 13, 1714.
iv. Dkdorau, h. Jan 21.1548-9.
V. Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1052-3 ; in. Joshua Sawj'er.*

Johii.^ a first settler of Woburn, subscribed the '* town orders " (at
Charlestowii) Dec. 18, 1G40; selectman of Woburn, 1645-47, 1649-58,
1600-64, 1670, 1680-81 ; commisbioner of the rate, 1646, 1671; deacon
of Woburn church from Nov. 10, 16G4, to his death. — SewaU's Woburn.

2. JoiiN= Wkight (John}), died ("Senior" in record) April 30, 1714,

aged 8^5 —gravestone Woburn 1st liurying Ground. Abigail, widow of

John Wright, died April 6, 1726, aged 84— g.s. Wob. 1st B. G. Had:

i. John, of Chelmsford, 1701.

ii. JusEPn, of ChelmBlord, 1701.

iii* Eken'Ezer, of Chelmsford, 1701.

4. iv. JosiAH, livin/r in Woburn, time of father*s will, 1701 ; d. Jod. 23,

1746-7, Rtfod 73.
V. Ruth, m. [Jonathan] Buttorfield. [She d. Jan. 11, 1754, aged 80. —

Cutter's Arlinyton, 199, 201.]
vi. Priscilla [m. (she of Woburn) Samuel Damon, May 7, 1707. — Wy-

man'y Chas. 274, 1052.1
vii. Deborah, m. Nathaniel Fatten, of Cambridge, Feb. 17, 1701-2. [She

d. March 9, 1710, aged 38 y. 10 d.— Paige's Catnb, 624; Harris's

Camb. Epitaphs y 54.]
viii. Lydia, m. Giles Kol>erts, Nov. 11, 1724.

John,' with other members of the Woburn church, was presented by
the grand jury of Middlesex for refusing communion with that church,
1671. He — styled "Senior" — was a selectman of Woburn, 1690, and
tithiugman of the town for " Boggy Meadow End," 1692. SewalPs Wo-

• John Wripht, the 2(1, of Chelmsford, on Feb. 24, If 87, sold to James Fowle, of Wo-
burn, 4 nc. land in Wobnrn, purchased by him of his ** brother-in-law," Joshna Sawyer, of
Woburn ; deed signed b3' Joiin Wrij^ht and wife Abigail (see 2). Joshua and Saruh Saw-
yer had in Wobam a son Joshua, b. Juno 20, 1684, and several daaghters. The son had a
daagtater Ruth, who married Joseph Wright (sec 13).

1883.] Wright Family of Woburny Mass. 77

kurn^ The will of John Wright, Senior, of Woborn, dated May 24, 1701,
proved Nov. 11, 1714, names wife Abigail ; sons John Wright, Jr., Joseph
ind Ebenezer Wri<;ht, all three livincr in Chelmsford: his son Josiah
Wright, living in Woburn ; his four daughters, Ruth Butterfield, Priscilla
Wright, Deborah Wright and Lydia Wright, " youngest daughter ;" wife
Abigail and son Josiah executors.

3. Joseph* Wright (John^), married Elizabeth Hassell, Nov. 1, 1661.
She died June 28, 1713. He died March 31, 1724. Had :

i. Eltzabeth, b. July 2, 1664 ; m. Eliczer Bateman, Nov. 2, 1686. [See
Wyman's Chas. 67.]

5. ii. JosEFU. b. March 14, 1667 ; m. three wives: d. Sept. 19, 1732.
ill. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1069-70.

6. iv. JoBN, b. Oct. 2, 1672 ; m. Lydia Kendall, Sept. 21, 1698.

V. Joanna, b. April 18, 1675; d. Feb. 17, 1690-91, ** dau. of Joseph
Wright."

7. vi. James, b. March 10, 1677 ; m. Elizabeth ; d. Jan. 6, 173^i-5, ap:ed 50.

8. Tii. TmoTHY, b. April 3, 1679 ; m. Hannah Brooks, May 25, 1702 ; [d.

Feb. 10, 1727-8, aged 49.]
viii. Stephen, b. Jan. 22, 1680-1 ; m. Abigail (Flagg) Cutler, April 12,
1704.— [SevraU'B Wob, 612.1

9. ix. Jacob, b. June 22, 1683 ; m. Elizabeth ; d. 1760.
X. Ruth, b. Oct. 10, 1685.

xi. Benjamin, b. March 14, 1688.*

Joseph,' in December, 1671, "was presented by the grand jury, with
his brother John and six others, to the court sitting at Charlestown,
for withdrawing from the communion of the church of Woburn, of which
they all were members, and for favoring in other ways the sentiments and
practices of the Baptists." His wife was a school-teacher in Woburn, 1673.
He was selectman, 1670, 1673, 1692; a soldier in the war of 1675; tithing-
man, 1676; commissioner of the rate, 1693; deacon of Woburn church,
1608-1724; and signer of a declaration by that church, 1703. Sewall's
Wolmrn.

4. Josiah' Wright {John* Jokn^), married Ruth Carter, September
17, 1700. Pie — deacon of Woburn church, 1736 to his death — died Jan.
22, 1746-7, aged 73— g.s. Wob. 1st B. G. Ruth, widow, died Jan. 31,
1774, aged 92 or more. [See Sewall's Wob. 598.] The will of Josiah
Wright, of Woburn, dated May 21, 1745, proved April 6, 1747, mentions
his wife Ruth ; his sons Josiah Wright, Samuel Wright, John Wright (who
liveii with the father), Ahijah Wright, Joshua Wright; his daughters Ruth
Thompson, Mary Wyman, Abigail Parker ; and his " yoimgest son " Ben-
jamin Wright. Had :

i. Josiah, b. Dec. 2, 1701 ; Wilmington ; died in the military service at

Lake George, July 15, 1758. +
ii. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1703-4; Westford.
iii. RuTQ, b. April 4, 1706 ; m. Samuel Thompson, Dec. 31, 1730 ; d. Oct.

3, 1775, aged 69 ; hed. May 13, 1748, aged 43 ((j.b. Wob. Ist B.G.);

parents ot Samuel Thompson, Es^i-, b. Oct. 30, 1731, d. Aug. 17,

1820, aged 89, a noted Woburn diarist. [See Reg. zxxiv. 397-401.]

• Jacob Wright, of Woburn, on August 12, 1720, was admitted administrator on estate
of hi< •* lute l>n>thcr Benjamin Wright, of Watertown, weaver, deceased, intestate {killed

by afriect ofthip'lumber.Y* (See Bond's Wat. 975.)
t '• Fixc<l up our fon, and Uncle Josiah Wright ^

was exceeding bad ; and he died about
four o'clock, uftcmoon, and was huric(i about dusk ; and I followed him to his grave as the
ni^rbcsT rclntion he bad there ; and saw the hist respcrcts paid, and thanked them all for
their wrvlcc ; and returned to our camps."— Ltcwi. Samuel Thompson** Diary, [Scwoirs
IVobum, p. 550.]

78 Wright Family of Woburn^ Mass. [Jan.

11. iv. Jonw, b. July 14, 1708 ; m. Mary Locke, Jan. 4, 1737-8 ; d. April 29,

17G3, aged 55.

V. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1710-11 j m. Ebenezer Wyman (Sessions), [Mri.
Mary m. Rev. Elienezer W yman (II. U. 1731), of Union, Ct., at VV'o-
burn, Mav22, 1739.— Sewall's Wob. 653.1

vi. Abijah, b. May 17, 1713 ; Boston, tailor ; d. in Pepi^wrell. (See Wy-
man *8 Chas. 1051 ; had onlv brother Bei\jaiDin, 1780.)

12. vii. JosuuA, b. May 9, 1716 ; Hollifl [d. Aug. 5, 1776, aged 60.— ///«/. Hoi-

Us,N. //.,393].
viii. Abigail, b. Dec. 7, 1718; in. Stephen Parker, Jan. 12, 1737-8.
ix. PiiEBE, b. July 13, 1721 ; d. Dec. 7, 1724, in her 3d year (g.s. lat

B. G.).
X. Benjamin ; Pepperell ; int. mar. Brryamin, Jr.^ with Mary Wright,

May 14, 1750. (Beiyamin Wrifjht and wife Mary had Benjamin,

b. March 28, 1752, and eight others to 1772, recorded in Hist. Hoi'

lis.N, -/ir.,393.)

5. Joseph' Wright (Joseph,^ John^), died September 19, 1732. He m.
Elizabeth Batemau, Julv 7, 1692 {Seioall) ; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph, Jr.,

died , 1704. Ruth, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 18, 1716-17, aged

about 60 — g.s. Wob. Ist B. G., on which it is stated she was " formerly
wife to Mr. John Center." Joseph married Rachel Brooks, Nov. 19, 1729,
who, widow of Joseph, die<l June 21, 1750, age<l 55 — g,s. Wob. 1st B. G.
He " lived on John Winning's place ;" was probably the Lieut. Joseph
Wright, selectman of Woburu, 1G98; was selectman, 1721-22, 1724-25,
1727-30, 1732; moderator of town meetings, 1727; on a town committee
to the General Court, 1727, 1729 ; on a committee to inform Mr. Jackson
of liis choice as minister by the town, 1728. See Wymaifs Chas. 1051;
Se wall's Woburn, Admin istration on the estate of Joseph Wriglit, of Wo-
burn, in 1732, names Rachel Wright^ the widow, and Rachel, a minor child;
Mousal Wright, " only son of decease*! ;" Samuel Wood and wife Elizal>eth,
a daughter ; Thomas Belknap and wife Sarah, a daughter. The sons-in-
law, Wooil and Belknap, represented to the court that " said deceased left
issue by several wives, namely, the before named two daughters, and a son
thirty years of age (a non-compos) by a first i^enture^ and a daughter about
two years old by another," — that of liiichel, widow. Jacob Wright, of
Woburn, brother to Joseph, was guardian of Rachel Wright, the minor.
Joseph and Elizabeth had :

i. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1694 : m. Samuel Wood ; her heirs in 1753

were Elizabeth, wife of James Sawyer; Joseph Wood: James

Wood; Esther (Wood) Brown,
ii. Sarah, b. May 7, 1696 ; m. Thomas Belknap,
iii. MousAL, b. April 11, 1699; m. Susanna Spauldinir, of Groton, April

5, 1733. He was represented as non-compos by Wood and Belkiup,

his brothers-in-law, 1732.

Joseph and Rachel had :

iv. Rachel, b. Jan. 8, 1730-1 ; int. mar. Jonathan I^awrcnce, Sept. 18,
1750 ; d. April 21, 1823, aged 93 (^r.s. Wob. 2d B. G.) ; he d. Aug.
1, 1793, aged Q8 (g.s. Wob. 2d B. G.).

6. John' Wright {Joseph^- JoJni})^ married Lvdia Kendall, Sept. 27,
1698 (21. 7. 1698). She died Dec. 2f>, 1711. Five children of Lydia
Wright, deceased, namely, John, Joseph, Nathan, David and Abigail
Wright, are named in her father John Kendall's will, 1726. John Wright
and wife Lydia had :

i. John, b. July 11, 1699; m. Judith Wyman, March 23, 1725. (See

Sewall's Wob. 654.)
ii. Joseph, b. Aug. 13, 1701.

1883.] Wright Family of Wobwi^, Mass. 79

iii. Abigail, b. Sept. 17, 1703.
iv. Nathan.
T. David.

7. James' Wright (Joieph^ Johv}), m. Elizabeth. He d. Jan. 6, 1734
-6, aged 59 — ^g.s. Wob. 1st B. G. Elizabeth Wright, widow, together with
her son Thomas Wright, are named administrators on estate of " her late
husband'* James Wright, of Woburn, March 17, 1734-5. He was proba-
bly the James Wright, representative to the General Court, 1696, but dis-
allowed— (Sewall's Woh. 584). Had :

i. James [b. CharlcBtown, Oct. 23, 1703— Wyman, 1051]. Styled " eld-
est son *' in administration of father's estate, 1736. Soldier at Lake
George, Sept. 25, 1758.— L/. S. Thompson's Diary (Sewall's Wo-
bum, p. 555.) {James Wriyht, aged 20, was impressed from Wo-
burn in 1759.)

ii. Elizabeth, b. Au^. 20, 1705 ; m. Joseph Eittred^, of Billeriea, Feb.
19, 1724-^; '' eldest daughter *' in administration of father's estate,
1736, in which Joseph Kittredge, her husband, is named.

13. ill. Joseph, b. April 10, 1707 ; '^ second son " in administration of father's

estate, 1736.

14. iv. Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1709 ; *' third son " in administration of father's

estate, 1736.
V. Mart, b. Oct. 7, 1711 ; m. William Kittredge, of Billeriea, Oct. 21,

1731 ; ** second daughter " in administration of father's estate, 1736,

in which William Kittredge, her husband, is named.
vi. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1713; signed in administration of father's estate,

1736; m. Timothy Emerson, of Haverhill, Jan. 23, 1739-40.

15. ^ii. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 17, 1716; guardians appointed in administration

of father's estate, 1736.
viii. Sarah ; 15 years of age at death of father, 1734-5 ; m. John Holt,

Nov. 26, 1739.
ix. Ruth ; 12 years of ase at death of father, 1731-5; m. Seth Wyman,

June 4, 1744. (See Cutter's Arlington, 334 ; Wyman 's Chas, 1057.)

8. Timothy' Wright {Joseph,^ John}), m- Hannah Brooks, of Woburn
(he of Charlestown), May 25, 1702. (He died Feb. 10, 1727-8, aged 49
— gravestone at Stonehara. See Wyman's Chas. J 051.) Hantiah Wright
married David Estabrook, Sept. 17, 1736. Timothy and Hannah had:

i. Timothy, b. Aug. 22, 1703. Timothy, of Stoncham [of this family],

m. llephzibah Richardson, June 3, 1795. — Woburn Records.
ii. Rachel, b. , 1708. (See Wyman 's Chas. 1051.)

9. Jacob' Wright {Joseph,^ John^), married Elizabeth. He was ap-
pointed to attend the General Court's committee on " their view to Goshen
and Sbawshin," 1729 ; and was a petitioner in the formation of the Third
Religions Society in Woburn, 1745. SewalFs Woburn. The will of Jacob
Wright, of Woburn, dated Feb. 16, 1759, proved Dec. 8, 1760, names
*' eldest son" Jacob Wright, executor; son Benjamin Wright; daughters
Martha Thompson, Jane Rugg and Ruth Wright. Jacob and Elizabeth
had:

16. i. Jacob, b. Jan. I, 1709-10; m. Deborah Brooks, Sept. 30, 1733; d.

March 10, 1783.
ii. Martha, b. March 28, 1712 ; m. Simon Thompson, Oct. 26, 1732.
iii. Jane. b. Feb. 4, 1713-14 ; int. mar. Isaac Rugg, of Lancaster (she of

Woburn) , March 18, 1742.

17. iv. Benjamin, b. Oct. 11, 1715; m. Ruth Fowle, int. Jan. 20, 1753 ; d.

Nov. 4, 1785.
▼. Ruth, b. Sept. 3, 1717.

10. Edward (lineage unascertained), married Sarah. Had:
i. Sarah, b. June 17, 1731.

80 Wright Family of Woburn, Mass. [Jan.

11. John* Wright (Josia/iy* John* John^), married Mary Locke, Jan.-
4, 1737-8. lie — a member of Woburn 1st church before April 6, 1766
(see Sewall, 536), and choseu deacou, August 9, 1758 — died April 29, 1763,
aged 55. Mary, relict of Dea. John, died May 26, 1795, aged 82. "April
29, 1763, Deacon John Wright hanged himself; the jurors' verdict — deH'
rioas" " May 27, 1795, wid. Mary Wright divitl ;" 29th, "Very rainy;
Wd. Wright buried." (S. Thompson's Diary.) Administration ou estate
of Deacon John Wright, ** late of Woburn," 176G, names widow Mary;
" eldest son " John ; sons Judah, James (** third son "), Josiah, Jesse ; and
daughters Mary Kichurdsou (Jeduthun Richardson, signer), aud Ruth
Wright. John aud Mary had :

i. John, b. April 10, 1739; m. Phebe TIdd, June 18, 1761. Both were
admitted members of VVoburo First Church, Dec. 6, 1761. John and
PhelHJ had :

1. Hannah* b. April I (bapt. 4), 1762; m. Daniel Wyman, May 19,

1789 ; d. Feb. 8, 1841, a^ed 79 (gs. Wob. 2d B.G.) ; he d. Dec.
18. 1831, aged 80 (g.s. VVob. 2d B.G.).

2. Phcbe^ b. July 20 (bapt. 22), 1764 ; admitted Wobum First Church,

July 22, 1804 ; m. Leinuei Bri^^gs, of Salem, Dec. 31, 1807.

3. Afarv,« b. Feb. 10 (bapt. 8 ?), 17(57.

4. John,* b. March 19 (bapt. April 9), 1769 ; was the John Tidd Wright,

** who resided at Ashby many years a a:o, and moved thence to New
Hampshire." — (C. Edgell )—LocAc Booky p. 70.

5. Tabitha* b. June 10 (bapt. 23), 1771.

6. Betty * l)aptized Aug. 29, 1773.

7. Jiatherine* baptized June 13, 1779.

8. Buth,* baptized Nov. 24, 1782.

9. William*

See Book of the Lockes, n. 69, Jbc. The father removed to Paokera-
fieid, now Nelson, N. 11.

ii. Marv. b. Jan. 29, 1740-1 ; m. Jeduthun Richardson, March 24, 1761 ;
d. Nov. 4, 1820, aged 80 (g.a. Wob. 2d B.(i.) ; be (Deacon) d. Oct.
11, 1815, aged 78 (g.s. Wob. 2d B.G.).

iii. JrD.\n, b. May 9, 1743. [See Book of the Lockes, pp. 36, 69. j

iv. Jamks, b. Dtc. 15, 1745 ; m. Ruth Tidd, Oct. 0, 1768. [Deacon at
Bedford ; d. Dec. 24, 1818, aged 73. See Locke Book, p. 70.] Dor-
cas E. Wrijhty of Bedford, int. mar. Seth Sweetser, of Wobum, No-
vember, 1823.

V. IIannaq, b. March 9, 1747; not named in administration of father's
estate, 1766.

vi. RuTU (twin), b. June 23, 1750; m. Leonard Richardson, June 23,
1769; m. (2d) Joseph Bruce.
18. vii. JosiAn (twin), b. June 23, 1750 ; m. twice; d. Dec. 15, 1830, aged 80.

viii. Jesse, b. Aug. 11, 1753 ; m. Lydia Parker, daughter of Josiah Parker,
Aug. 4, 1772. lie was in tlie military service under Capt. Wymaa,
1778 (Sewairs Wolmrn, 577), and removed to Packersficld, N. H.,
where, on Aug. 27. 1785, and Aug. 12, 1792, Samuel Thompaoo,
Kscj., of Woburn, visited him. Jan. 4, 1799, during very cold wea-
ther. Mr. Jesse VVri;:ht and wife loJ^red with the diarist Thompson
at Woburn. Jesse Wright aud wife Lydia had :

1. Li^dia* b. Jan. 6, 1774.

2. Jesse* b. May 30. 1779.

3. Jisiah* of Templeton.

4. Nathan* of Paekersficld (now Nelson, N. H.).

5. Luther * of Rodman, N. Y.

6. Pamelia* [Book of Lockcs, p. 70.]

12. Joshua* Wright (JosuJi,^ John^ Johii^), married Abigsul Rich-
ardson, March 6, 1739-40, and had:

i. Joshua, b. Jan. 8, 1740-(l). (For others of family, see Hist, HoUu.
JV./f.,393.)

1883.] Wright Family of Wohum, Mass. 81

18. Joseph^ Wright (James,* Joseph,* John}), m. Ruth Sawyer. (Ruth
Wright, a daughter, is named in the settlement of her father Joshua Saw-
yer's estate, 1738. Ruth, daughter of Joshua and Mary Sawyer, was born
March 6, 1709. — Wob, Bee.) Ruth Wright, relict of Joseph {James in rec-
ord), died June 15, 1787, aged 79. ** June 17, 1787, wid. Ruth Wright
buried; died 15." (S. Thompson's Diary.) Joseph belonged to Woburn
1st church, 1756 ; was selectman, 1757 ; paid by the town for his time and
trouble about the French, 1758; on committees to sell enlarged pew-ground,
to sell old bell and purchase a new one, on the *' public affairs of govern-
ment," 1772,1773; soldier, before 1777. — Sewall's Woburn, Joseph and
Ruth had:

i. Ruth, b. July 23, 1733; m. Ebenezer Frost, Jr., of Cambridge, March
18, 1761. (See Paige's Camh. 555.)

ii. Patixncb, b. Jan. 30, 1735-6 ; int. mar. Enoch Kendall, of Wilming-
ton, April 22, 1758.

ill. Abigail, b. Dec. 8, 1741 ; m. Ezra Wyman, Jr., Nov. 29, 1759 (int.
mar. June 28, 1759).

It. Mart, b. June 20, 1744; m. William Fox, Sept. 24, 1772; m. (2d)
Hutchinson.

▼. JosxpH, b. Nov. 2, 1746 ; Hubbardston, or Union.

Ti. Aaron, b. Feb. 21, 1748-9.

Tii. Jambs, b. July 12, 1751.

14. Thomas^ Wright (James,* Joseph * John}), married Patience Rich-
ardsoD, April 10, 1744, who died Oct. 22, 1748; second, Elizabeth Chand-
ler, married March 2, 1756. He died June 13, 1795, aged 86 — buried 15.
(Thompson's Diary.) He belonged to Woburn 1st church, 1756; was
•electman, 1776-77. Sewall's Wob, The will of Thomas Wright, of Wo-
bam, dated Feb. 6, 1793, names wife Elizabeth ; sons Thomas and Phile-
moo ; and daughters Patience Watts, Sarah Converse, Elizabeth Symmes,
and Eleanor Wright. Details regarding the settlement of his estate are
giren in Thompson's Diary, under dates of Nov. 12, 1795, Dec. 1 and 2,.
1795, Bfarch 26, 1798, April 4, 1798. (For estate, also see Wyman'a
Chas. 1052.) Janey, negro servant of Thomas, was baptized Oct. 16, 1774.
Thomas and Patience had :

i. Patiencb, b. July 30, 1745 ; m. [Nathaniel] Watts.

ii. 8arab, b. July 18, 1748; m. Benjamin Cfonveme, Aug. 6, 1772; d.

June 24, 1824. aged 73 (g.s. Wob. 2d B.G.) ; be d. Marcb 6, 1824,

aged 73 (g.8. Wob. 2d B.U.).

Thomas and Elizabeth had :

iii. EuzABKTH, b. Jan. 11, 1757 ; [m. John Symmes, Jr., of Medford (she
of Woburn), Oct 31, 1780.— Cutter's Arlington, 330. See Symmes
Memorial, page 54]

iv. Thomas, biptiiM April 15, 1759 ; m. Mary Sprague, of Cambridge,

intention dated Sept. 21, 1782. Thomas, Jr., was in the military

service two months, under Lieut. Joseph Johnson, at Cambrid^,

1777; also fifteen days guarding ** prisoners of Convention," July,.

• 1778 (Sewall's Wo^rn, 577). Had:

1. Thotnas,* b. June 31, 1784.

2. John,* b. Deo. 16, 17H5.

3. PoUif,* b. May 7, 1788.

4. Benjanun Hooper,^ bom March 29, 1790.

5. Elizabeth,^ b. June 3, 1793.

6. Lucy* b. Sept. 6, 1795.

T. Philemon, b. Sept. 2 (bapt. 7), 1760; m. Abigail Wyman, May 10,.
1782 (dau. of Jonathan), lie served in Baldwin^s Reet., Wood^s
Co., 1776 ; also 2 mos. under Capt. Wyman, at Rhode Island, 1777
(Sewalla Wob. 577). Thompson's Diary names him till 1796, and

TOL. XXXYIL 9

82 Wright Family of Wobum^ Mass. [Jan.

be !>ellR Josiab Locke 14 acres, 1801 (Wyman*8 Chas. 1052). NtAby
Wright, d. Oct. 13, 1792, aged 7 years, was perhaps his child. (He
removea to Ottawa, Canada, in 1800, and owned the land on which
the city now stands : d. June 2, 1839.)

vi. £lkanor, b. Aug. 30 (bapt. Sept. 5), 1762; m. Job Kittredge, of
Tewksbury, Dec. 17, 1795.

vii. Bkvlah, b. Oct. 7 (bapt. 14), 1764.

15. Nathaniel* Wright {James? Joseph* John}), iDteDtion marriage
Martba Wioship, March 8, 1744. Nathaniel and Martha had:

i. Nathaniel, b. March 1, 1746.

The father probably removed to Lancaster.

16. Jacob* Wright (Jacob * Joseph,* ./oAn'), married Deborah Brooks,
Sept. 30, 1733. He petitioned to form the Third Parish, Woburn, 1745;
selectman, 1765-66; on committee on enlargement of meeting-house, 1772.
Sewall's Woburn, Deborah, wife of Jacob, died Feb. 5, 1781. Jacob died
March 10, 1783 — buried 12. (Thompson's Diary.) Jacob and Deborah
had :

19. i. Jonathan, b. Aug. 16, 1735 (only son) ; m. Ruth Wyman, June 6,
1765.

17. Benjamin* Wright (Jacob* Joseph* John^), married Ruth Fowle^
intention dated Jan. 20, 1753. Benjamin Wright died Nov. 4, 1785.
(Thompson*s Diary). Benjamin and Ruth had:

i. Timothy, b. May 3, 1753 ; soldier before 1777 (SewalPs Wob. 677) ;

named in Thompson's Diary, 1772, 1789, 1800, &c. ; d. Woburn,

Oct. 25, 1823.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1754. (? ** £liza,*' adm. Woburn 1st church,

Sept. 1, 1771 )
ill. Benjamin, b. Aug. 4, 1759. (From Woburn, June, 1785 ; in census,

Charlestown, 1789; estate taxed, 1791.— Wyman^s Chas. 1053.)

18. JosiAH* Wright (John,* Josiah,* John,* John^), married Lydia
Bucknam, of Cambridge, Feb. 2, 1773. She died Nov. 2, 1780, and he
married Mary White, Jan. 20, 1781, who died Sept. 16, 1823. He was in
the military service under Capt. Wyman, 1778. Sewall's Woburn. He
joined Woburn First Church, Jan. 21, 1781, and Mary his wife was admit-
ted to the same church, May 11, 1783. Of this church he was chosen dea-
con, April 12, 1805, and resigned May 4, 1825, being the last of Q^e
Wrights — including his grandfather and father — who, previous to 1825, had
held the office of deacon in that church. He died Dec. 15, 1830. Josiah,
Samuel and Lydia, his children, were baptized June 3, 1781. Josiah and
Lydia had :

1. Josiah, b. Jan. 7, 1774; m. Susan Edf^ll, May 19, 1801. He wii
admitted to Woburn 1st church, 1794. School teacher. Removed
to Utica, N. Y. Josiah and Susan had :
I. Susan,^ b. March 27, 1802
ii. Ltdia, b. Sept. 22, 1778 ; d. Sept. 1786, aged 9 yrs. (Records).— Aug.
31, 1786, ^* Josiah Wright's daughter " died ; Sept. 2, *' buried."—
Thompson's Diary,
iii. Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1780; d. July 14. 1807, aced 37. SeeRratsm,
zzxiv. 400, 401, for account of the accident which caused his death.*

* " His death was occasioned by the fall of a house f^ame ; his death has deprlTed hii
parents of an affectionate son on whom they had built their hopes in declining llfiB, and a
brother and sister of a sincere and affectionate friend, and blasted the fond hopes of a Ti^
tuous female; and the town of an useful and exemplary man, whose informntlon and cor-
rect habits rendered him an olyect of their esteem and r^anl.'*— OrmwitofM Wob. 2d B. O.

1883.] Wright Family of Wohurn, Mass. 83

Josiah by wife Mary had :

lY. PoLLT, b. Sept. SiO. 1782; m. Jonas Manning, April 4, 1809.
T. Charlbh, b. Feb. 25, 1784 ; d. 1810, aged 26, unm.*

19. Jonathan* Wright (Jacobs Jacoby^ Joseph^* John^ ), married Rnth
Wyman, June 6, 1765. She joined Wobum Ist church, April 25, 1779.
Jonathan and Ruth had Jonathan, Jacob, Ruth, Deborah and Edmund,
baptized June 13, 1779; Esther, bapt. Oct 28, 1781. He was a soldier
before 1777; also in the military service under Capt. Wvraan, 1778. (Sew-
all's Wobum, 577.) He was living in 1798. (Thompson's Diary.) Had :

i. Jonathan, b. March 5, 1766; Boston.

ii. RuTB, b. May 17. 1767 ; m. Jacob Richardson, May 25, 1786 : d. Mar.
13, 1844, aged 77 («.8. Woh. 2d B. G.) ; he (Deacon) d. ** sudden-
ly," March 17, 1819, aged56 (g.s. Wob. 2d B. G.).

ill. Jacob, b. April 7, 1769; m. Lucretia Richnrdson, Nov. 6, 1793 (dau.
of Zebulon). He d. Jan. 13, 1843, aged 74. Had :

1. Lucretia J b May 19, 1794; m. Nathaniel Kendall. Nov. 9, 1815.t

2. AUgaily'' b. Jan. 19, 1796 ; d. June 10, 1796, aged 5 months; buried

12.— (Thompson's Diary.)

3. AbigaiU b. April 28, 1797.

4. FannuJ b Dec. 30, 1798 ; d. Oct. 5, 1801, aged 2 years 9 mos. (g.s.

Wob. 2d B. G).

5. Eiiza,'' b. March 29, 1801 ; m. Owen Spaulding, of Chelmsford, May,

1823.

6. Charlotte,^ b. Oct. 16, 1806; m. N. M. Johnson, Oct. 25, 1827.

7. Jacab,^ b. Jan. 10, 1809.

8. Harriet Sawyer ^^ b. July 8, 1812 ; int. mar. Aaron Smith, April 14,

1833.

9. Fanny J

lY. Deborah, b. Feb. 25, 1775; m. Jacob Tidd, of New York, Nov. 16,

1795.
▼. Edmund, b. March 27, 1778; Ilampstead, N. Y.
Yi. £8THSR, b. Aug. 12, 1781 ; m. IJamuel Bryant, Nov. 10, 1805 ; m. 2d,

Winans, of Albany.

Martha Wright, married John Tay, Jr., Sept 19, 1822.

Intentions of Marriage,

Mart Wright and William Brown, of Wilton, Jan. 20, 1769.

Mary Wright and S. S. Porter, April 15, 1826.

John Wright and Dorcas C. Lacy, of Lowell, Nov. 5, 1841.

[Note. — The foregoing is mainly prepared from manuscript researches
based on the Wobum records, made by my father, the late Dr. Benjamin
Cutter, of Wobum, more than thirty years since ; supplemented by a few
later researches of my own from probate and other sources. — W. R. C]

• Pollv, "of JoRiah and Mollv," was hnpt. Sept. 22, 1782 ; Charles, "of Josiah and
MollT," bapt. April 18, 1784. Sec Locke Book, p. 70.

t On May 19, 1881, nhe— -the eldest of " six sNters and one brother," all Hying within
a short dlntanoc of each other— celebrated her 87th birth-day. ** Of the six sisters, five are
widows, yet In the family of sisters and brother there has been no death for eighty years."
^Wobum Journal, Maj 27, 1881.

84 JfTotet and Queriet. [Jan.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Notes.

Rkf. Samuil Pikrpost.— On the eouth ff^R^ UES TE BODY OF Y? K? KT
shore of Finher^s Island, about two g

milee from the eastern point, and on a SA^iUCL PJRPONT PASTOR OF y«

high bluff overhanging the water, stands t,-.- ^h ,^ , y^- cn^^e^ r»

the tomb of one of the early pastors of the rl*** ' ^ *n *-yM E 50N OF y K -

colonial church Its inBcription tells the ji' j/ilmcs PiERPDKT OF NEW HA
whole story. The tomb stands alone,

miles from any human habitation except ^gj^ ^fio WAS BoRM PEc'^ ZO
onlv one solitary farm house n mile away,

and is rarely s(>en by the eye of man. ttH 1700 if DROWNED MAR<.H iS
epitaph, copied carefully by theRev.Wil- ^ _^

ham A. Snively, S.T.D:, in the summer 'T^yj PAZSIN^ CONNBCTlCxrr
of 1982, is perhaps now printed for the g,^^ ^^^^ SAYBPOOK FmiKf
first time.

Edward D. Harris. j^q 28 of APRIL i723 WAS

Brooklyn f N, Y, FOONO KCRC

English A ncestrt of the To aters.— During a recent stay in England I made a visit
to the parish of Thornbury in Gloucestershire, which I had understood to be the ** old
homo '* of the Tayers, or Thayers, and there through the kindness of the Rev. Tho-
mas Waters, Vicar, who assisted me in deciphering the early records in the churob,
and William Osborne Maclaine, Esq., of Kyncton House, who gave me much in-
formation on the subject, I obtained tlie following facts, which may bo of interest to
those connected with the family. The Tayers are of Saxon origin, and the name is
thought to be derived from the Saxon *' taw,^* to tan — and hence a *' tanner." The
family is now extinct, but they owned lands in the parish from the reign of Edward
II., and were all described with the affix ** gent.*' Thomas Tayer, who came to
this country about 1630 with his wife Margery and three sons, and settled in Brain-
tree, Mass., was a native of Thornbury, and according to the records : ** 1018, April!
— Thomas Tayer was marryed to Margerie Wheeller ye xiij^ day." His first eon
Thomas was baptized in the church the 15th of September, 1622; the second son,
Ferdinando, was baptized the 18th of April, 1625 ; and the third son, Shadrach, was
baptized the 10th of May, 1629. The name Richard Tayer occurs frequently in tho
' register, in one or two instances as witness to the baptism of Thomas's children
(doubtless a near relative and perhaps brother to Thomas), nnd he is probably the
Richard who came to America and al.so settled in Braintree. I noticed that Richard
Tayer, son of this same Richard, was hnptized the 10th of February, 1624. In this
country the grandchildren of the first Tnomas Tayer spelled the name Thayer, and
it has so continued to the present time. H. x. w.

Boston, Mass,

Maxet. — (Memorandum furnished by II. F. Church.)

'* Jonathan Maxey whs l>(>rn at Attlehoroncrh in the State of Massachnsetti,
Sept', 2, 1768. Susan Hopkins was bom at N. Providence in the State of Rhode
Island, Sept' 24, 1768. They were married August 22^, 1791.

Cornelia Manning Maxey, their first child was born at Providence, Jane 11^«
1792.

Amy Hopkins Maxey, their 2f^ child was born at Providence May 8*^ 1704."

Spinning in 1771. — As a companion to the Newburyport item io the RsoTam for
July, 1882,1 copy an item from the Providence Gazette of M^y 11, 1771. Tl^
both show the industry of colonial New England girls. Jodn A. Howland.

" Last Wednesday morning a Number of Young Ladies met by Appointment at
the house of the Rev. Joseph Snow, where with their Wheels, they exhibited to the

1883.] Notes and Queries. 85

Spectators a most apjrceable Pattern of Industry. They spent the Day in the cheer-
fulleet Manner, and in the Evening presented Mrs. Snow with 39 bkaines of good
Linen Yam ; most of them having spun from two to three Skaines."

RiT. Thomas Princi. — ^1 copy the following: from a memorandum in the hand-
-iting of the author of the ** Chronological History oi New England," in a volume

writing

DOW in my posflession.

*• This & y l** volumn were y« kind Present of Mrs. Mercy ScoUay to my 3 Daugh-
tars, vii

Deborah Prince jun' ^

Mary Prince jun*^ & > in April 1743.

Saran Prince )

Bat my s* Dear Daughter Deborah Deceasing on Fryday July 20, 1774, in y*
2l"»ycarof her age her Part becomes equally Divided between hers** Two surviv-
ing Sisters Mercy & Sarah ss per agreement Thomas Prince/'

Id another handwriting is the following :
*' Eliphni Copelandn Book
Bought at the Yandue 1804 '* Gso. Sheldon.

Deerfieid^ Mans.

Falmouth (Me.) NEWSPAPERS.—The late Hon. William Willis, in his *' History
of Portland," 2d ed. p. 596, says : *' Thelirst newspaper established in Maine was
* The Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser,' the first number of which was is-
imed in this town, Saturday, January 1, 1785.** Yet in his ** History of the Law,
the Courts and the Lawyers of Mnine,*' page 100, a notice of the death of Joseph
Stockbridge is quoted, which, it is stated, ** appeared in the Falmouth paper, April
13, 1761." If a newspaper had been printed at Falmouth, Me., as early as this,
there would probably have been some evidence of the fact in Thomas's ** History of
Printing," or elsewhere. The Hon. Marshall Pierco, of Oakland, California, has
iband the item quoted by Mr. Willis in the Boston News- Letter of April 23, 1761,
tnd the Boston Gaze/Ze of the same date under the heading, *' Falmouth, April 13^
1761.** Mr. Pierce thinks, and we concur with him, tnat the item quoted was
eopied by Mr. Willis, or more probably by some one else, from a Boston newspaper,
ani by mistake was credited to *' the Falmouth paper." The Ptatement m the
'* History of Portland," that the first newspaper in Maine was published in 1785 is
probably correct.— £d.

The Ret. Samuel Ward of Ipswich, Eng- — In the biographical sketch of this
learned divine appended to my memoir of hLs brother, the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, I
make, on page 138, the following statement :

" Mr. John Wodderspoon, of Norwich. England, in his Memorials of Ipswich^
pitm the date of his election fas town preacher of Ipswich], Nov. I, 1603 ; but this
M possibly a misprint for 1605. The tablet in the church of St. Mary le Tower
makes his ministry, at that church, commence in the third year of the reign of
James I., which year began March 24, 1604-5. Mr. Ward himself, in his answer
before the high commission^ Dec. 19, 1634, states that he hud then been a * preacher
of and for the town of Ipswich for thirty years last past or thereabouts.* Mr. Wod-
denpoon's statement is :

'* * In the year 1603, on All Saints day, a man of considerable eminence was elect-
ed preacher, Mr. Samuel Ward,* " Soc/kc.

I here quote five paragraphs from Wodderapoon, which I credit in a foot-note to
** Wodderspoon *8 Memorial of Ipswich, as quoted by Ryle, p. ix." 1 had not then
eaeo Mr. Wodderspoon *s book. Having since seen it, I find that he agrees with the
other authorities which I cited, and that the election of Mr. Ward was undoubtedly
Not. 1, 1605, in the third year of the reign of James 1. The language of Mr. Woa-
derspooois:

** t). James. Mr. John Askew, B.D., is elected common preacher for life with a
mkaj of 100 marks.

*' In the following year, on All Saints* day, a man of considerable eminence was
dected town preacher, Mr. Samuel Ward."

Tbe R«T. Mr. Ryle seems to have changed filr. Wodderspoon *8 words from " the

TOL. XZXYU. 9*

86 Notes and Queries. [Jan.

following year '* to "the year 1605 ;" and by some means '* 1005 '* was printed
•* 1603.'^

In the same bioi^raphical sketch of the Rev. Samuel Ward, page 161, 1 say, '* We
find in Lowndes's Bibliographer" $ Manual the title of a work, which we suppose to be
hy him, viz. : ' The Wonatrs of the Loadstone by iSamuel Ward, 1640. Perhaps
it is an English translation of the preceding work.*' The *' preceding work '* here
referred to was the ** Magnetis Redactor urn," &c., a notice of which by the late John
H. Sheppard, A.M., was printed in the Rbgistsr. vol. zx. pages 255-9. See also
Register, zzi. 77, for facts about the work.

In the year 1874, ray friend, George 11. Moore, LL.D., of New York city, wrote
me that he had succeeded in obtaining a copy of the ** Wonders of the Loadstone/*
and that my conjecture that it was a translation of the '* Reductorum " proved to
be true. Mr. Moore afterwards lent me tlie book, and 1 wrote an article upon it for
the London '* Notes and Queries*,** which was printed in that periodical March 1,
1874, 5th Series, i. 200. The title-page of the work is as follows :

'* The I Wonders | of the | Load-stone | or, | The I/oad-8tone I newly reduc*t into
a I Divine and Morall | Vse | — | By | Samvel Ward | of Ipswicn, B.D. | — |

If men be silent. Stones will show thy praise, |
And Iron, hearts of men to thee will raise. |

The work was not translated by the author, but by bis friend, Sir Harbottle Grim-
ston, at Mr. Ward's request. The license \o print is dated April 29, 1640, nearly
two months after the author *s death.

Putnam — Hancock. — The engraved portrait of John Hancock, presented by Mr.
Thomas Minns to the New F^ngland Historic Genealogical Society at the December
meeting, has the following printed inscription or title :

The Hon^" John Hancock | of Boston in New Enj^land. President of the Ameri-
can Congress. | Done from an Original Picture Painted by Littlefbrd. | London,
Published as the Act directs 25. Oct^ 1775. by C. Shepherd. |

Hancock is represented as holding in his right hand a letter or packet bearing the
following address :

Monsieur
Mans, Israel Putnam
Maior General^

a
Long-Island.

Bearing in mind that General Putnam was in no way connected with military
affiiirs on Long Island until the spring of 1776 ^the order from Gen. Washington to
proceed to New York and assume command being dated March 29, 1776), it seems
probable that the superscription on the letter or packet was engraved subsequently
to the battle of Long Island — 27 August, 1776, and by a Frenchman. Can any one
throw light upon the history of this engraving ?

The ** C. Shepherd,'* named above, was the publisherof the well-known portrait
of Gen. Israel Putnam, on which he is described as ** Commander in Chief at the
£nfi;agement on Bunckor's-Hill,** and which, with other portraits issued in the same
series, is in the Society's Cabinet. A. H. Hott.

Boston f Mass.

Colonial Seals of Virginia. — In the Richmond Dispatch^ October 15, October
i20, and November 16, 1882, are tliree interesting articles upon this subject by R. A.
Brock, Esq., corresponding secretary and librarian of the Virginia Historioal
Society.

Charles Deane, LL.D., of Cambridge, wrote to Mr. Brock, September 19, 1889|
calling his attention to a seal described in a royal warrant dated December SI, 1687,
and represented therein to have been sent to the colony ; also a receipt of William
Byrd of the same date, printed in McDonald's Abstracts from the fingliah StRte
Paper Office, volume 7. Dr. Deane asked if the seal was ever used. Jdr. Btotk
did not find evidence in the archives of Virginia that the sea) was ever used,
bat he famished valaable details oonoeming the other seals of the coi<H^y. Uie

1883.] Notes and Queries. 87

ma\ referred to in the McDonftld Pftprs is described as being " engraven on
the one side with hid Ma*ty*H Effigies sitting in his Royal Robes enthroned, having
on each side a Landskip, and upon the Canopy, which is supported by two Angels
and a Cherubim overhead, this Motto, £n dat Virginia Quintum, with his Ma'ty's
titles in the Circumference, and on the other side with his Ma'ty's Coat of Arms,
with the Garter, Crown, Supporters and Motto, and this inscription in the circum-
fJBrenoe, Sigillam Dominii Nostr: Virgin: in America.''

Mr. Brock *8 first communication was sent to Col. Thomas H. Ellis, of Chicago,
lormerly a respected and useful citizen of Richmond, who in reply sent Mr. Brock
eereral docuu.ent8, which he prints in his third article, and which furnish ** evi-
dence for the conclusion that the broad seal ordered by James 1 1, was never used.
and that such a seal was not used till after the proclamation of Queen Anne dated
October 6, 1712,'' quoted in Mr. Brock's second communication.

Sherborn, Mass. — (Copied from the original for the Register, by Peter E: Vose,
£sq., ol Dennysville, Me.)

•' Keoeaved off Wm. Gerrish Sen' of Boston the sum of ffowr pounds and Tenn
shillings in money, being in full sattisfacticm fforour Right and interest in the Lands
at Sherburne, as to his sayd ffirme of six hundred Acres. I say Receaved in ffull
ff>r all priviledges apertaining to his Lands, in witness hereto wee have put our
Uands this 13 July 1682.

liec<* at the same time and on sd Account as above Written four Pounds
ten shillings in full for all the Lands of John Hull, Esc^r. in Sherlx>rn. We say
Hec<^ of Samuel Sewall on behalf of sd Hull.

WitncHs Waban's X Mark

Sam* Gookin Jn^ Awnsamo^^'s Mark

Samuel Sewall In behalt &, w^ connent of all

ye other y* Signed, present

•* Reoeit for money pd t*) Indians About Land at Slicrborn, by Son Sewall for
mc, four Pound, & for Capt. Wm. Gerish four pound, 1682."

Blue Book or United States Official Register. — The New England Historic
Genealogical Society solicits d^mations of the following issues of this serial to com-
plete its set: 1817-18, 1821-2, 1843-4, 1847-8, 1849-50, 1857-8, 1869-70.

Assumed Titles Exposed — I notice that some titled foreigners are being made mis-
erable by the revelations of the ** Voltaire " which day after day <^>ntinue« its analy-
sis of the claims of the many foolish persoas who have assumed titled, and the pat-
ronymic *' de " preceding their names. It instances the cases of numbers who
have no better right to the patronymic than to the name or the title it has pleased
them to assume. The Duke of Richmond Lh proven ^) be a genuine d Aubigny.
The general public, it is said, derive much amusement from the perusal of these
espoeures. — Art Interchange,

Boston Directories Wanted.— The New England Historic Genealogical Society
•olicits donations ol the following years of the directory to complete its set : 1805,
1815, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1823. Other years will be useful for exchange.

Queries.
WiLUAM^ Adams settled in Waterbury, Conn. He married Susannah, daughter
of Ebeneier Bronson, Feb. 14, 1739-40, and died April 23, 1793. His widow died
March 22. 1812, aged 94 years. They had twelve children. The seventh, /oAn,*
was bom Fob. 2. 1751. He married Sarah, daughter of James Bronson, May 25,
1780. She died Nov. 21, 1793, and he married Cynthia, daughter of Ebenezer Ifitch,
of Wallineford, Conn., May 21, 1794. They had ten children. John,* the young-
ert, bom Aug. 19, 1799, married Maria, daughter of Mai .Lemuel Hoadley, from Ply-
flKMth, Conn. They had eight children. Fanny, the fourth, married a Mr. Combs.
Her &ther died June 15, 1882 ; her mother is still living. Mrs. Combe has buried
her hofband and three children, and now lives with her aged mother.

88 Notes and Queries. [Jan.

Can anyone give any informntion relative to the anoeittry of William, the Water-
bury settler, or of the familv of his wife ? Also as to the time when John and Saimh
with their family emigratecl t«) Ohio?

Their fifth child, Hannah, was drowned while they were crossinu; Lake Erie, about
1810, it isRupponed. Mrs. Fannt A. Combs.

West View^ Ohio,

Ellis. — Who wos the father of John Ellis, Jr., who in 1645 married at Sandwich,
Mass., Eliiabeth, daughter of £dmond Freeman, the founder of West Town ?

SOPHU T. TOWNSKND.

Curtis. — Can any one give any information or any probable source of information
concerninfl; Timothy Curti.« of Boston, who married Sarah Kidgway, daughter of
James and Mehitable Ridsway, sister of James, John, George and Joseph Kidgway
and Mehitable Young, widow, and Mary Homer, wife of Wiilinm Homer?

He was in Montgomery's ex|>edition, and may have enlisted in Col. Vose's regi-
ment from Bolton for the last three years of the Revolution. He was about forty
years old at that time.

Any information concerning him, his ancestors or descendants, is desired.
fifewburj/port, Mass. S. C. Withingtom.

** Mr. Rouses Book. "—-From Gardener's ** New England's Vindication " loopy
the following paragraph which relates to the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony, and the lal)ors of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and I would
ask what is the full title of the book alluded tj, the d ite of publication, and whether
a copy can be C(jnsulted in this country. '* Men of great Estates went and many
ventured deeply, great Sumb of Money of Benevolences gathered, at present aboul
700 £. per Annum yearly, for the converting the Indians, what done therein, the
Lyon not so fierce, as painted Mr. Rouses Book will shew.*'

Portland y Oregon, Charles B. Banks.

tember 30, 1752? On a sjavestone a few miles from this office 1 find — ** Richard
Dodge died Dec. 35, 1833, aged 81 yrs, & 8 mos.*' Next to this stone is another
upon which is ** Lois Towne, wife of Richard Dodge, died Sept. 9, 1812, aged 59
yrs. 1 1 mos. & 9 ds.'' Alonzo Allen.

Toum Clerk's Office, Croydon, N. H.

Sears — Parsons. — ** Jasper Peek Sears, of the Genisee settlement, pablished Jaa.
12. 1793, to Martha Parsons of West Springfield, Mass."

Was he son of '* King*' Isaac Sears, of New York, and the same Jasper who
was at Phillips Academy, 1779, oe. 7, from Boston ?

Any information concerning him, hb wife or descendants, will oblige

Newton, Mass, S. P. Mat.

Daviks. — I am engaged in the preparation of a genealogy of the Davies family,
and would be glad to ohtain information of the descendants of William, who died
in Canada in 1815, aged 71, Walter who died in Cinada in 1813, aged 66, Cathe*
rine (Mrs. Bosworth) who died in the state of New York, Elisabeth (Mrs. How-
ard) died in state of New York, July 3, 1831, as^ed 77, Ann (Mrs. Spring) died at
Camden, state of New York. These were children of John Davies, formerly of
Hereford, England, who died at Washington, Conn., May 19th, 1797, and hissMh
ond wife Mary Powell, who died in 1801.

John Davies and his father of the same name were devoted adherents of the
Church of England and loyalists. As a result they are said to have been confined
for a time in Litchfield jail during the Revolution. I should be glad to be refened
to any work which will give me further information on this point.

146 Broadway, New York. Willux G. DATin.

1883.] Notes and Queries, 89

SriLLWiLL. — Any information of Joseph Still well, who died in Fall River ahoat
1639, will be thankfully reoeivod. F. £. Stillwell.

Providence^ R. 1.

WooLLET — SAiTNnKRfl. — Information is desired of the descendants of James Wool-
ley and Ann Saunders who lived at London and Frome, England, 1780-lBOO.
Wallham^ Mass. Charles Woollet.

Nathaniel Browne was with the Rev. Thomas Hooker in Cambridge in Decem-
ber« 1635, and went with him to Hartford, Ct., whence ho removed in 1654 to Mid-
dletown, Ct., and subsequently to Springfield, Mass. Are there any descendants
living bearing the name of Browne ? d. w. j.

Replies.

Nathaniel Clarke of Newbury.— Joshua Coffin stated in his History of Newbury,
Mass., that Nathaniel Clarke, senior, died in the Canada expedition, and this error
has beien repeated in the Register, xzzvi. 410, and by others.

Nathaniel Clarke, senior, made his will at Newbury. 31 Auj^ust, 1690, and died
there four days later. In his will he mentions his son Nathaniel, then absent with
the expedition to Canada, leaving him certain propcrtv if he should live to return.
For the particulars of the death and will of Nathaniel the sun, see the depositions
at Salem of Rev. John Hale, of Beverly, who was chaplain in the expenition in
which he vras killed, and who wrote his will, and of Henry Somerby, of Newbury.
Alio the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, his mother. Geo. K. Clarke.

Ntedkam^ Mass,

Oldest SuRviyiNG Member of Congress (anie, xxxvi. 430).— In the obituary of
the Hun. Artemas Hale in the October Register it is stated of him : ** He is
mid to have been the oldest surviving member of Congress." It is possible that he
was the oldest man living who served in congress, but there are living several persons
who served in earlier congresses. The Hon. Mark Alexander, a member of the 16th
eoDgreHB, which met Dec. 6, 1819, and a native of Mecklenburg county, Va., but
whom age is not given, is said to be living ; and he is probably the earliest mem-
ber, in this sense, surviving. Mr. Hale was a member of the 29th congress, and
took hia seat Dec. 7, 1846.

Historical Intelligence.

Mains Farmer.— This valuable i%ricultural and family newspaper completed its
first half century in November last. The issue for November 23, 1B82, commencing
the 51st volume, contained a hiHtory of the paper, with bioi^raphical sketches of its
fcranders and past publishers and editors, and a portrait uf Dr. £zekiel Holmes, the
first editor. The present publishers are Badger & Manley, and the editor is Wil-
liam B. Lapham, M.D., whose ability and long experience enable him to produce
a first claas paper. Price $3 a 3'ear.

PROTiNaAL C\>uncillor8 OP PENNSYLVANIA, 1733 TO 1776.— It is oroposcd to pub-
lish the Genealogies of the Councillors of the Province of Pennsylvania, who held
office after the death of Hannah Penn, widow of the Founder, with biographical
sketches of the councillors themselves, and of the must prominent of their descend-
■Dta. The genealogies will be brought down to the present time. The book will
be an octavo of about 500 pages, and will he published as soon as a suflBcient num-
ber of subscribers at $5 a copy can be obtained. Address : Cuarles R. Hildeburn,
119 Sooth Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

A View of the State of the Clergy within the County of Essex c. A.D. 1603.
»The original manuscript of this work is preserved in Kimbolton Castle amongst
the papers of the Duke oi Manchester, by whope permission it will now for the first
time be printed. There will bo added an introduction, illustrative notes and an

90 Notes and Queries. [Jan.

index. It will be handitomcljr printed in demy quarto. The price to subecriben
will be 15s. a oopv. The edition will be limited to the number 8u>>Kribed for, with
a few copies for the editor. AddresH : B. Bsedham, ii^q., Ashficld House, near Kini-
bolton, England.

BroGRApniCAL DiCTioNART OF NoTABLB [jIyino AMERICANS. — A work by this title ii
in preparation by Edwin T. Freedley and F. V Van Artwdalen, M D., P. O. Box 9066
Philadelphia, it will contain «)ketchc8 of the Prcnident of the United States and bit
cabinet, with steel portraits, the judges of the United Stites supreme court, and gov-
ernors of the several states ; besides other prominent men — authors, artists, diTines,
educators, statesmen, military and naval officers, engineers and inventors. Tbe
editors will be assisted by competent writers acquainted with the persons introdaoed,
in all parts of the union.

tiiNKALOGiBS IN PREPARATION. —Porsons of the Several names are advised to fur-
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other
information which they think will be useful. We would suggest that all facts of
interest illustrating family history or character be communicated especially ser-
vice under the U. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation from
college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates of birth, marriage!
residence and death. When there are more than one christian name they should all
be given in full if possible. No initials should be used when the full names are
known.

Chandler, By George Chandler, M.D., Worcester, Mass. — The second edition of
this work, containing tne descendants of William and Anne Chandler who settled
in lloxbury, Mass., 1637, is being printed at Worcester, Mass., and will be com-
pleted early in 1883. Facts about tne familv are solicited by the author.

The first edition of this work is noticed in the Register, xxvii. 107. It is a
volume of 1238 octavo pages. The edition consisted of 250 copies, but all except 41
copies were consumed by the great fire in Boston, Nov. 9, 187*2.

Prentice. — The second edition of the Prentice or Prentiss Family Genealogy^ aboot
400 pages 8vo., is now in the printer's hands. Published by subscription, price $4.
A few copies lefl of the small edition of 300 may be engaged if applied for soon, to
the editor, 0. J. F. Binney, Roxbury District, Boston, or of John Ward Dean, libri-
rian of the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston, wbeo
published.

Sheldon. By the Rev. Henry 0. Sheldon, of Oberlin, Ohic—This work will
soon be put to press. It will be a new and extended edition of the *' Sheldon Mag-
azine," published by this author in numbers (June, 1855, to Oct. 1857). Recorai
and other items should be sent to the Rev. Mr. Sheldon as early in the present year
as possible. The occupation and profession of individuals are desirea. Portraitl
at the expense of the relatives. A postal card circular has been issued.

Sherwood, By W. L. Sherwood, Corning, I(»wa. — This work will be principally
devoted to the descendants of Dr. Thomas Sherw(K)d, of Fairfield, Ctmn., with no-
tices of English families. Photographs, autographs and biographical sketchea glad-
ly received. The names and records of all Sherwoods and those who have married
Sherwoods are desired.

Spooner. By the Hon. Thomas Spooner, of Glendale, Hamilton county, Obio.^
Mr. Spooner has issued a prospectus for printing the first volume of his *' Reooidi
of William Spooner and his Descendants." This volume will bo complete in ittslf
and thoroughly indexed. It will give a full account of all the generations of which
it treats, giving the families to the fifth and the ciiildren to the sixth generation.
The edition will be limited as nearly as pa<<sible to the number of copies sabsoribed
for. The second volume, when published, will be limited to tbe number of aabseri*
bers to this volume.

The volume will be an octavo of about 600 pages. In it will be given notM of
ancestry of some 160 to200 persons, traced to American progenitors, of deeeendmrti
or those who have married (iescendants of William Spooner^

Of the Spooner families of the 5th generation, who married, records ofmarrit^t
&c., and of children (6th generation), will be given in the first volume, and reoofds
of descendants of children will appear in the second volume* which will be taken in
hand so soon as the first has been published.

The price of the volume will be five dollars. This will only pay the ezpenn of

1883.] SocietieB and their Proceedings. 91

printiDg^, paper and binding. Mr. Spooner has already spent years of labor and
•ereral thousand dollars in incidental expen^ies on the work. For this he expects no
compensation. Those who are able should take several copies.

Wooster. By David Wooeter, M.D.« 746 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal. —
Nearly ready for press. Descendants of Gen. David Wooster of the revolution
areparticularly requested to report.

The Abel Wright Genealogy. By the Rev. Stephen Wrijjht — ^This work— an-
noonced in the Rbqistxr for October, 18B0, pajj^e 413 ; and a summary of which was
DfiDted in the January number for 1881, pp. 74-82 — has been delayed by unavoida-
ble continsencies. The compiler has made progress during the last two years ; but
the ffreat difficulty of attaining/u/Zand exact records of many kindred families, scat-
tered as they are from Maine to California, has hindered much the completion of
the work. He proposes now to push the enterprise, if aidc4 properly by those con-
cerned^ and would like to publish as early as poHsible in the year 1683. He finds
some SIX hundred families now extant, and a total of about 5000 names in the nine
generations, so far an gathered up, in direct descent from Lt. Abel Wright, b. 1631.
Will tboee who have not yet sent forward their family records since 1861-5 do so
very soon, to the address given below, and oblige the compiler? And let as many
hmds qf families as possible send on their orders for the book ; an octavo of 300-350
Mges, at $3, bound in cloth. Address: Rev. Stephen Wright, P. O. Box 517,
Gleofl Fklls, Warren Ck>., N. Y.

SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS.

New-Enoland Historic Genealogical Societt.

Boston, Mass,, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1882. — The first meeting for the season was
held at the Society's House, 18 Somerset Street, in this city, this afternoon at three
o'elock. The precidont, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., took the chair.

The president announced recent deaths in the society, and appointed the Rev.
Almand F. Slafler and the Hon. Nathaniel F. Saffard a committee to prepare reso-
lutions on the death of the Hon. Frederick De Peyster, LL D., president of the New
York Historical Society.

John Ward Dean, in behalf of the committee appointed at the June meeting, re-

Krted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Col. Joseph L. Chester,
C.L., LL.D., of London, the eminent American gene^ilogist, which after remarks
by Mr. Dean and other members were unanimously adopted.

Mr. A. Bronson Alcott read a paper on *' Concord and its Eminent Men." After
lemarks by several members, thanks were voted to Mr. Alcott.

John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported 50 volumes and 228 pamphlets as dona-
tkma since June.

The Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., the historiographer, reported memorial
akelehes of four deceased members, namely, the Hon. Frederick De Peyster, Joseph
B. Bulkley, Alfred Mudge and the Hon. Jarae^< D. Green.

A letter was read from the Bunker Hill Monument Association, tendering the
society thanks for the use of its hall for the annual meeting of the Association on
the 17th of June last.

Boston, October 4. — A quarterly meeting was held this day at the usual place
sod hour. President Wilder in the chair.

The Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D D., the Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Hon. Nathaniel
F. Saflbrd, 0. Carleton Coffin and Elbridge H. Qoss were chosen a committee to nom-
inate officers for the ensuing year.

Tlie Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the corresponding secretary, announced ioiportant
dooations, among them original oil paintings of the lion. Samuel Breck, of^ Phila-
delpbia, at his death an honorary vice-president of this society for Pennsylvania,
•M the Hon. James Lloyd, of Boston, U. S. senator from Massachusetts, 1808-13,
and 1839-96, from the Rev. Charles Breck, D.D., of WelUboro', Pa. Thanks were
voted to Rev. Dr. Breck and the other donors.

The Rt. Rev. Robert Seton, D.D., of Jersey City, N. J., read a paper on ** Pa-
pel Heraldry." After remarks bv members, thanks were voted to Mgr. Seton.

The libnuriaa reported as donations 15 volumee and 139 pamphlets.

92 Societies and their Proceedings. [Jan.

The correciponding secretary reported the acceptance of the membership to which
they bad been elected bv Gol. Thomas L. Casey, U S.A., of Washington, D. C,
Georee M. Whitaker of Southbridffc, Edward D. Harris, Brooklyn, N. Y., and
Gbaries Lamed, Daniel Rollins and Georj^e R. Snow of B>ston, as resident mem-
bers, and Edward Walford, M.A., of London, England, and Gen. William S. Stiy*
ker, of Trenton, N. J., as corresponding members.

The historioirrapher reported memorial sketches of three deceased members, viz. :
William 11. Allen, LL.D., Hon. Otis Norcrossand Albert Thompson.

John Ward Dean, the Rev. Lucius K. Paige, D.D., the Rev. Edmund F. Slafteri
Jeremiah Colburn, William B. Trask, Henry F. Waters and Henry H. £des, wen
chosen the publishing committee.

Boston^ November 1. — A stated meeting was held at the usual place and hour thk
afternoon, President Wilder in the chair.

The corresponding secretary announced important donations. He also reported
resolutions prepared by order of the directors at the sui^gestion of the Hon. Ililand
Hall, LL.D., Yice-president for Vermont, that the Si)ciety had observed with great
satisfaction the action of the United ^tfttes Con;i2:ress in aiding associations in the
erection of monuments to commemorate the batrlcH of the American Revolution,
and they earnestly hope that such favorable legislation may be had in the future,
that all the important fields, wliere the blood of our patriot fathers was heroicailj
consecrated to bring this nation into existence, may be marked by an appropriale
monument. The resolutions were adopted, and copies ordered to be forwaroed to
the senators and representatives of the several New England states.

The corresponding secretary also reported that the petition ordered in April lait
to be presented to congress, asking for the preservation of one or more Pueblos in
New Mexico and Arizona, had been presented to the senate by the Hon. George F.
Hoar, and had been referred to the committee on public lands, who had asked the
opinion of the bureau of ethnology of the Smithsfmian Institution, and that J. W.
Powell, chief of the bureau, had reported a plan by which specimens of the several
descriptions of Pueblos may be permanently preserved for ethnological study, at a
moderate expense, without withholding from sale lands valuable for mining or ag-
ricultural purposes.

The Hon. Stephen M. Allen rend a paper on Elder William Brewster. After re-
marks hv members, thanks were voteu to Mr. Allen.

The Rev. Mr. Slafter. chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose,
reported resolutions on the death of the Hon. Frederick De Peyster, LL.D., a cor-
responding member of this society and president of the New York Historical Socie-
ty, which after remarks by members were adopted. The paper is printed in full in
the Boston Evening Transcript^ Nov. 4.

The librarian reported 34 volumes nnd 457 pamphlets as donations.

The corresponding secretary reported acceptances from Capt. Edward P. Lull.
U.S.N. . Boston, William P. Kobinsim of Lynn, Charles L. Alden of Hyde Park and
John W. Bell of Washington, as resident members, and Willard Parker, M.D., of
New York city, as a corresponding mem>)er.

The historiographer reported memorial sketches of three deceased members, vii, :
Evelyn Philip Shirley, M.A., F.S.A., Capt. William A. Parker, U.S.N., and Wil-
liam Paver.

Maink Historical Society.

Damariscotta^ Thursday^ Sept. 31, 1882.— The annual Field Day, postpoiied on
account of the weather from the 13th and again from the 14th, was neld at tbit
place to-day. The day was rainy, but the rain held up before the arrival of the
members and their invited guests at Damariscotta. and the party visited the won-
derful shell heaps in that town on the western CMrnks of tne Damariscotta river.
There are more extensive heaps on the opposite banks which could not be visited.

In the evening a meeting was held in the vestry of the Baptist church. ^ Many
citizens of the place also attended. Rev. Charles V. Hanson, in behalf of the oitifeni,

gracefully welcomed the members of the society. At the request of the Rev. U. S.
urrage, editor of Zion*« Advocate^ Portland, in behalf of the committee of anaoge-
ments, the Hon. Sidney Perham responded for the society.

Kufus K. Sewall, Esq., then read an interesting paper giving a description of tbi
shell heaps and of ancient Pemaquid with its paved streets. A large portion of tiiii
paper was printed in the Portland Advertiser ^ Saturday, Sept. 33.

1883. J Societies and their Proceedings. 93

Remarks followed from A. G. Tennev, Esq., editor of the Brunswick Telegraph, who
qaoted from an elaborate report of the Field Day exercisen io 1869« the firnt Field
Italy held by this society, which report appeared in the Telegraphy Sept. 3, 1B09.
Rev. Israel P. Warren, D.D., of Portland, editor of the Christian Mirror, altio made
some remarks, and stated that a £;entleman of Baltimore had written a paper on
the early Spanish occupation of this coast. "* After tiie ineetinjir/' snyii the PiptI-
land Advertiser, ** a reception was given to the members of the society and their
guests at the house of the Rev, C. V. Hanson. There was a large gathering of the
dtiaens of Damariscotta. An elegant collation was provided, and singing and
social fi^reetings followed.*'

Iq the morning the collection of Indian relics belonging to A. T. (jammage, the
postmaster, and Dr. £. C. Chapman, were visited, it was intended to have pro-
eeeded to Pemaquid this day, but the weather nut proving favorable the excursion
wis abandoned.

A full report of this meeting was printed in the Brunswick Telegraph, September
89, 188S.

Rhode-Island Historical Societt.

Providence, Tuesday, October 3, 1882. — A quarterly meeting was held this eve-
ning at 7.45 o*clock, the president, Prof. William Gammell, LL.D., in the chair.

Hoo. Amos Perry, the secretary, reported the letters and donations received by
the society. Among the donations was an admirable likeness of the late Hon. Zach-
ariah Allen, LL.l)., president of the society, from his daughters. A resolution was
pMMd thanking them for their valuable gift.

The report of the special committee against a change of the constitution increas-
mf the members* fees was taken from the table and adopted.

Bfemrs. Amasa M. Eaton and Stephen B. Arnold were appointed a committee ta
pimare notices of decea.sed members for the annual meeting.

Gen. George S. Greene was appointed a committee to procure some valuable histo-
rical papers now in the Pension Office in Washington.

October 31. — A meeting was held this evening, the president in the chair.

Prof. Charles W. Parsons, M.D.,in behalf of the committee on lectures, announc-
ed that arrangements had been made for the season to hold meetings on alternate
Tuesday evenings, commencing Not. 7th.

Prof. Gammeil read a paper on ** The Confederate Period of the Republic." An
abstract is printed in the Providence Evening Bulletin, Nov. 1 , 1882. It is an able
•arvey of the period preceding the adoption of the constitution. Alter remarks bj
pererai members, thanks were voted to Prof. Gammell.

ViRGiNU Historical Society.

Hkkmond, Tuesday, November 14, 1882. — A meeting was held at the society *8
rooms in the Westmoreland Club House, at 8 o*clock this evening, the Rev. J. L.
M. Corry, D.D., LL.D., in the chair.

A large number of books, manuscripts and other articles were reported as dona-
nations or as hians. Among the former was a transcript of papers concerning the
College of William and Mary from documents in the archives in the state ol New
York.

In the corres{>ondence read was a communication from Governor William E. Cam-
cnm, trnaomitting a proposition from F. G. de Fontaine, of New York, offering for
•ileat $10,000 ^' The Permanent and Provisional Constitutions of the Southern
Confederacy," engrossed on parchment several yards in length, with all the signa-*
tares attached, and each one sworn to by the secretary. •

Thanks were voted to W. W. Corcoran, Esq., for the generous gift of $500 to-
wards the cost of the publication of the ^* Dinwiddio Papers.'*

The Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 18, 1882, announces the receipt by this society of an
aatograph report by George Washington to Lord Dunmore, the last n)3*al governor
uf the colony of Virginia, of '* a survey made by him December 15, 1772, of lands in
Botetourt and Fincastle counties, Virginia, in IxHinty, by several nllotments to the
aoldiors who served under him in the French and Indian war of 1754-57, and grant-
ed in accordance with the proclamation of Governor Dinwiddle, dated February
19, 1754, and providing 200,000 acres of land for such servioe. This document has

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94 Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [Jan.

been preserved in the archives of the superior coart of Augusta county, at
Staunton.*'

** Mr. Brock, the secretary of the society," the />f5/w/cA further states, "also
informs us that a card inserted by him in the St. Jameses Gazette^ London, has elicit-
fii n jrratifyin^ letter from Mrs. M. A. Dinwiddie, the widow of the late General
Gilbert Hamilton Dinwiddle, of the Rnglinh army, who states that she has in her
possession the portraits of Governor Dinwiddic and of his two daughters, and doco-
ments which will furnish all requinitc information towards the bio>;raphical sketch
desired by the society to accompany the forthcoming publication of the ' Dinwiddie
Papers.'

** All who feel an interest in the honorable record of the Old Dominion have just
cause for gratulation in the activity exhibited by tlie Virginia Historical Society,
and in the rich promise of a due fulblment of its useful mission as now exhibited.

NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-EXGLAND fflSTORIC

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Prepared by the Rev. Ixcbbasb N. Tarbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Society.

The historiographer would inform the society, that the sketches pre-
pared for the Rkgister are necessarily brief in consequence of the
limited space which can be appropriate<l. All the facts, however, he is
able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the Society, and will aid in
more extended memoirs for which the ^^ Towne Memorial Fund," the gift
of the late William B. Towne, A.M., is provided. Two volumes, printed
at the charge of this fund, entitled ** Memorial Biographies," edited by
the Committee on Memorials, have been issued. They contain memoirs of
all the members who have died from the organization of the society to the
close of the year 1855. A third volume is iu press.

Hon. Jambs Diman Grern, A.M., a resident member, admitted January 7, 1856,
was a son of Bernard and L>is (Diman) Green, and was bom in Maiden, September
8, 1798. He died in Cambrid;;e, August 18, 1882, aged 83 years.

He was fitted for college at the va^ of fifteen, and was graduated at Harvard in
the year 1817, in a class of considerable distinction, having among its memben
George Bancroft the historian, Caleb Gushing the eminent statesman and jurist,
Stephen il. Tyng, D.D., Alva Woods, D.D., professor in Colambia Colie^ and
president of the University of Alabama, Stephen Salisbury, LL.D., Buiyamm Wa-
ter house, LL.D., and other well known names.

After teaching awhile in Maiden, Mr. Green entered the christian ministry, and
was first settled, November 3, 18*24, over the first Congregational Charch in Lynn.
Here he remained about four years, ile again resum^ the business of teaching for
a time, but in 1830 accepted a call from the Unitarian Church in fiast Cambridge,
and remained in charge for ten years. In 1840 he retired from the ministry and
took up his abode in Cambridge, where he was soon called into the active service of
the town as selectman and representative to the General Court. In 1846, when
Cambridge waM made a city, Mr. Green was chosen the first Mayor. He was le-
elected in 1847, and subsequently in 1853, 1860 and 1861.

Mr Green was a lover of antiquarian studies. He prepared and presented to the
society a large manuscript volume containing the records and memorials of his fiun-
ily from Jnmcs Green downwards. The Boston Journal says of him :

*' The large number of offices which he has been called upon to fill by his felloir
citizens, testifies to the general esteem felt for him in the community nod confidence
which was reposed in him. His conduct of city affairs while Mayor was noted for
its economy and general honesty. Mr. Green's father was Bernard Green, of MiJ-
den, who was in the Revolutionary war, serving at Ix;xington and Bunker Hill*
One of his sons was Nicholas St. John Green, a former law partner of Gen. Butltfi
and an instructor at Harvard College, who die! some years since. Hie other aon ii

1883.] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society, 95

C61. James D. Green, formerly a resident of Cambridge, at one time Colonel of the
Cambridge City Guards and a soldier in the Inte civil war. Mr. Green wae. until
within a few days, able to be out upon the streets, and his fniniliar form will \h:
vissed by his fellow citizens, with whom he bus been associated for so many years,
ind ODtil almost the hour of his death."

He was a descendant in the .sixth generation from James' Green of Maiden, nd-
nitied freeman of Massachusetts in 1647, by wife Eliz^ibeth. through John,^ died
Oct 16, 1707, by wife Mary : Samuel, ^ born 1679, died Feb. 21, 1761, wife Martha ;
Un* bora Feb. 3, 1714-15, died April 2d, 1768, married Eunice Burrill ; Bernard*
(hifl fisitber), bora January 14, 1752, died July 15, 1834.

Mr. Green waa united in marriage. Nov. 3, 1825, with Miss Sarah Adeline Du-
rdl, daughter of Hon. Daniel M. DurcU, of Dover, N. H. From this marriage
there were three sons and three daughters.

For many years Mr. Green wrote much and ably upon a wide variety of topics.
He was a frequent contributor to our standard Reviews. In 1849 he gave the ora-
tion on the occasion of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the town
of Maiden.

Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., LL.D., a former vice-president of this society, was
bora at Detroit, Michigan, February 19, 1802, and diea at New Haven, Conn., Dec.
84,1881

He was the son of Rev. David and Alice (Parks) Bacon. David Bacon the father
WIS born in Woodstock, Conn., and was the son of Joseph Bacon, of Stoughton,
Mus., who with his wife Abigail (Holmes) removed from that town to Woodstock
nme time before 1771. In the year ju^t named David was born, and was baptized
September 15. Alice Parks, the mother, was the daughter of Elijah and Anna
(oeaumont) Parks, and was born in the town of Bi'thlehero, ("onn., February, 17H3.
The first founder of this branch of the Bacon family was Michael Bacon, who was
oneuf the planters of Dedham, Mass., and was settled there as early as 1640.

That Dr. Bacon was born at Detroit was owing to the fact that his father and
■other were serving as home missionaries, sent out by the Connecticut Missionary
Society into this far-off wilderness. At that time Detroit was only a French and
lodian trading post. The boy was brought back to Connecticut, and by the aid of
l^ig ancle Leonard Bacon, M.D., of Hartford, was prepared for college, and entered
Yale at the age of fourteen, graduating in 1820. Dr. T. D. Woolsiy was oi the
liine class, and the two have lived as near neighbors nearly all the time from their
graduation until now. It is a singular circumstance that Leonard Bacon stands as
tbe first name a/phabeiically in his class, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey is, ahka-
kticslly, the last name. Though there are other honored names in the class, there
IK none that can compare in dignity with these two.

AfWr completing his theological course at Andover, Dr. Bacon, at the age of
twenty-three, in the year 1825, was settled over the Centre Church in New Haven,
where he remained sole pastor until 1866, and hold the place of senior pa.«it(>r from
tfait time to his death. Since 1866 he has been actively and prominently C(mnected
with the Yale Theological Seminary, first in the chair of Syt<tematio Theology, and
lineo 1871 in the departments of Ecclesiastical Polity and American Church History.

As a writer Dr. Bacon has been so prolific that it is impossible, within the
eompass of this article, to go into details or give more than a general and compre-
benshre idea of the subject. His writings are not to be found so largely in t>ound
volames as in the pages of quarterlies and in the columns of newspapers. In early
life he WHS a prominent writer for the Christian Spectator. When the New £ng-
luider was started (largely through his influence) in 1843. be became at once its
amst able and constant contributor. It is sbited that nearly one hundred articles
in tliis periodical alone are from his pen. Of all these, few are more rich and enter-
tainiog than the last two, one on the Corporation of Yale College, and the other enti-
tled Umnccticat in the Olden Time. He, with Drs. Storrs and Thompson, origin-
ated the New York independent, and his articles in that paper alone would fill
folomcH.

One of the most remarkable features of Dr. Bacon *s life was the perfectly simple
and natural way in which he was perpetually doing the greatest things. In the
ca^ action of hU mind he rose, without any apparent effort, and almost uncon-
■ciously, to the demands of great occasions. W hat some men would do, after long
preparation and a certain air of pride and vain-glory, he would do spontaneously
tna with the naturalness of a child. There were few men in the land who could
■atch him as a debater when great questions were at issue. Had he been a mem-

96 ITecrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [Jan.

ber of the Senate of the United States at any time for forty years past, he would
have found in that body few men who would have been his equals in the dirtcussion
of the f^reat questions of national economy. As a historian deeply and thoroughly
familiar with all our New ED<^land annals, he has left his impress for all time to
come. With his terse vi/2;oruu8 Eni;lish, his volume of *' Historical Discourses,**
and his '* Genesis of the New England Churches," will stand as admirable speci-
mens of the historic style.

Dr. Bacon was chosen a corresponding member of our society in 1845, the first
year of its existence. From 1833 to 1439 he was also its vice-president for the state
of Connecticut.

Dr. Rion was twice married. Ilis first wife, with whom he was united in 18S5,
was Miss Lucy Johaston, of Johnstown, N. Y. He was married the second time, io
1847, to Miss Catherine E. Terry, of Hartford, Conn. From theiie two marriages
there were fourteen children, of whom nine — six sons and three daughters — survive.
Ofihe six sons three are Conjrreijational ministers. The^^e are Le mard Woolsey,
D.D., Norwich, Conn. ; Thomas R , of New Haven, and Edward W., of New Lon-
don, Conn. Rev. George B. B:icon, D I)., pastor at Oran&:e, N. J., who died a few
years since, was also a son. The second Mrs. Baoon survived her husband, but has
since passed away.

William Paver, E:^q., a corresponding member, admitted March 31, 1857, was
bom November 7, 180 1, at the Walmgate. in the' city of York, England, and died
at Wakefield, England, July I, 1871, aged 6t* years, 7 months and 23 days.

Ho was known as the Yorkshire jrencalogist, and during his life-titue acoom-
plishcd a most incredible amount of Inbor in the way of historic and genealogical
research, lie whs the son of William Paver (or Pavor, as the name was some-
times written), who was born November 23, 1775, and died January 12, 185 1. His
motlicr was Margaret Penty, who was h )rn June 12, 1777, and died July 26, 1843.
His wife was Jane Unthank, and there were four children from the marriage, three
of whom died before the death of the fatiier.

For our knowledge of Mr. Paver we are largely indebted to one of our own coan-
trymen, Mr. Lothr<>p WithioL'ton — grandson of the celebrated Dr. Le(mard Withing-
ton, of Newbury — who has c<mtributed for one of our future memorial volumes an
extended and carefully studied article on the life and lab irs of this patient York-
shire student. Mr. Withington says, ** His father was a blacksmith, son of William
Paver and Jane Fryer. The Paver family seem to have been artisans for several
fl:enerations back." The family, however, had once enjoyed a much higher rank.
Sir. W. adds : ** The Pavers («>r Pavors) had, as appears by the Heralds' Visita-
tions of Yorkshire, been for generations before the seventeenth century lords of the
manor of Brayne."

The following comprehensive paragraph will show to American readers the ex-
tent of his literary industry : *' Mr. Paver early attempted to publish certain works
relating to Yorkshire antiquarian and genealogical matters, but he met with little
encounigement, and being bitterly disappointed ho relinquished all idea of printing
the result of his labors. . . . Early in life Mr. Paver obtained an appointment in
the registry of births, marriages and deaths for the Micklegate Ward of York, and
there continued for some thirty years, until towards 1860. Being in the neighbor-
hood of the great genealogical stores of the Cathedral town, he compiled some han-
dred volumes of data from these and other sources relating to Yorkshire families,
and carried on for many years a correspimdence with different people in England ana
America who sought his aid in Yorkshire research. After his retirement from the
government office he continued this correspondence and private inquiry work at his
home, No. 4 Rou^ier Street, York, until some four or five years before his death,
when he removed to the home of his son in Wakefield, — where the son had held
a place in the new will office since its institution in 1857, — and there died on the
first of July, 1871.** His valuable collection of manuscripts was purchased by the
BritiMh Muneum, May 23, 1874, of Mr. Paver's son, Percy Woodroffe Paver, thep
residing at No. Ih2 Brightside Lane. Sheffield. They are now included in the " Addi-
tional Manuscripts" depoj?ited in the great literary storehouse of Great Russell
Street, Bloomsbury, Numbers 29,544 to 29,703. ^ . .' .

Mr. Paver was a corre.«ponding member of the Litchfield County Historical Soci-
etj% Connecticut, and also an honorary and corresponding member of the Massachu-
setts Historical Society. Ho took great pleasure in his correspondence with men oo
this side the water.

1883%] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society, 97

Albsrt Thoitpsoiv, Esq., of Boston, p. life member, constituted Jan. 13, 1870, war
bom ID Kingston, Mass., November 3B, 1824, and died at Beach Bluff, Septt^mber 9,
1682. He was buried from his home in Boston, 1*28 Beacon Street, on Tuetsday,
September 12.

The father of Mr. Thompson was Solomon Thompson, who was bom in Middle-
boro% Mass., Sept. 25, 1791. His mother, a natire of the same town with bib fa-
ther, wus bom Dec. 19, 1795. His earliest American ancestor, on the paternal side,
u 8upp.38i'd to have been John Thompson, of Plymouth, who was there, according
to Savaji;e, in \fA3. From him the line runs through Jacob, 1662, Jacob, 1695,
Jacob, 1738, Solomon, 1762, and Solomon as given above, 1791.

Mr. Thompson *s name appears on the Boston Directory in 1846 as a clerk at 24
Central Street. In 1850 it stands in connection with the firm of Johnson & Thomp-
son, in the leather business. Changes have taken place in the firm from time to
time. Of late years it has been known as that of Albert Thompson & Co., and bis
oo-partoers have been Charles F. Harrington, Albert H. Thompson and K. A.
Wyckofl^. their business being in hides and leather at 39 South Street.

Mr. Thompson was united in marriage. May 25, 1850, with Miss Lucy C. Hop-
kins, daughter of Solomon Hopkins, of Boston. From this marriage there were
three children — Albert H., who has been associated with his father in the firm, Fred-
erick Eugene and Nellie [x)uise.

From the Boston Herald of Sept. 12, we cut the following :

** At a meetinji; of the shoe and leather dealers yesterday, called to take action on
the death of Albert Thompson, late of Albert Thompson <fc Co., resolutions were
adupted expressing admiration and esteem for deceased in his life, and extending
•yrapathy to his family in its bereavement. The following-named gentlemen were
appointed as a committee to attend the funeral : B. B. Converne, William Hennf
Allen, George F. Putnam, Charles W. Hersey, Thomas £. Proctor, Franklin B.
White, James A. Roberts and William F. Johnson.*'

Mr. Thompson was one of the directors of the Hide and Leather Bank in Boston,
and was actively connected with its early history and growth.

KvELTN Philip Shirley, A.M., P.S.A., of Ettington Park, Stratford-on-Avon,
England, a corresponding member, admitted Oct. 20, 1880, was born at South Aud-
ley Square, London, Jan. 22, 1812, and died at his residence in Stratford-on-Avon,
England, Sept. 19, 1882.

He was the eldest son of Evelyn John Shirley, who was bora at fjowcr Ettington,
Warwickshire, April 26, 1788. His mother's name was Eliza Stanhope, who was
bom July 7, 1785, in Somerset Street, Portman Square, London. On his father's
side the >«ahject of this sketch traces bis line back through twenty-four generationa
to Saswalo (otherwise spelled Sasuualo) , who purchas^ the old ancestral estate,
and occupied it 1079-10»6.

At the age of eight he was sent to a private school at Twyford, near Winchester,
and afterwards was placed under the care of a private tutor near Oxford. At or
mboQt the age of fourteen he was sent to Eton, and about the age of eighteen was
entered at the Collece of St. Magdalen, Oxford, as a gentleman Commoner. In due
eoone of study, ho nerc received the degrees of B.A. and M.A. Aftervrards he
iraTeUed extensively on the continent of Europe. Returning to England, he was
elected to the office of high sheriff in county Monaghan in 1837, and in 1841 was
eboeen M. P. for the same County. In 1853, 1857 and 1859 he had his seat in Par-
Ikuneot from South Winchester. He was also high sheriff for South Winchester
in 1867. He was one of the royal commission on Endowments, and was Trustee of
Bagbj School, of St. Columbis College, Dublin, and of Natural Portrait Galleiy.

Mr. Shirley has written extensively. In 1841 he published his Stemmala Shir'
kiana, a handsome volume of 435 pages, which is in the library of our society.
In this he traces the Shirley genealogy through the twenty-four generations above
moken of. In 1845 he publii<hed a work entitled Some account of the territory of
Famey, one of the ancestral estates. In 1848 appeared the Shirley Brothers, and in
1851 a bo(jk with the title. Original Isetters on the Church of Ireland In 1859
appeared Noble and Gentle Men of England. Second and third editions of this last
named work were published in 1860 and 1866. In 1859 he first published a book
on Louyh Fea^ also one of his ancestral estates. A second edition appeared in 1869.
In 1867 he published Some account of English Deer Parks. In 1869 were published
Church of Ireland—Reformation in Church of Ireland-^ Why is the Church of Ire-
land to be robbed? three tracts. In 1869, Historical Sketch on Endowments of
Church of Ireland. In 1872, On Revision— Letter to the Primate, A second edi-
tion of the last was issued in 1873. In 1874, On Tenant Right. 1879, History qf
Omnty of Monefyhan. 1880, lower Ettington.
▼OL. XXZYU. 10*

98 Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [Jan.

He wns united in marriage Aug. 4, 1842, with Mary Clara Elizabeth Tjechmere,
eldest dauc;hter of Edmuna ilungcrford Lechinere, Baronet. . There are four child-
ren frum this marriage.

William Henrt Allen, LL.D., of Philadelphia, a correspond inn: member, ad-
mitted iSent. 8, 1858, was born at Keadfield, Me., March 27, 1808, and died at
Girard College, Philadolphia, Auaj. 27, 1882, ao;ed 74 years and 5 months.

His father was Jonathan Allen, who was born in Rcadfieid, May 26, 1778, and
his mother, Thankful I>on|j:loy, who was born in Sidney, Me., Jan. 11. 1779. His
grandfather was Thomas Allen, who went from Braintree, Mara., in 1775, and par*
cha.sed lands in Maine, on which his descendants have since lived.

Mr. Allen was fitted for colle,s:c at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent Hill.
and was irraduated at Bowdoin College in 1833. Among his classmates were Dr.
Samuel Harris, formerly President of B;)wdoin College, and now Theological Prch
fcssor in the Yale Divinity School, Dr. Benjamin Tappan, of Norridgcwock, Me.,
and Dr. William T. Savai^e, now at Quincy, III.

Immediately after graduation he became a teacher in Casenovia Seminary. N. T.,
where he remained three years. From 1836 to 1846 he was professor of Natoral
Philosophy and ChemiHtry in Dickinsvm College, Pa. From 1846 to 1849 he wat
professor of Philosophy and Ensilish Literature in the same institution, acting aa
its president durin;r the ycarH 1847 and 8. In 1849 he was elected president of Qi-
rard College, and filled the office for his first term of service from 1849 to 1862. For
a short period he was president of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. In
1867 ho returned to Girard College as president, and remained till his death. He
received the decree of M.D. from Bowaoin College in 1847, and that of LLD. from
the same in 1850.

Dr. Allen was the author of a Manual of Devotion for use in Girard College. He
was a writer of many articles for reviews and magazines, but was not, to any largo
extent, a maker of books.

Dr. Allen was four times married. His first wife was Martha Ann Richardson,
daughter of Rev. James Richardson, of Toronto, Canada. This marriage t«H)k place
Sept. 15, 1835, and the wife died June 15, 1839. There was one child from thii
marriage, a daughter, named Anna Martha, who died Nov. 8, 1861 .

He was married the second time, Dec. 22, 1842, to Ellen Honora Curtin, daugh-
ter of Roland Curtin, Centre Co., Pa. She died Aug. 7, 1851. From this mar-
riage there were three sons (now all dead) and one daughter.

His third wife was Mary Frances Quincy, daughter of Samuel Quincy, of Boston,
to whom he was married June 7, 1854. She died July 23, 1857.

His fourth wife was Mrs. Anna Maria Qamwill, widow of a prominent Philadel-
phia merchant, daughter of Jacob Dunton, of Philadelphia. They were married
Oct. 5, 1858. She survives him.

For eight years, 1872-1880, Dr. Allen was president of the American Bible
Society.

belonged to one of the oldest and most highly respected families of the city. From
about 1650 onward to the present time, the De Peysters have been distinguished in
New York city for wealth, character and official standing. They have filled a great
Tariety of offices civil and military.

The family was lluf^uenot in its origin, and held an honorable rank in France be-
fore the days of Huguenot persecution. When forced to flee from their native land
they betook themselves to Holland. It was fn>m Holland that Johannes* De Pcy-
ster came to New York about the middle of the seventeenth century, a man of dig-
nity and wealth. From him Frederick* was descended through Abraham,' Abra-
ham,3 John,* Frederick* his father.

He was fitted for cf^llege at Nassau Hall, and in 1812 entered Columbia Collego,
where he was graduated in due order in 1816. He at once entered upon his law stu-
dies in the office of Peter Jay, and was admitted to practice in 1819.

We cannot, in brief, give a better illustration of the honorable and useful lift
which he has lived, than by copying his record as given in the Boston Joamal of
August 19 :

*' In 1823 ho became a counsellor in the Supreme Court and a ooaosellor in tba
Court of Chancery, and in 1824 was admitted as attorney and coansellor of the So-
preme Court of the United States. He early became interested in the state miliiiai

1883.]

3ook Notices. 99

■nringon the staff of Briji^. Gen. Aa^stas Fleming. Gi)t. Clinton snbseqaenclT
appointed Ciipt. De Peystcr one of his personal aids, with the rank of C )loncl, and
made him Military Secretary for the iioathem District of the State. Mr. De Pey-
ater waa secretary of the Tontine Association, president of the New York HiHt')rical
Society, a member of the Literary and Philosophical S<)cietv, and was one of the
orij^inal members of the American Academy of Fine Arts, lie was the senior mem-
ber of the Bible and Common Prayer-book Society, and was one of the olde<«t mem-
bers of the New York Society Library. He was one of the Trustees of tbe Deaf and
Domb Asylum, a founder and Director of the Home for Incurables, and Trustee
and Secretary of the Lake and Watts Orphan Hi>uBe. He was one of tbe founders
and a mnnaj^r and Vice-President of the Society for the I^revention of Cruelty to
Children, and one of tbe founders of the Soldiers* Home erected by the Grand Army
of the Republic. He presented Crawford^s statue, * The Indian/ to the Historical
Society, and contributed largely to the erection of the statue of Fitz Greon llalleck.
Srreral of Mr. De Peyster's addresses have been published. He was a Warden of
tbe Church of the Ascension, and was prominently connected with seTcral banks,
milroodM and insurance companies. In 1867 he was made Doctor of Laws by Co-
lombia Collefi^, and in 1877 was elected an honorary Fellow of the Royal Historical
Society of Great Britain."

JoHV ScRTBVKR JsKNKSS, A.M. {ante^ xxxT. 117). — In the Necroloj^ of Mr. Jen-
neas in the Rbqister for April. 1881, paze 197, the late Rev. Samuel Cutler states
that Francis Jennings married Hannah (dau. Moseti) Cox, of Hampton. [ Ihin
statement wsus made on the authority of a manuscript by Mr. Jenness himself depos-
ited with the society.] Mr. Cutler overl«x>ked the article — Jenneos, on pa^ 93 of
the Registrr for 1880, furnished by Mr. Jenness, which corrects the statement made
aboTe. It is important only as the error may creep into tbe sketch of John S. Jen-
IWM, in some future volume of Memorial Biographies.

By John R. Ham, M.D., of Dover, N, H.

Alfred Mudoe, Esq. {ante, xxxvi. 3:9). — In the closing paragraph of the obitua-
ly notice of Mr. Mndge, published in the Register for October, 188-J, his parentajce
is erroneously ascribed to John and Hannah Mwiye. They were his gmn<lparents.
Their son, Capt. Samuel Mudge, was born at Lynn, Mslss., Feb. 24. 1782, and died
at Portsmouth, N. 11., Sept. 24, 1819. He married Augu.st 24, 1803. Anna Breed,
and bad nine children, of whom Alfred, the subject of this sketch, was the fourth.

BOOK NOTICES.

The EnrroR reqnests peraons sending books for notice to state, for the informstion of
readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage when sent by
mall.

Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Sicieti/. Towne
Memorial Fund. Vol. II. 1853-1855. Boston : Published by the Society, 18
Somenet Street. 1881. 8vo. pp. 533. Price $2.25 ; by mail $2.50.

This is the second volume of the series of memoirs of deceased members of the
Society pn»jected by the late William B. Towne. The publication of these volumes,
one of which is to appear yearly, is secure<l by a fund established for the purpose.
The foundation of the fund wiis contributed during his lifetime by Mr. Towne, and
for several years after his death was allowed to accumulate by adding the income to
the principal. The income of the fund, together with what may be derived from the
sale of volumes to members of the Society and others, will undoubtedly enable it
benoeforth to issue a volume annually without interruption. We see no reason why
this series shall not continue until its volumes shall be numbered by the hundreu.
Indeed it is intended that the publication shall go on as long as the Society exists.

It is obvious to see that this collection of biographies will be of unsurpassed value
and impt>rtance. The Society numbers about a thousand members. They are large-
ly eonfin<'d to New England, but many beyond this limit take an interest in New
Aigland local and family history, and members may in fact be found in neirly every
part of the world. They are composed of the foremost and best of our citizens. They

100 Book NotictB. [Jan.

arc Relccted because thry are interested in the dcvelopineDt and prescrration of oar
hiiatory. 8<>iue of them are writers of hintory, some of them are students of history,
while many of them are absorbed in other occupations, but are nevertheless importr
ant factors in the process of making history in their several departments of life.
They belong not to om', hut to nil classes. Among them may be found clerjeSf-
men, educators, scientists, judges, lawyers, scholars. statesmen, bankers, merchants,
farmers and mechanics. Selected as they are, they are good representatives, and
oflen models in the several professions and culling which they represent.

To si'ourc the best results in the preparation of these memoirs, the Society plaOM
the whole responsibility in the hands of an able and critical committee, who are ool
only themselves qualified to write the memoirs, but from their wide acquaintance
with scholars and literary men, are able to select writers who possess special quali-
fications for this important service. This is not altogether an easy task. The rauli-
ness to undertake the work, and the qualifictitions to do it well, do not alwaj'a go
together. To write a memoir well, whether the subject be eminently dtstinguisbed
or not, requires an unusual combination of qualities. There must be skill, perae-
vemnce and aptitude, if not a quasi irenius, in collecting the neceswary and fit mate-
rial, a nice judgment in couibining the parts into a complete, harmonious and
logical whole, a command and mastery of the English language, which shall give
simplicity, clearness and grace to every part. But a crowning qualification is a
conscientiousness in the writer which Khali enable him to transmit to posterity a pic-
ture of the life and cliarticter of his subject in its natural fulness and true propor-
tions. Exaggeration, ovei'statement, or an exubemnce of detail on the one hano, or
a meaifreness. sterility, sctmtiness of fact, anecdote and illustration on the other,
may be equally regarded as grave defects. But the responsibility of the committee
extends b<\vonu this. They are to scrutinize the historical statements of the several
writers, and see that the errors into which all authors are liable to fall are duly ooi^
rectcd. f his is not the leivst responsible duty that rests upon them. It is this scm-
tiny, faithfully and con.Hcientiously performed, that will give to these memoirs their
superior value in all future time. The writers are unpaid, their efibrtsare inspired
simply by their interest in history, and consequently they have little motive for
hasti^ ancl superficiality. The reward which they receive will only come in the pab-
lie estimate and real excellence of their work.

Whoever reads the memoirs in the volume before us will, we think, find them for
the most part, conforming to the exalted standard which we have pointed oat M
that which the committee are aiming to maintsiin.

The present volume contiiins the memoirs of forty-five gentlemen, all of high
standintr, many of them distinguished, and some of them without peers in the posi-
tions which they occupied. We have not space t) sfxnk of all of them individually,
nor of any of them in detail. We must content ourselves by mentioning the namei
of a few, not merely because we think they are the most distinguished, out t)ecaaos
we think them better known to the readers of this magazine. We find among the
rest Simon Greenleaf, LL.1>., Professor in the Law School in Harvard University,
Samuel Sumner Wilde, LL.D., of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, John Davu,
LL.I)., a United States Senator and governor of Massachusetts, William Cranoh,
LL.I)., Chief-Justice of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Colam-
bin, Snmuel Church, LL.D., Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Oonnectioot,
Thomas Day, LL.D., of the same state, Charles K. Williams, LL.D., Chief-Justice
and Governor of Vermont, Ilarristm Gray Otis Colby, a Judge of the Court of Coin-
mon Pleas in MasHachusetts, James Cashing Merrill, a fine classical scholar and a
magistrate of Boston, Caleb Butler, Alfred Hawkins, Jacob B. Moore. Nathaniel
Go.xlwin, Nahum Mitchell, severally authors of valuable historical works, Charlei
Ewer, a studious antiquary and the first president of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, AblK)tt liawrence, LL.D., United States Minister at the Oooit
of St. James, RolHTt G. Shaw and Samuel Appleton, eminent merchants of Boston*
Dr. (jeorge Cheyne Slmttuck, LL.D., of Boston, and Dr. Stephen W. Williams of
Deerfield, Mass., an author and lecturer at the Berkshire Medical InstitutioD, al
Dartmouth College and other medical schools.

The eminence which these gentlemen attained was achieved, in all cases, by their
personal exertions. Neither inheritance, nor what is technically called inflo*
ence, aided them in gaining their merited distinction. To unusual natural endow-
luents they added that steadfastness of purpose which Sir Isaac Newton says
is next to genius. They wei*e hon&^t, conscientious, persistent workers, whose no-
ble and generous ambition was simply to do their best. The career of such men ii

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prolific in instructire incident, and rich in lofty example. Their memoirs nata-
rally constitute a storehouse of principles, maxims and apothegmn for safely and
racoessliilly moulding: and shaping the conduct of life. The volume before us is,
we presume, a fair example of those that are to follow. They can never have the
brevity and sterility of the biographical dictionary, or the cumbersome diilasencss and
tedious overgrowth of the p^thoric biogrnpby. They must always contain plain,
dear and simple statements of facts, grouping together the leading and important
ebuncteristics with sufficient fulness and illustration to be easily comprehended,
and at the same time to impart readily their lessons of instruction to the reader.
We would therefore say, especially to the members of the society as well as to oth*
en, that in our judgment this is unmatched in the most important qualities by any
other series of American biographies, and for the eminent examples which it pre-
tents in all the departments of life, it is entitled to hold the most prominent place
among secular books in thu library of every New England family.

The paper, letter-press and mechanical work of the volume are eminently satis-
factory. The name of John Wilson and S^m, of the University Press, Cambridge,
is in cencral a sufficient guaranty of whatever comes from their band, and in this
ease their reputation is fully sustained.

By the Rev Edmund F. Slajler, A.M., of Boston, Mass,

Monthly Reference Lists, Issued by the Providence Public Library, Providence,
Rhode Island. Vols. I. and II. From January, 1881, to December, 1882. [Ed-
ited by William E. Foster, A.B., Brown University.] Post 4to.

The completion of the second volume of these useful Reference fjists on topics of
historical and current interest, affords a good opportunity for reviewing Mr. Fos-
ter's work. A graduate of Brown University, he early turned his attention to the
practical details of a librarian's office in a Maasachusetts town, whence he was
called by sharp-sighted men, who saw the advantage of his methods, to the Public
Library in Providence, to mediate between the intellectual wants of a hiij^hly culti-
vated city and the literary supply which libraries and book markets afford. The
trustees of the Providence Public Library, some of whom are the owners of superb
private libraries, appear to have appreciated the idea that the collection and distri-
Dution of literature, in a wide sense, requires talent on the part of the librarian,
the very best talent that school, college and practical experience can afford. They
leem to have recognized the fact that a public library is the hiyhesi school in the
eoramunity, that it requires the highest education and the highest art available ; for
the public library reaches not merely school children, but pupils of a larger growth ;
it holds in its hand the highest education of the town or city. Ignorance, incom-
petence, feebleness, sluggishness, incapacity for success in any other profession, are
no onalifications for the modern librarian, who is or should be one oi the quickest,
readicHt, brightest, most alive of all live men in the community, for he is the one
who can supply and develop its highest intellectual wants by proper methods of
mediation between literature and life.

It is perhaps highly significant that a college town like Providence, whence Dr.
Bamas Scars, a former president of Brown University, went forth to propagate a
eommon school system throughout the entire South, under the direction of the Trus-
tees of the Peabody Education Fund, of which Dr. Sears was the pioneer agent,
iboold have also given birth to one of the most efficient systems of library manage-
meot, which, if there is any virtue in good ideas^ is bound to widen its influence.
The efficiency of the Providence Public Library in sup})lying intellectual wants is
indicated by the published Reference Lists, the genesis of which cannot be separated
from JBrown University, the common school system, and the general culture of a
libeially minded city. Mr. Foster, although he came to Providence with a thorough
kaowledgo of that admirable system of classifying library materials for ready refer-
eoee on the part of readers— a system evolved irom the experience of the Boston
Public Library under the management of Justin Winsor — found it necessary to meet
io peculiar ways the needs of teachers and students who desired to read very spe-
eitUy in connection with courses of lectures given by President liohinson. Professor
LiDOoln and others, including the late Professor Diinan, whose catholic scholarship,
idmired in Baltimore and Cambridi^e, was also deeply a))preciatcd at home. The cor-
dial cod:ienition of such men with iMr. Foster *s methods, the encouragement of trus-
intimately aK^ociated with University profe-ssors, the wants and appreciation of
iDiclligent public, explain the development in Providence of that elabonito sys-
of refereooe lists, newspaper clippings, notices and reviews of new books, —

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all conveniently posted or classified, so that by means oF these ^ides the reader ctn
find his way with confidence and delight throuj^h the intricate mazes of modem
literature. From manuscript reference-Iisb; it was but a step to hectotn^ph copief
distributed for use in the public sciiooL^. Then came the publication of bibliogra-
phies in the Providence newspapers, which ctirricd the su^^t^ci^tion of systematio
courtjcs of reading into every household in the city. Those things are all very sim-
ple and inexpensive ; but they represent ideas, which are of vnscly more innuenoe
upon a livin;; and progressive ase than mere collections of books, however extensive,
or mere library building of brick and stone, which are sometimes mausoleums in-
stead of laboratories of knowledge.

Through the aid of appreciative friends of the Providence idea, Mr. Foster bena
in January, 1881, to publish his Monthly Reference Lists in serial form upon a fold-
ed sheet, the two leaves of which, with double columns, are of al)out the same siis
as the pages of the Magazine of American History. The transition to this spectsl
form ot publication was made through such organs as the Library Journal^ which
allows some space to bibliographical matter. But the Providence idea of special
adaptation to s[)ecial needs has now assumed individual and concrete form. Evolv*
ing from the Providence environment, this idetv has seized upon topics of current in-
terest in that city ; it has grown upon what it has fed : until now, in the
shape of two published volumes, with tahles of contents, indices, and an cxplanattiry
preface, it represents a bibliographical magazine wfiich no American library or spe-
cial student of contemporary American life can well do without. It is curious and
interesting to one who turns the leaves of thes«* two little volumes, t > see with what
unerring instinct the Providence librarian, from month to month, has grasped top-
ics uppermost in the American current of ideivs or popular discussion. A few ex-
amples will suffice to recall the drift of thought in many a home and literary circle
during the past two years : George Eliot, Thomas Carlylc, Lord Beaconsfield, Re-
vision of the Bible, Sophocles (** the Cireek Play '* at Harvard), Comets, the Frendh
in Tunis, Dean Stanley, Centenary of Kant, Protection, Yorktown,Olympia, French
Allies, Inter-Oceanic Canal, iEstheti'Msm. Lrngfellow, Chinese Question, ik>uth
Eastern Europe, Darwin, Emerson, University Education, Local Self-Cjovemment,
Herbert Spencer, etc.

It takes a librarian who is alive to present issues, to the swiftly moving and cos-
mopolitan thought of the present age, to catch such current topics, and to ^ther
about them the d )ating literature of our times for the convenient use of his fellow
men. Such talent is as rare as it is invaluable. A good librarian is an orffaniaef
of literary materials, and his influence is far from being local, if he publishes, as
Mr. Foster has done, the results of his local experience. It is curious to obflerra
bow the supply of Providence- wants has met also the needs of a national circle of
readers ; for the Kefercnce Lists arc now widely patronized thnmghout this oountrjr,
especially by students, teachers and librarians. It is also curious to note, in this
current of popular bibliography, the *'' survival *' of Lists which, although of aafi-
cicnt scope to interest students outside of Providence, are clearly the original pn^
duct of local occasions, lecture courses and the like, which, at one time or anotnar,
have particularly interested the scIum^Is and people of Providence.

The most noticeable and perhaps the most valuable feature of Mr. Foster's Refer-
ence Lists is the topical subdivision of the main subject. For a student or teacher,
the *' structural bibliography '' is much more valuable and sugzestive than a long
list of authorities, which, in some Obtes, would be hardly better than a catalogue.
For example, the subject of American *' Local Self-<jii)vernment " is much better
treated under the subdivisions of ** Origin.'* "Tendencies," ** New England
Towns," *' Middle Colonies,'* ** Southern Colonies," than under the main head
alone, for the structural metliod presents the subject from diffi3rent points of view
and yet as an organic whole. This structural method stinds in the same relation
to the generic subject of study as that subject does to study in general. A aita-
logue of mere names or a long bibliogniphy of authorities is often ver3' discouraging
to readers, but when attention is called to ^particular subject, to a speciai point oi
view, and to an individual author, then a point has been made for the encoaraga-
ment of readers and of oris^inal research. Tiie most important function which any
catalogue, bil>liography, reference-list or consulting librarian can discharge, is to
arrest attention, to make mental points. Mr. Foster distinctly says in his prafaee
that his Reference Lists '*are intended as working-lists and not as bibliographiSM.**
Ho does not aim at being exhaustive, or exhaustinir, but at being suggestive. Mr.
Foster has well said in the Libniry Journal (vii. 86), the bibliography ** aims at
completeness for the sake of completeness ;*' but the working-list '* is aa oomplata

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as it 9er\eR its purpose to be." Tho purpose of Mr. Foster is manifestly that of a
practical librarian, desiring to aid a readincr public, and nut that of a scientifio
jipecialiet, a mere antiquarian or bibliomaniac, desiring to collect or amass all ex-
istinj; authorities for the aike of having them at his command.

Scientifio point in the description ot b.>ok6, monographs, magazine articles is of
more consequence to most reaaers than bibliographic enumeration or catalogue com-
pleteness. A reader does not want all books; he wants the best^ and more espe-
cially one or two at a time, with special reference to particular things that may be
foand within them. A skilful librarian and a well-guidcd reader will not find it
oecessary to read many books through, from beginning to end, in order to get their
point or drift. Most books shoulcT be used like cyclopaedias, for finding special
things, not for learning all knowledge at once. A good book should have an index of
topics. A good librarian, like Mr. Foster and many others in this country, will
•bow the reader a subject-catalogue, a ready-refercnce-iist, a definite way of finding
oat special things through some particular book. A poor librarian will be more
likely to show his library en masse or in glass cases, saying ** hands off;*' if the
fisitor wants to learn something in particular, he is invited to examine a confusing
eatalogue of authors* names and see if be can chance upon any book that will help
him. The good librarian knows what bis books are good for; he h\\s point. The
poor librarian is careless, ignorant and dull. A good method of ready reference is
like a bright, sharp ne€»dle in a skilful hand, deftly working some fine or useful
cskd ; A poor method is like hunting a needle in a haystack.

By Herbert B, Adams, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. No. 1—1881. The Con-
siruciion of Library Buildinys. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1881.
8vo. pp. 24.

Report on the Process of Library Architecture. By William F. Pools, Librarian
of the Chicago Public' Library. Boston. 188*2. pp. 16.

These two pamphlets, written by William F. Poole, the eminent bibliographer
and librarian, ought to attract the attention of all those interested in educational and
library matters. They discuss a very important subject ; one that is destined to re-
eeiTe great attention in the immediate future, viz., the proper construction of our
library buildings. The present style of ** conventional Americiin library building *' is
open to yery grave otu^^^tions. It is the purpose of Mr. Poole to point out these evils
and suggest the proper remedies. This lie has effectually done on two or three occa-
sions when the librarians of the country have been in session ; and so important have
been these suggestions concerning library architecture that the Department of the
Interior has ordered the first of his papers, '* The Construction of Library Build-
inga/* to be issued as a " Circular of Information,'' and spread broadcast over
the land. The agitation of this'subiect is rendered the more important at this time
because of the fact that two of our largest libraries, the Boston Public Library and
the Library of Congress at Washington, are about to erect new buildings to meet
•listing wants.

The I
olijcets,

aereral _

solid block of yacuity ;" ** the shelvin^^
piled one upon another--be<»uee galleries are a wasteful expenditure of the physical
Btr^gth of attendants in climbing stairs, and of the time of readers in waiting for
their books; and because the bindings of books in ^^illeries perish from heat, and
the higher the books are above the floor the more active is this destructive agency ;**
*' the difficulty of getting about from one part of the library to another ;" when used
for a reading room, *' too public and bustling a place for quiet study ;" '* insecuri-
ty from fire ;" •* the difficulty of enlarging, and *' its great cost compared with
a simpler, less pretentious and more convenient style.'' All of these points are
elaboratea at considerable length in a clear, forcible and convincing manner.

He then defines his plan tor a properly constructed library building, showing
that on a lot of 200 feet square 1.000,000 volumes may be accommodated, and, by
enlarging without change of construction, 3,000,000 volumes. Compartments so
eoostructed that a fire shall be confined to the one in wliicli it originates ; waste of
room reduced to a minimum ; more spacious and convenient quarters than in the
present style for the administrative and working departments ; no climbing of stairs
and DO oTerheatiDg of buildings in galleries, t^ks being shelved near the floor ;

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cost of constrnction kept within reasonable limits, and that " convenience, utility
and economy shall bo tiie controlling principles in the design." These points, lUso,
are fully elaborated and explained.

This pnprr has attracted much attention and called forth discussion among libn«
riant*, and it is hoped the day of fruition is near.

The second paper is a report of the pn)jrre8s of these new ideas rej^nrding; library
architecture, and takes a hopeful view of its jceiieral adoption in due time. Itclosei
as follows: *' Public attention has been awakened to this subject. Librarians ars
losing rcHpect for antique absurdities, and are not afraid to think for themselves.
Committees ask not whether the plan is old and typical, but whether it is convenimt,
useful, economic^al and sensible. Architects are now seeking information from those
to whom they formerly dictated conventional rules. Whatever improvements are
to be made in library conhtruction must come from the experience and sug^restions
of our own profession. The future is full of promise, and doubtless before the next
meeting of the Association we shall see the proof that our laitb in progress ia not
groundless.*'

By E. H. Goss^ Esq,^ of Melrose ^ Mass.

American Hero- Myths, A Study in the Native Religions of the Western CantinaU,
By Daniel G. Brinton, M.D., Member of the American Philosophical 8ocie^,
etc. etc. Philadelphia : H. C. Watts t Co. 1882. Pp. 251, 8vo. Price $1.75.
For sale by A. Williams Jb Co., Boston.

This is one of five volumes by the same author, which with the exception of that
devoted to the Maya Chronicles — the original text of the Pre-Columbian annak of
Yucatan — di^al with the myths and the reli^rion of tlie native (red) race of Amerioa.
We should also except one other work, probably, which covers a larger grr)und than
the religious myths of this continent, being a discussion of the *' Science and Philoao-
phy of lieligion," or '' The Religious Sentiment.'" All of these works show that
the author is a zealous and critical investigator of the sul^jects which he undertakes
to elucidate. And this remark is emphatically true of the volume before us. It
is, we believe, the first attempt at what is entitled to be regarded as a critically
accurate presentation of the **" fundamental conceptions found in the native beliefii
of the tribes of America.*'

The time has long hince pa.ssed, as the author venr sensibly remarks, when among
thinking men the religious myths of the ai>origina Traces were lookinl upon as tri*
vial fables ; lor they express ** in image and incident, the opinions of those races ia
the mightiest topics of human thought, on the origin and destiny of man, his mo-
tives for duty and his grounds of hope, and the source, history and fate of all exter-
nal nature.'* In order therefore to grasp the full meaning of these fundamentBil re-
ligious conceptions, it in not sufficient merely to trace a myth back to the natural
phenomena of which it was originally a poetic expression. It is necessary that we
should thoroughly coasider its essentially religious import, so that we may see how
and to what extent it exerted an intluence ui>on the individual mind and the na-
tional character.

This is the object and purport of this volume. In thin view it is a very valuable
contribution to tlie study ot a subject as interesting as it is important. It is cer-
tainly important ; for we Ciinnot expect to arrive at an accurate and ade(^uate know-
ledge of any people until wc have comprehended the chief influence which moulded
their character and institutions.

By Albert H. Hnyt, A.M., of Boston.

Detailed Minutitt of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia. By Carltov
McCariuy, Private Second Company Kiclimond Howitzers, A.N.V. With Illus-
trations by Wh L..SuEPrARD, Lieutenant Second Company Richmond Howitien,
A.N.V. Richmond: Carlton McCarthy and Company. 1882. l2mo. Pirioo
$150.

This narrative of four years' experience of soldier life in the Confederate army in
Northern Virginia is a valuable contribution to the literature of our late civil war.
It is ** a voice from the ranks " of that army and details with minuteness the hopeSf
the trials and the privations of a private soldier. ** At one time," says the Rich-
mond Christian Adoocatc, ** its sharp sarcasms and biting satire cut liko a rasor:
at another, it rings with merriment and is as full of innocent mirth and healthful
enjoyment as Stuart^s hilarious laughter ; yet, again, in sober tones it tells us of the
march, the bivouac, the battle ; then sinking in tremulous pathos, it speaks of home
and loved ones, and comrades dead on the well fought field."

1883.] Booh NoHcen. 106

The snme pnper says truly of this work : " It fills a niche that has not heen made
jiromincnt in our war-literature ; and it fills it marveIlou.«Iy well/' The minutia
of eoldier life which the author so faithfully records seldom enter into narnitiveH
which find their way into print ; and for this reason these details will be hij^hly
prized by the reader who wishes to learn the true character of service in the ranks.

Mr. McCarthy's work bears evidence of candor and truthfulness. It will he read
with interest, not only by his companions in arms, but also by the union soldiers
against whom he fought, and in fact by all who are interested in our country's his-
tory. The events in which the author participated near the close of the war, are
related with particular fullness, and the scenes here, as elsewhere, are picturesi^uely
and vividly described. The sad condition of the soldiers after the surrender of
Gen. Lee was borne by them manfully, and the author tells his experience with the
utmoet good humor. We commend the book to all our readers.

A Gazetteer of the Stale of Maine; with Numerous llhistrations. By Gbo. J. Var-
NIT Boston : Published by B. B. Russell. 57 Cornhill. 1882. 8vo. pp. 611.

Thin Gazetteer supplies a want much felt. It is prepared in a very satisfactory
manner, every town, viilasc, plantation, mountain, lake, bay and river having had
doe attention paid to it. We are pleased to notice tiiat the former names of towns are
found in their alphal)etical places as well as the present. It would perhaps have
been an improvement if a difiercnt type had been use for obsolete names. The au-
thor seems to have bestowed great pains and used good judgment in preparing the
work, lie has collected, selected ana arranged, so that we can readily refer to them«
•neh facts as one would naturally expect to find in a gazetteer ; and he has clothed
Ihem in clear and terse language.

A preliminary chapter of over fifty pages is devoted to the history and statistios
of the state.

Cdebrated American Caverns^ especially Mammoth, Wyandot and Luray. Together
wnih Historical^ Scientific and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in other
Lands, By Horack C. Hovet. VVith Maps and Illustrations. Cincinnati :
Robert Clarke k Co. 1882. 8vo. pp. xii.-h228. Price $2.

It is sometimes a relief, and certainly a novelty, to turn from the never-ending and
frequently wearying accounts of what is on the earth to the rare and strange de-
scnptions of what is in it. Works on subterranean history are not so numerous as
to deaden one's interest in a new addition to the list ; and when that addition ap-
pears in the beautiful form of the book under notice, this interest deepens into a
pleasure and delight.

The author, Mr. Horace C. Ilovey, is no new explorer in this curious, and I may
add, literal mine of history, having heen a contributor of cavern liteniture to the
American Journal of Science and Arts^ Scribner's (now tl)e Century) Mayazine
and other periodicals. But those were gatherings* by the wayside. Uerc he has
icamered up his curious experiences, hound them together in attnictive garb, and
the result is one of the most interesting descriptive works given to the public for
many years.

Blr. llovey devotes seven chapters and seventy pages to the description of the cele-
hreted Mammoth Cave near Lexington, Kentucky, justly considered the greatest
wonder of the subterranean world. His style is vigorous and graphic, with just
enough of picturesqueness to charm and entertain the general reader, lie does not
ssem to exaggerate, a temptation which must frequently beset writers who deal with
such strange and unfamiliar topics. Nor is he forgetful, while dwelling at such
length up^m the Mammoth Cave, of the other wonders which exist in the ** bow-
els of the earth " in various parts of the country. The book is printed in large,
dear type, and the illustrations are numerous, varied and generally well cxe-
eated. It is altogether and in every way a book to be confidently commended to the
attention of the reading public.

By Oliver B, Stebbins, Esq.y of South Boston , Mass,

Jewish Nature Worship, The Worship of the Redprocal Principles of Nature
among the Ancient Hebrews. By J. P. M'acLean. Limited Edition. Cincinnati :
Robert Clarke <fc Co. 1882. 18mo. pp. 22. Price 2.> els.

This pamphlet treat** of the worship of Nature am('ng tiie Jews, and compares it
with that in other religions. The suDJect is ably handled.

TOL. ZXXYII. 11

106 Book Nbticeit. [Jan.

Biographical Sketch of Joseph Lemuel Chester, D. C.L,^ LL.D. By John J. Lattimi,
Member of the New York Genealoji^ical and Biographicail SiX;iety. New York :
Privately Printed. 1883. 8vo. pp. 10.

jV!si0 York Genealogical and Biographical Reatrd, Devoted to the Interests of Amer-
ican Genealogy and Biography. Lssiicd Qaarterlv. Vol. Xlll. 1883. Published
for the Society, 64 Madison Avenue, New York City. 8vo. pp. 811. Price $9
a. year.

The Genealogist. Edited by Giorgb W. Marshall, LL.D., Fdlow of the Society of
Antiquaries. Vol. VI. London : Georji^e BfU and Sons. York Street, Covenft
Garden. 1883. 8vo. pp. Tii.+343. Price 10 shiliinjirsayear.

The best memoir of the late Col. Chester which has yet appeared is that by Mr.

18^. Several sketches of his life appcircd while he was livin^c* The first
printed in 1866, in the supplement to Du^'ckinck's *' Cyclopssiia of American Lite-
rature." Large extracts from this were made in a memoir in the Biograph and
Review for May, 1881. Cohurn's Neio ]\fonthly Magazine for June, 1881, also
contains a memoir. Since his death the memoirs of mt. Litting and Dr. MarshaU
and a number of newspaper obituaries have appeired. Among the latter are those
in the Boston Evening Transcript, June 1, 1883, the London Academy^ JwM 3,
1883, and the London Alhemtum of the same date.

Mr. Lattinfl;*s memoir contains much new matter concerning the life of Col. Cbei'
ter obtained from his relatives, and from friends who knew him before he went to
England. It also gives a good account ot the literary and antiquarian labors of ont
of the most conscientious and successful investi^rjitors that has ever lived.

The New York Genealogical and Bioyraph*cal Record and the Genealogist^ wboae
titles are also at the head of this article, have completed the volumes for the yeaf
1883. Like tlie previous volumes of both works notidKi in the Register, they fur-
nish their readers with valuable genealogical and antiquarian matter relating ta
England and America.

Gov. Bradford's Manuscript History of Plymouth Plantation and its Transmissian
to our Times. By Justin Winsor. Corresivonding Secretary Massachusetts His-
torical Society Private Edition, Seventy-rive Copies. Cambridge : John Wil-
son and Son, University Press. 1881. 8^o. pp. 18.

In the review of this pamphlet in the April number, I omitted to notice Mr. Win-
tor's reference to the claim that Mr. Birry derived from Mr. Samuel G. Drake tbt
idea that the ** MS. History of the Plantatiim at Plymouth/' quoted by Bishop Wil-
berforce, was Bradford's lost work. As 1 myself many years ago expressed ma
opinion that Mr Drake was the first pers)n to show that the quotations were from
Bradford's history, I will briefly give my re:Ls )ns for d ting so. I h>id been in-
formed on authority which I could not doubt, that Mr. Barry called with the l>ook on
Mr. Drake, showed him the qtiotdtians and asked him what he thought of tbem.
Mr. Drake promptly replied that certain portions, which he pointed (mt, were the
exact words of Bradford as preservinl by Morton or Prince, and that other pa^ttM
were new matter ; and he at once said that the manuscript must be either Brad-
ford's history or a work containing quotatioan from it. Mr. Biirry could not be
made to say whether he thought Mr. Drake's cor\jecture a plausible one. All
he would say was that thei*e wa.s something new there. This information I had
from Messrs. Frederic Kidder and James S. l/orins;, both now living, who wwt
present on the occasion ; and also from Mr. Drake himself. I afterwnrdl
stated these facts in a communioition signed ** Iota,*' in the Boston Elvemng
Transcript, July 17, 1856, which article was reprinted in the Rigi&tkr, vol. z.
page 354. Mr. Loring read the article at the time, and assured me that my state-
ments were correct. Mr. Kidder, who in 185K resided in New York, not long after
confirmed my statements, as he has since done. The readiness with which Mr^
Drake detected that the quotations were from Bradford, shows his familiarity wilh
early New England writers and his critical sagticity ; but his acquaintances need
no evidence of this.

1 called at Mr. Drake's soon after the occurrence, and Mr. Frederic Kidder, who
was there, asked me if I knew that it had been disovered where Bradford's mano-
script was. Mr. Drake checked him and said that they were not turn. WeU, Mr.

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Kidder replied, we are almost mire, to which Mr. Drake assented. I wan then told
tboot Mr. Bftrry'B bringing the book to Mr. Drake and the opinion given him.

I omitted in my fonoer notice to eive the authority on which I there stated that
tbe bofik was marked as represented in the fac-simile when Mr. B:irry borrowed it.
Before Mr. Thornton's death be placed the book itself in tbe custody of the New
legland Historic Genealogical 8«>ciety, and when he put it into my hands ho as-
sored me that all the marks on the pages relating to the Fuilham manuscript were
by him before he loaned the book to Mr. Barry.

MiHtary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Register of the Com-
mandery of the State of Massachusetts. Constitution and By-Laws. Boston :
Press of Rockwell and Churchill, No. 39 Arch Street. 1882. Royal 8vo. pp.
l7«+47.

This beautifal volume of more than two hundred pnges royal octavo, with ample
Barsin, is a valuable record of the services of New England officers who served in
the War of the Rebellion, and the Commandery is indebted to its recorder. Col Ar-
•old A. Rand, of the 4th Mass. Cavalry, U. S. V., for the inception of this record,
the care with which it has been written out, and the taste with which the volume
has been published.

This register, which has been printed for the use of the companies of the Com-
mandery and is furnished to them at a nominal price, is not for general sale, but
ban exceedingly valuable document, particularly for future historians and genea-
kgioal inquirers, as it contains up to date the military record and successive pro-
notions Of 530 members, mostly from Massachusetts, who served in the civil war,
and who have become companions of this Commandery. In addition it contains the
Constitution and By-LAws of the order, which is similar in its character to the
"Cincinnati.*' That hereditary society was formed at the close of our revolution-
ary war to preserve and keep alive the memory of the patriotism that resulted in the
Declaration of Independence and the tbrmatitm of the Kepublic of the United Stiites.-
The Society of the Loyal Legion, kindred in its nature, is designed to perpetuate
through their descendants the memory and services of those who fought to preserve
tbe union which their fathers had conquered. *

The History of Wookstock, Me. With Family Sketches and an Appendix. By WiL-
UAM B. LAPn.\if. Portland : Stephen Berry, Printer. 1882. 8vo. pp. 315.

This btiok shows the careful and patient work of one who unitt'S the loving in-
stinct of the true historian with the clear judgment of the practical journalist, and
is ^-aluable alike for its collection of the principal facts, data and events in the brief
annals of the town, ss well as the entertaining style in which it is written. A brief
bat comprehensive descripti(m of the natural scenery, mountains, streams, Inkes:
the formation of its rocks and soils ; the Flora and Fauna of the region, is followea
by the story of earliest explorers, fishers and hunters, and then the first settlers.
The first settlement whs made in the western part of the town in 1798 by Christo-
pher and Solomon, sons of Solomon Bryant, of Paris. The territory belonged as
yet to Massachusetts, but had never bi^en surveyed and lotted out. These enter-
prising pioneers employed a surveyor to lay out ten lots of one hundred acres each,
two of which lots they appropriated, and were followed soon by others to whom
they granted other lots. While this was going on the State granted the same terri-
tory to Dummer Academy, and the trustees of that institution, in October, 1800,
TOld the grant ti> Michael Little, of Poland. Me., for $K.240. This proprietor being '
onder oonditions to settle the township within a certain time, never interfered with
tbe settlers* appropriated 1000 acres embraced in his grant. Soon after the western
part was thus settled, the eantern part was granted to (jorham Academy, but previ-
ous t<> this grant, also, a settlement had been made by two brothers by th«* name of
Abraham and Jonathan Walton, on a section of land surveyed by John K. Smith,
and these pioneers were not disturbed, and still hold tiieir titles ns under the sur-
vey (if Smith. l*he two sectioiis were soon combined under the title of ** Plantn-
tiun No. 3," and gradually filled with settlers. The author is able to introduce
•aeh eirttler by name as he comes to the t«)wn, and gives many interesting details
and reminiNeences which twenty-five j'ears hence it would have been impossible to
gather. In 1812 there were forty two families. In February. |ftl5. the Plantation
was incorporated as the town of Woodstock. A full account of *' Hamlin's Gore "
ii given, with a detailed census of its inhabitants in 1870, and its annexation to
WiMidftock in 1873. The statistics of the religious societies and names of ininisterB

' luembeni, and tbe various fortunes of different sects, are succinctly given. The

i.08 Booh Jfotices. [J

BaptisU first, 1903, followed hy the Methodmts about 1^14, and the UniverRalists in
1843. An nccount of the ** Millcrite ** delusion and its pitiful effects follows, then tht
history of the temperance m.iveinont, schools, masonic and military b(Kiie9. posfe-
oflkes, hotels, the several vill>i;2:esnnd their ** nicknames,*' manufactories, lawyezft.
physicians, traders, tibc. It will be noticd that the author puts ** polities'* jasl
oefore ** mills,*' which may or may not evidence his attitude in the matter of ** cml
service reform.'' A number of entertaining; stories and incidents are here related,
and then C(mie biographic:il sketches and family notices. In the Appendix Ls giyea
•* £xtrHots fnmi the Diary of Stephen Chase, 1801-1806," and also a complete cen-
auH of the town for 1870. The many excellent pictures of the town's prominenl.
sons are a pleawint feature of the work, and amon*; these many will reco<;niie with
pleasure the genial faces of the author himself, ex-Qov. Sidney Perham, R. K. Dan-
ham, Esq., lion. Charles P. Kimball and others. The writer of this notice has
been more particularly interested in the history since finding am mg these faces .two
▼alued friends and college ** chums," two really self-made made men, Profeasor
Charles (). and Rev. Harrison S. Whitman. Every part of the work is neatly exn-
eated, and all made accea^iible by an excellent index of names.
By the Rev. G. M. Bodge, Dorchester^ Mass,

History of Bilferica, Massachusetts^ with a Geneatogical Register. By the Rer. Hiv-
RY A. Haze.n. A.m., Member of the New En!;land Historic (ilenealogictil Society.
Boston : A. Williams and Co., Old Corner Bjok-Store. 1883. 8vo. pp. 3194-188.
Price $3.

Family Genealogies and Town Histories are among the later products of the New
England mind, lii the early childhood of many who are still active upon the stage*
thia clasH of works was almost unknown. Within the last thirty or fortv yean
they have been greatly multiplied. And certainly that man deserves well of bif-
fellowmen who makes an exact record of the members of his family, from bis earli-
est American ancestor down to the latest-born generation ; or who traces carefully
the history of some New England town through the changes of its existence. Boon,
of this character will not be so exciting to the young people as the last new noTel,
but th(>y will continue to live and to have an increasing intert*et and value lun^ aftet
most of the novels weekly issuing from the prc^s shall be utterly forg.>tten. That
which makes up the peculiar glory of our New England history, asa whole, is found,
in the history of the individual towns. An old New England township, with its two
chief historical currents, the civil and the religious, running parallel, is a veiy
unique institution, and hardly any one of our t«)wns is so inconsiderable as not to fur*
nish the materials for an interestinj; and instructive record.

The History of Billerioi, by the Rev. Henry A. liazen, with over three handled
pAges of general narrative, and with its nearly two hundred pages ombudying the
genealogy of all families belonging to the town before the ye«ir 1800, five hundred
and twenty pages in all, with copious references to those arriving after that date,
will be found a very valuable addition to this branch of our literature. The author
la well known for his pains-taking exactness, and this volume is the fruit of an
immense labor.

One short chapter from the pen of the Rev. Edward Q. Porter, of Lexington, givei
ueaome pleasing glimpses of the ancient Billericay in Essex County, Kngland, from
which our American Billerica derived its name. The territ«)ry which the town oof-
ecK was anciently uriven to Cambridge to prevent a second colony from removinf
from that town to Hartford, whither^ Mr. Hooker had already led his church. A
map of Cambridge, when it included in ib< s>mthern extension the present city of
Newtim, and what wius recently the town of Brighton, and reaching in its nortlicm
■tretch up to the present city of Lowell, has been likened to a bird of small body,
furnished with two unequal but gig>intic wings.

The town of Billerica was incorporated in 1655. It will be impossible for
UR to make even the slightest attempt t) trace this history through its several steps.
But it may be said with perfect safety that few town liistories have ever been writ^
tan with more care and laborious research than this.

The volume is also made attractive by many excellent pictures, chiefly of public
buildings and private residences. The head of Gov. Thomas Talbot, a resident of
the t«»wn, who has taken a lively interest in the progress of this work, stands as the
frontispiece to the volume.

There are some pages in this book that will give the reader a most impressive idM
of U)e fearful anxieties which the inland dwellers of New England patM<ed tlirou^
in those fearful years, 1675 and 6, during King Philip's War. Tbti impreeeioD wiU

1883.]

Book NoticM. 109

eone not no mneh from general description as from the mcasnres which the people
•dotite«i for their naff ty.
By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox^ D D., of Newton^ Mass,

An Hviierical Atidress deliv^ed at the Service Memorial at St, Andrew^ s Church,
Sdimafe, Sepitmber 3, A.D. 1882. By the Minister of the Church (which, in 1811,
beenme St. Andrew*8 Church, Htnover), the Reverend William IIrnry Brooks,
8.T.D. Puhlinhed by Kcqaeiit. Boeton: A. Williams & Co., Old Corner Book-
store. 188a. 8vo. pp. 42.

The Rev Dr. Brooke in this addro»s ^ivcs a history of St. Andrew*8 Church, of
whieh he is nnstor. The addresM wiim delivertHi on the afternoon of the third of Sep-
lemher laxt on the site of th" first church edifice of this parish, which was opened
hr puhlic worship Oct. II, 1731, a little over a century and a half ii^o. The site
bin the pratent town of South Scituute, and is iibouc ai mile distant from the pre-
sent edifice of St. Andrew's Church in H mover, erected in 1811. An interesting
history uf the charch and its minidters, previous to its removal to Ilanover, is here
given.

Historiceti Sketch oj Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, delivered by C. Res-
MUAS before the Twenty-Third Annual Festival of the Grtene Township Harvest
Home Association, August 31, 1882. Ciucinnati : Robert Clarice & Co. 1882.
8vo. pp. 29. Price 25 cts.

Mr. Reemelin is the author of *' A Critical Review of American Politics/* no-
tieed by us in July last. The sketch before us i.s intended to be a companion and
•npplemrnt to the historical address of the lion. Alexander Lonn; at Greene Town-
ship in IbGU. Many nul^juctM which have an interest outside of the locality are
trested of, such as the efforts by France and fCngLind t4) obtain supreuiaey in Amnri-
ea, the American land systems and the Symuies Purchase. Appended is a list of
386 of the eiirlie««t settlers of the township, between 1802 and 1850. Thirty of these
letilen are now living, of whom the author is one.

Giomale det/li Eruditi e Curiosi, Corrispondenza litter aria italiana ad esemj^n dell*
Interm^-dtorefrancese e del Notes and Queries ingltse Padova, Alia Direzione del
IJiornnlv, Riviera Businello N. 4055. Publinhed weekly. 8vo. pp. 16 eacn num-
ber. Subscription Price 20 lire ($4) a year.

A new weekly journal with the above title, (m thepinn of the London N^Ucs and
Queries, has just been commenciMi at Padua in Italy. The first number was i»sued
in Octiiher last. The numbers before us are hlled with interesting matter. We
trust that the work will be found as useful among the Italians as the various peri-
odicsls uf this character issued in different countries have been to their lespective
peoples. The New York Nation of December 7 gives the following list of such
joamals :

•• Notes and Queries, 1849-82, the parent of them all ; De Navorscher^ Amster-
dam, 1H55-S2 ; V Inttrmidiairc des Chercheurs et Curieux, Paris, 1864-82 (No. 347
is dated October 25); one publish i>d at Madrid called, if we remember ritrbt, til
Imtermediario ; Educational Notes and Q series (Salem, Ohio. IH75-8I) ; and finally
the lt»ng-titlcd Miscellaneous, Literary, S icntific, and Historical Notes, Queries^
€nd Answers (No. I, July, 1882. Manchester, N. 11.)'*

Chiceno Historical Sifdety's Collection. Vol. I. History of the English Srttlement
m Edwards C-ounty, Illinois, tounded in 1817 and IH18 by Morris Birkbeck and
Otorye Flower, By (iKoaas Flowkr, with Preface and Foot-notes by E. B.Wasb-
BURNS. Chicsgo: Fergus Printin;; Company, 1882. 8vo. pp. 402.

The eitisens of our western Ht»ites are displaying a zeal in historical publications
trnly commendable. One of the volumes which leads to this opinion Ls this account
of the early days of the English settlers of ancient £dwards County, in the south-
•ant |iart of Illinois. It was written by (ieorge Flower, one of the chief purchasers
of the land, through whoso eneouragement and zeal th«)Se from England came
and KOtUed ufKin it. Mr. Flower came from England in 1817, and in the year fol-
lowing, with Moses Birkl)eck, also of England, made the purchase. Mr. Flower
letiirned to England to encourage emigration, while Mr. Birkbeck remained in the
eokmy. Mr. Birkbeck died in 1624, and Mr. Fh»wer lived to advanced years, and
in times uf leisure penmd these memoirs and reminiscences. The manuscript was
placed in the keeping of the Chleago Historical Society, and now, through the lib-
«nlity of L. Z. Letter, is publisbed. The book contains portraits of Messrs.

TOL* XXXYII. 11*

110 Booh Notices. [J

B{rkbeck and Flower. It alno has a good index, without which no historical book
should he piihliHhed ; hut IrcIch a ni ip. Thu rcHidcnccs of the^e pionecn* was at or
near the present Alhion, in the inidnt of rich and fertile prairie landH. A countiy
which haM it8 early history ho well written out iiiny dmsidrr itself as fortunate. The
nanuMcript was edited hy the lion. B. B. WaHhhume, (»t Chicas^o, whose notes lend
laiue ti) it. This initial volume of the S«*ciety'ri Ci»llection is an excellent one, mud
lie hope it is a prophecy of what niny he looked for in the years to oome.
By the Reo, Ansan Tilus^ Jr.^ Weytnoulh, Mass,

The Commemoration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the FitMt
Churchy Chariestown, Mass., November 12, 1882. Privately printed. 1882.

The cxercims C4)mmemoratinir the quarter millenary of the First Church of
Charlestown last autumn, con-isted of a Sermon hy the Ilev. Alexander McKensia,
D.D., an Historical Sketch of tlie Church hy Jauies F. llunnewell, Esq., and ad-
dreKftenhy thu Rev. RuTuh BIIIh, D.D., the Hon. Charles Deveos, the Key. Ileory
M. Dexter, D D., the Rcv. A. S. FreiL*man, D 1)., and the Rev. A. S. Twomhly.

The Rev. Dr. McKenzie in his .nrrmon irtrKiuco<i some of the principal incidenta
in the history of the church, hut the historical nketch of Mr. llunnewell will par-
ticularly please the student of lootl history for the thortiughness of its details oo
thiH Huhji'ct. Mr. llunncwill han devoted much attention to the history of Chariea-
lown« and especially of this church.

Record of the Parish IJst of Deaths, 1785-1819. By Rev. William Bbntlkt, pas-
tor of the Bast Church, Salem. Salem : Printed for the E^sex Institute. 1888.
6vo. pp. 176.

Thin record \h a reprint fmm the IliHtorical Collectioas of the Gsscx Institate,
which has heretofore |>rinted many other valunhle n^cords. It has heen copied and
edited hy Ira J. Patch, ol Salem. The Rt-v. l)r. Bentloy is well known to our read-
ers as a very letirnetl m:in and a pain.staking and accurate diarist ; and them
records, which extend over a third of a century, are much mire than mere entries
of deaths. One entry will he <;iven as a sample. Under diite of Nov. 19, ld()3, wo
find this death recorded : *' John Bray, a venerable man. Of gradual infiriaiity.
80 years old, married at 24 years and had a married life of 28 yiiirs. Ilis wife, a
Driver, long de id. Two s<m8, dau. married B. Webb, one s^m married, ilis pa-
rents died a;red. He was long intirm. A man ui the <ireatest industry and most
peaceful temper. Essex opposite Hcrliert. A shoemaker."

The War of 1886 ttetween the United States and Great Britmn. Cincinnati : Pub-
lished hy Robert Clarke & Co. 1882. 12uio. pp. 25. Price 25 cts.

This brochure belongs to the same class of 6ctions as the ** Battle of Dorking**
and ** Dame Europa^s Sch<H)l ** The United States being unpreptired for war is
supposed to &:ive provoauion to Great Britain, who attacks and utterly subdues her;
but the panacea of free trade brin^ forced upon our country, a sound currency and
an efficient military organization follow, and the *' nation's disaster turns to a bleBS-
Ing." The reader will meet with suggestions that are worthy of consideration.

History of Auqusta County, Virginia. By J. Lkwis Petton. Staunton, Vir^iiua :
Samuel M. Yost & Son. ]8h2. 8vo. pp. 3674-7. Price $3.50.

This work reaches us too late for an adequate notice in this number. Tbe counlf
which originally extended to the Mississippi rivrr has been the seat of important
events in the history of our country, and the author by his previous works, some of
which have be(>n noticed in these pages, has shown his capability for the task. Tbe
Va/fey Viryinian. in a notice of the book, says: ** The work displays the systema-
tizing capacity of the author. ... It abounds in glowins: descriptions of nature.
Srofound thoughts and lofty sentiments — the style being every where characterised
y warmth and animation." We shall notice the work more fully in April.

The Wheelman. The Wheelman Co , 608 W»8hin8:ton Street, Boeton, Mass. Pab-
lisbed monthly, pp. 80 each number. Price $2 a year or 20 cts. a number.

This periodical was commenced last October, and the first three numbers are be-
fore us. Its 6eld has hitherto been unoccupied in American literature. It is intend-
ed to hold ** the same relation to the bicycling weeklies that the literary roagnsine
holds to the newspaf>er press." It is well fille<i with interesting matter for tbe bl^-
elist, and is well printed and illustrated by line engravings on wood.

1883.] JBook Notices. 111.

Ffdk'i Floral Guide, 1889. 8vo. pp. 134. Published by Jamee Vick, Rochester,
N. Y. Price 10 cu.

The Floral Guide for the earretit year oontains three beautiful colored plates —
one of fliiwers and two of TegetableB, with the usual Taricty of matter and uiure than
atbouaand illustrations.

The Deseeiu/anis of George Liitle who came to Newbury^ Massachusetts, in 1640. By
Gborob Thomas Littlb, A.M., Member of the Maine Hitttiirical Society. Auburn,
Me. : Published by the Author. 18851. 8to. pp. zvi.-t-620.

A Record of the Blakes of Somersetshire, especially in the line of William Hlake, of
Dorchester y Mass. , the Emigrant to New England : With One Branch uf His De-
seendants. FVom the Notes of the late Uokatio G. Somekbt. Boston : Privately
printed. 1881. Sm. 4 to. pp. 64.

A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Captain Samuel Ransom of the Conti-
nen/at Army, hlltd at the Massacre of Wyoming, Pa., July Zd, 177H. Couipiled by
hw Great- jfreat-^randson, Captain Clinton B. Sears, Corps of Eu;{infers U. b.
Army. 6t. Louis : Nixon-Jones Printing Co. 1^8*2. 8ro. pp. 231. Copies fur-
nished at $2 in plain binding, and $3 in morocco, if ordered within four months.
AftcT that $5, if any remain unsold. Address the author, St. Louis, Mo.

The Townshend Family of Lynn, in Old and New England. Genealogical and
Bif^apfdcal. Bv Charles Ukryey T«^wnsubnd, of New Haven, Conn. Kevised
Third KditioD. New llaven. Conn. 8vo. 18h2. pp. 138.

Genealtfgy oj the Descendants of Nathaniel Clarke of Newbury, Mass. By Georob
K. Cl.^rkb, Member of the New England Historic Genealogical S >cifty. B.>ston :
Prese <if T. R. Marvin Ik Son. 1883. ftvo. pp. I2i). Price $2, including post-
Bjce. Address : George K. Clarke, 18 Somerset street, Bii>ton, M.lss.

A Record of the Descendants of John Clark of Farmington, Conn, The Male
Branches brought down to 1882. The Female Branches One Genvralion afttr the
Clark Name ts lost in Marriage. By Julius Gav. ihirtford, Conn : i'lew of
the i*ase, Lockwood and Brainurd Compiiny. 1882. 8vo. pp. 94. Price $*2, in-
eiudine postage. To be obtained of Mervin W. Clark, 208 State Stieet, Port-
land, Maine.

A Record of the Descendants of John Baldwin, of Stonington, Cmn.; with Nttices
of the other Baldwins who settled in America in Early Colony TimtiS. Prepared by
JonN L>. Baldwin of Worcester, Mass. Worcester : Printed by lyler k Scugrave.
\%t<0. 8vo. pp. 68.

The Genealogy of the Hall Family, or Ancestors and Descendants of Noah Hall. By
J. D. Hall, Jr. 1882. From the Press of F. U. Scotield, Dariielsonvilie, Conn.
8fo. pp. 31.

Btcords of the McCrillis Families in America. Compiled and Arranged by H. 0.
McCrillis, Taunton, Mass. Taunton : Printed at the Office of John S. S.imp8on.
1802. 8vo. pp. 42.

The Soule Family of North Yarmouth and Freeport, Maine. By Dr. Charles B.
Banks and £.nos Cbandlbb Soulb. '' Old Times" Office, Yarmouth, Maine.
I6h2. 8vo. pp. 31.

A Sketch of Some of the Descendants of Owen Richards, who emigrated to PennsyU
vania previous to 1718. By Louis Richards, Reading, Pa. Philadelphia : Col-
linx, Printer, 705 Jayne Street. 1882. Koyal 8vo. pp. 20.

A Biographical Sketch of Robert Gould Shaw (17TfW-|H53). Prepared for the New
England Bistotic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. Printed for the Family.
1»80. Koyal 8fo. pp. 34.

Ifl89. Genealogy of the Whittier Family. 18f^2. Compiled and Arranged by
ChaBLBB Colltbr Wuittibr. Boston, >1hss. Brondside, 30 in. by 43 inches.

Mkrting of the Montague Family at Hadley, Mass., Aug. 2, 1882. Boston : Fiank-
lin F^ass. Rand, Avery and Company. Inb2. 8vo. pp. 107.

Jkddress of the Hon. Andrew J. Bartholomew, of Southbridge, Mass., delivered Aug,
10, 18H2, at Stony Creek, Conn., on the occasion oj'the First Reunion o/'th: De-
ec^ndants of Lieut William Bartholomew. Boston : Press of Cobain Brothers.
]8b2. 8vo. pp. 37.

3e9cendants of Daniel Stone of Dorchester, Mass. By Watbrman Stonb, Esq., of
Frufidenoe, R. i. 8vo. pp. 4. Boston, 1882.

112 Booh Notices. [Jan.

We cnntinne our qnnrterly notices oF ^nenlogical works.

The first UMik on the list, the Little Geneahii^^, is by the author of thenmnll bat
elc^nrit work noticiHl by uh in October. 1877. The present work is ^(reatly enlariced,
and contninH the reo«>rd ot'neitrly six thuumnd dcecendantH of the eiui^mnt ance^or.
It is nrnin^edon the Goodwin or Ojnnccticut pUin. witti nome improvements. Much
la)K)r has evidently been bestowed on this book. The records are full and the datet
pn^cine. The book is handsouicly printed and thoroughly indexed, including placet
as well ns names.

The Blake record by Mr. Somcrby is edited by William H. Whitmore, A.M. Il
traopA the ancefttry of William Blake, an enrly sitttlcr at Dorchester, Mass., to R(K
ben* Bittke who " had his r«-sidence in the township ofCalne, where be waM a j w ew
ed tf) the subsidies of Edward the Third, in 1347. to an amount far exceed inv that
of any other inhabiUint of the town," through Henry,* Willium,* Henry,* Riibert,*
William,' William,' Humphrey.* John* and Roljert.'** his father, of Over (>towey,
CO. .Somerset, Rn<|:innd. Tiie cimjecture in the Blake Genealog>' (B inton, 1857) pa|{t
10, thiit the Dorchester settler was William son of Giles and Donithy (Twedy)
Blake of Little Baddow, Er«ex, proves crroneoua. The names of the author and
editor arc a sufficient a.s8nninco that the work is thoroughly prepared in every r»>
apei't. It is eU'gantly printed.

The Ransom genealoiry by Capt. Sears, U.S.A., givea the descendants, to the nam-
ber of moie than seventeen hundred, of Capt. Samuel Kanaom of the Revolutionary
army, who was born at or near Ipswich, En;;land, abtmt 1737. A prefatory '* Hit-
torical Sketch *' eives an acciiunt of Capt. Itanaoui and his immediate fiimily. The
W(»rk is wander! Ill ly full as to details, and very precise as to dates. Partioulan
which, though importiint, are seldom found in such booka, aeem to have been Hsru-
pulously sought for. The b>»ok i^ i;ot up in an ele^^nt style, and has a model index.

Two editions of the Tt)wnshend Family have been printed before that whose title
18 eiven above, which is moeh enlarged and greatly improviHl. The first (BoKtoo,
8vo. pp. 15) iipix'ared in 1875, and was a reprint of an article in the Registbr fiir
January of that year. The seccmd (Ridgefield, Ct., 8vo. pp. 27) appeared in I8R1.
It is more than a quarter of a centurv since Mr. Townshend commenced collecting
materisils for a iicenealo^y of his famify, and the result of his labors, the uiuHt im-
portant of which ap|>eiir in these pnges, leaves very little doubt that tbe cmiffraot
aneestor of this country, Thomas Townsend of Lynn, Maa<«., was the son of iltniy
and .Margaret (Forthe) Townshend of that name, baptised at Bracon-Ash, Jan. 8,
1594-5 Mar;niret Forthe was a drnsin of the first wife of Gov. John Winthrop.
The hite Col Chest<;r had undertaken to make an exhaustive repearoh for the par*
po8o of settling the doubt, hut was prevented from doing so by his death last year.
Ilis investigations had however satisfied hira that the supposed connecticm, which
was eoiifirined by tradition, was extremely probable. We have here also a very fall
account of the fi^nirlirih family, which is traced in an unbroken line to Roger do
Townsliendu in the fiftiH;nth century. A lar^ appendix of documents is given,
bearing np«)n the history of the family and the point in question.

The next book, devoted to the descendants of Nathaniel Clarke, of Newbury, hat
been prepared in a very thorough manner. The author in his preface stntca thai
*' ail the genealogical matter of a material nature previous to the year 1800 has been
proven nitd authentieati'd by examination of the original documents, and this
prnctiee has l>ien continued to the presc^nt time, whenever it could conveniently be
done.** The b«)ok is well prepared, well indexed and well printed. As the edition
is small, descendants will no well to secure their copies early.

Tiie next lH>ok ^ives the des<'cendants of John Clark, of ^armington. Conn. Mr.
Gay, of Farmington, the author, seems to have dcme all that be could do to make
bis work perfect. Mr. Clark, the niio<-8tor of this family, is not found in Farming-
ton before l(i57, but iiis descendants think that he was the John Clark wbo was one

of the <>arly settlers of Canibri(i.<re, Mass., supposed to be the person of that
subsequently in I lartford, Ct. Hut the descendants of John Clark, of S^ybrook, Cc,
douht this, and claim that the Cambridge and Hartford settler was identical with
their ancestor. Mr. Gay presents the prominent authenticated facts concerning tbt
John Clarks of the four towns, and leaves the question in dispute to be determined
by future researches. The book deserves much praise fur tbe manner in which it
is pre])ared. It is arran'^ed on the RraiSTKa plan.

Tmc irencalogy of the Stiinington Baildwins is by the Hon. John D. Baldwin, tbe
senior editor of the Worce.ster Spy, who has devoted much time to collecting mate-
rials for this work. Mr. C. C. Baldwin acknowledges his indebtedneat to him !»

1M3.]

ItBcetU PMieaUoHS. 113

•ttirtaiice oo the Imr^ work on tbe Baldwin fmnilj noticed by os in Jalv, 16SI. Il
iiamn]^ on the Gloodwin pimn, and has a giiod index.

Tbe Hall book in devoted to the ancestors and dcHCemitntii of Noih Il^ill, wh«i oooh
pieled the eightieth T<*ar of his a<^ last April, and was liTinv Insr fall when the
look waa published. It is enihelll*(hed with a portrait of Mr. Hall and a ricw of tbe
old family mansion in Danielninville. built in 1696.

The RciooTd of the McCrillis Families grires the descendant^ of fiar persons of this
name, three of whom settled in New Hampshire and one in MncMichiiPetCM, m-ar the
niddle of the last ocntuij. This 8e«*ma ti> be preliminarr to a future editi>m i»f the
work, and the author desires persons of the name to send him cuoiplcte records of
their families for this purpose.

The Soale jcenealogy, by Dr. Banks and Capt. Soole, is reprinted from Ofd Thnes^
a periodical which has often been noticed by us. The fsraily is tmo d to Ge>)r«):e
Soale, one of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Ihe authors hsTe done their w.irk well.
Tbiy intend, however, to bring out a fuller work, and desire inlormation to be sent
to Capt. Enos 0. Soulc, Newton, Mass.

Tbe Richards pamphlet is a reprint of an article in the Pennsylvania Magazine of
BuioTji and Biography. Sketches of Owen Kichards and some of the more promi-
nent of his descendants are jfiven in this sene» logy It is emhellishi-d with por-
traits of Willinm Richards, I738-IR33, and B. W. Kichards 1797-1851.

The sketch of the Hon. Robert G. Shaw i^ a reprint of an article by his son. the
hte Francis G. Shaw, of West New Brighton. N. Y., prepared for the second
volame of *"* Memorial BiosTsphies.-* A senealogy i^ nppended to the reprint, giv-
ing the deeoendants of Francis Shaw, the father ut Robert G., f) the present time.

The Whittier genealoffy, by Mr. D. B. Whitticr, was noticed by us in .April, 1874.
TbeprcHent chart, by Mr. C. (\ Whittier. gives a larger list of the descendants
of Tnomas Whittier, an early settler at Salisbury, Mnss., who is thconccBtor of the
poet Whittier, and probably of all others of the name in this country. It in evidently
prepared with care. We hope the author will give us a genealogy in book form,
where ho can give fuller details, which no doubt be already has.

The Montagae FVmiily meeting was held last autumn at lladley, Ma.^., where
Riehard Montague, the emigrant ancestor of this family, finally E«ttle<l and died.
Ibis report of the proceedings on thnt occasion is ably edited by the Rev. Richard
Mootafftie, of Providence. R. I., who delivered an address on ** The Montague Fam-
i^ in America." An address on ** The Montasue Family in England " was dcliv-
ored by Prof. William L. Montague of Amherst College. These and tbe other ad-
(fa ts e cs , the poems and the hymns, are very creditable to the authors.

The Bartholomew pamphlet, in the address named in the title, gives a glance at
the history of the Birtholomews in this country and in England. Prefixed iH an
aooonnt of the gathering at Stony Creek and the formation of the *' William Bar^
tholomcw Association." We presume that this meeting originated with George
W. Bartholomew. Jr., of Austin, Texas, who has for eleven years devoted much
time to the collection of genealogical materials relative to this family, in which be
has been remarkably successful.

The pamphlet on the Stone family is a reprint from the Register for October,

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

TO TRB NaW BNOLA.XD HISTORIC GBITBALOOIGiiL SOCIETT, TO DbC. 1, 1882.

I. Publieationa written or edited by Member* of the Society.

A Biographical Sketch of Capt. Oliver Brown, an officer of the revolutionary arm}' who
eonmanil&i the party which destroved the statue of Ocor^e the Third in New York City,
Joly 9, 1776. Bv the Rev. Horace Edwin Hay den. Privately printed. Wilkes B.irre, Pa.
U82. 8vo. pp. '/2.

Addrem nt the fifth Annnal Re-nnion of tho First Masfwchusett* Light Battery Associa-
tion, held Ht Yoniiic'.^ Hotel, Boston, Mass.. October 3, 1882. By Comrnde Jo.in W. Bell,
of W:uliingtOD, D. C. Boston : Franklin Press. Rand, Avery & Company. 1882. 8vo.

In Mcmorv of Mnrv May (1787-1882), wife of Samuel May, of Boston (1776-1870)- Not
poblisbed. 1882. Svo.pp. 28.

114 Recent Puhlications. [Jan.

Hftrrcst Voicei. A dfuconrw delivered In the Central Conirrcgationa] Church, Cheleei.
Ma«s , on tlic occasion of the Harvest OfVbrin^, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1882. By the Ber. C. P.
H. Nason. Boston : D. C. Colcsworthy, 66 Comhill. 1882. 8vo. pp. 20.

Memorial Service. Life's Great Lesson. A disconrse delivered before Theodore Wfai-
throp Post 35 O. A. R. and Cu. H, 8th Regiment M. V. M., in the Congregational Charch,
Clielscn, Mass., on tlic Sunday preceding Decomtion Day, by the Rev. C. P. H. Naaon,
M.A. Ciielsca : H. Mason & Son, Printers, 132 Winnisimmet Street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 27.

Congressional Reminiscences. Adams, Benton, Calhoun. Clay and Welister. An ad-
dress di'iivcred at Central Music Hall, Thursday Eve, March 16, 1882, before the Chicago
Historical Society, with Notes and an Appendix. By Chicago's first Congreasman, Jolia
Wentworth. Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1882. Svo.pp. 101.

Documents relating to the Colonial Historv of the State of New Jersey. Edited br WU*
liam A. Whitehead. Volume V. 1720-1737. Newark, N. J. : Dally Advertiaer Printing
House. 1882. 8vo. pp. 520.

The Prehistoric Architecture of America. A clue to the early stages of historic architee»
ture in other lands. By Stephen D. Pcct. Reprinted flrom the American Antiquarian.
Vol. IV. No. 8. 8vo. pp. 9d-ll2.

Computation of Time nnd Changes of Style in the Calendar. Addressed to students of
history and genealogy. By Spi'ucer Bonsnil. Reprinted fh>m the Pennsylvania MagaafaM
of History and Biography. Vols. IL and IIL 8vo.

IL Other PubUeatumt.

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men. Illtistrated with steel portraits. Mancfaet*
ter: John B. Clarke. 1882. 8vo. pp. 315.

Hiiitory of Bowdoin College, with biographical sketches of its graduates from 1806 to l87Bi
inclusive. By Nchcmiah CIcuveland, class of 1813. Fditcd and completed by Alpheot
Spring Packard, class of 1816. Boston : James Ripley Osgood and Company. 1882. Sva
pp.905.

Plummer Hall. Its Libraries, its Collections, its Historical Associations. Salem. Print-
ed at the Salcm Press. 1882. Sm. 8vo. pp. 58.

In Memory of Arthur Francis Stoddard, who died at Bradfield, Port Glasgow, Scotland,
on Saturday, Juno 3, 1882. Boston : Franklin Press. Rand, Avery & Co. 1882. 12ma
pp. 11.

Minutes of the seventy -third Annual Meeting of the Ocneral Association of the Congre-
gational and Presbyterian Clitirches of New Hampshire, held at Ltmca:»ter. September 12,
13 and 14, 1832. Eighty-first annual report of the New Hampshire Home Missionary Soci-
ety. Concord, N. H. : Printed by the Republican Press Association. 1882. 8vo. pp. 89.

Journal of a tour from Boston to Oneida, June, 1796. By Jeremy Belknap, in company
with Dr. Morse. With Notes by Qeorgo Dexter. Cambridge : John Wilson and Son,
University Press. 1882. 8vo. pp. 32.

A History of the Bank of North America, the first bank chartered in the United Statea.
Prepared at the request of the president and directors, by Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Philadel-
phia: J. B. Lippincutt & Co. 1882. 8vo. pp. 163.

Register of the Commissioned, Warrant and Volunteer Offlrnsr* of the Navy of the United
Statcii, including odlcers of the Marine Corps and others to July 1, 1882. Washington:
Government Printing Offlc'e. 18^2. 8vo. pp. 81.

Address before the Essex Agricultural Society in Massa'-hnsetts, at their sixty-second
Cattle Show and Fair, held ut Haverhill, September 26 and 27, 1882. By Fnmcis H. Ap-
pleton, of Peabody. Salem, Mass. : Observer Steam Printing Establishment. 1882. Svo.
pp. 27.

Passages from the life and writings of William Penn, collected by the editor from hit

Subli^hed works and c on-espondence, and Orom the biograpliies of Clarkson, Lewis and
anncy. and other reliahlo sources. Philadelphia. For sale at Friends' Boulc»tore, 304
Arch street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 512.

Ocneral Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Colby University, Watervllle, Me.
1820-188!.

The Remnins of Will'am Penn. Pennsylvania's Plea, the Mission to England, visit to
the grave, letters, etc. George L. Harrison. Privately printed. Philadelphia. 1882. Svo.
pp. 91

Lectni-c of Hon. R. C. Par«Jon««, before th^ Young Men's Christian Association at Clevo-
lanil, Ohio. Fchrunry, 1882. Cleveland, Ohio : Leader Printing Company, 146 Superior
Street. 1>82. 8vo. pp. 52.

JournnI of the ninety- second Annual Meeting of the Convention of the Protestant Epi§-
copal Church in the Diocese of Massachusetts, held in the ch ipcl of Trinity Churcii, Boston^
May 10 and 11, with AppcndicO'). Boston: A. Williams & Company. 1882. 8va pp. 196L

Bulletin of the Boston Public Library, October, 1882. Vol. 6, No. 4.

1883.]

Recent JPublications. 115

An .hiitorieal sketch of the Law Department of the UnlTersity of Pcnnsylmnia. By
Eampton L. Carson, Esq. Philadelphia : Press of the Times Printing House, 7*25 and 7*27
Chestn at Street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 37.

Address of the Hon. Andrew J. Bartholomew, of Sontbbridge, Mass., delivered Augnst
10; 18SI, at Stunv Creek, Conn., on the occasion of the first reunion of cho descendants of
Ujot. William Bartholomew. Boston : Press of Cobum Brothers. 1882. 8vo. pp. 37.

The Neatnl Territory of Moresnet. Printed for private distribution. Cambridge : Print-
ed at the Riverskle Press. 1882. 8vo. pp. 18.

The Valley of Andorra, translated ftom the French and printed for private distribution.
Onobridge : Printed at the Riverside Press. 1882. 8vo. pp. 66.

The Dominion Annnal Register and Review for the fourteenth and fifteenth years of the
Gmadlan Union. 188(V-8l. Edited by Henry J. Morgan, keeper of the records. Montreal :
John Lovell & Son. 1882. 8vo. pp. 464.

Memorial of Milo Parker Jewett, LL.D. Milwaukee. 1882. 8vo. pp. 62.

Manual of the Congregational Church in Chelsea, Vermont, with historical sketch and
estalogne of membership from organization to June, 1882. Burlington Free Press Associa-
lioii. 1882. 8vo. pp. 63.

City Documents. Thirteenth annual report of the trustees of the Public Library. 1882.
8fOu pp. S2+,

Ondal Register of the Offlcera and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point,
H. T., June 1, 1882. 12mo. pp. 39.

Thiiteenth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States
Militarv Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1832. Press Times Printing House.
Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 136.

The Semi-Centennial of Hopewell Church, Johnson County, Indiana, May 23, 1881.
Pmnklin, Indiana. 1881. F. C. Williams, Book and Job Printer. 8vo. pp. 45.

Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers, John Eliot and his friends, of Nazing and Waltham
Abbey. From original sources. Written for the Royal Historical Society. By W. Win-
lets. F. R. Hist. Soc Published by the Author. Churchyard, Waltham Abl>ev, Essex.
1882. 8vo. pp. 80.

Papera of the Historical Society of Delaware. IV. Memoir of John M. Clayton, by
Joseph P. Comegys. The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington. 1882. 8vo. pp. 30f .

The General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts, 1832. Min-
ites of the Eightieth Annual Meeting, Fitchburg, June 20-22. With the Statistics. Boston :
Coogregatkmal Publishing Society, Congregational House, 1882.

Epitome of the (Geneva Award Contest in the Congress of the United States. By J. F.
Manning. Esq. June, 1882. New York : Evening Post Job Printing OUlce, 208 Broad-
way. 1882. 8vo.pp.201.

Memorial Address on the life and character of John Judson Bagley, by George H.
Hopkins, on the seventh of June, 1882. Detroit, Mich. : William Graham, Printer, 62
Bates Street. 1882. 8vo.pp. 31.

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, April 29, 1880, to December 16,
1880. London : Printed by Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. Burlington
Hoose.

Sonnets and Canionets by A. Bronson Alcott. Boston : Roberts Brothers. 1832. 8vo.
pp.149.

Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1878. Publication Fund
Seriea. New York: Printed for the Society. 1879. 8vo. pp. 503.

Fortieth Anniversary of the election of Washington Parker Gregg as Clerk of the Com-
BOO Coandl of the City of Boston. Celebrated by a Complimentary Banquet. Given bv
past and present membera of the Common Council at the Hotel Vendomc, June 7, 18'i2.
Borton : Printed by order of the City Council. 1882. 8vo. pp. 82.

Sir Walter Raleigh and America. A sermon preached at St. Margaret's Church, West-
minster, on Mav 14, 1882. By the Rev. Canon Farrar, D.D., F.IUS^, at the unveiling of
tiM *'Baleigh Window," the gift of American citizens. Published by request. London:
Printed at the *' Anglo-American Times " Press, 127 Strand, W. C. 8vo. pp. 21.

Leften of Henry Wheaton, 1805-06. Cambridge : John Wilson and Son. 1882.

October, 1882. Harvard University Bulletin No. 23, or Vol. II. No. 10. Edited by Jus-
tin Winsor, Librarian of the University, with the assistance of members of the various
Cscnlties. Svo. pp. 362-432.

Vol. 11. New Series. Part L Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the
teni-annnal meeting held at Boston, April 26, 1882. Worcester : Press of Charles Hamil-
Um^ 911 Main Street. 1862. 8vo. pp. llO.

Record of Engagements with hostile Indians within the military division of the Missouri,
flrora 1868 to 1882. Lieutenant General P. H. Sheridan Commanding. Headquarters
ICUinry Division of the Missouri. Chicago, Illinois, Aug. Ist, 1882. 8vo.pp. 120.

116

DeMht.

[Jn.

The UnfvenItT of Minnesota. The Oalendar for the ytar 1880-8L By tiie Unirenitj.

Ifinncapolix. 1881. 8to. pp. 112.

Report of nn Examination of the Upper Columbia River and the territory in Its vldnity,
In Septcmlier and October, 1881. By Lieut. Thomas W. Symons, chief engineer of the de-

fartment of the Columbia. Washington : Oovemment Printing Office. 1882. 8vo. pp.
33-I-.

In Memorinm. A discourse preached In Hanrard Chnrch, Brookline, Sunday, May 21,
1882. By Rev. Kcucn Thomas. Brooklinc, Mass. : Privately printed. 1882. 8vo. pp. 21

The Dover, Great Falls anrl Rochester Directory for 1882-83. No. 17. Containing Gen-
eral Directories, &c Compiled and pul)lished by Dean Dudley & Co. 1882. 8vo. pp. 210.

In Memorlam. Samuel Orr, bom at Ncwtownards, Ireland, October 1 1th, 1810. Died tt
Evansviile, Indiana, Felirnary 8th. 1882, aged 72 years. Faithful in the discharge of eveiy
duty, a citizen devoted to the advancement of the liest Interest of the community in whidi
he lived. An exemplary huslmnd and father, a connistent christian and an honest man.
He died sincerely mourned, having passed forty eventful years in the midst of a people
who loved and honored him. 8vo. pp. 50.

183-2—1882. Seml-Centcnnlal week at Wabash College, June, 1882. Crawfordsville, In-
diana: Review Book and Jol) Printers. 1882. 8vo. pp. 151.

Proceed inirs of the Long Island Historical Society at the nineteenth annnal meeting, held
Mav 9, 1882, with the report of the directors and a list of the members. Brooklyn, N. T.:
Printed for the Society. 1882. 8vo. pp. 52.

DEATHS.

PLViiKit, Willinm, died at West Newton,
Pa., Sept. 2-2, 1882. He was born at
West Newton, April 29, 1800, and
with the I'zcepticm of a few years spent
in lliiiioiH and Ohio, lived all his life
there, lie wan a roan of rare intelli-
gence and exemplary piety, and was a
ruling eldrr of the Presbyterian church
for neiirly fifty years, lie married in
1822 .Mihs^arah J. Robinson, who died
in 1870. lie married second, in 1877,
Mrs. Amelia Maginnis, who survives.
By his first wile he was the father of
twelve children, of whom seven are
living. Four took up arms in defence
of tlieir country, three of whom sleep
in soldiers^ graves.

Shaw, Francis George, died at his home
in West Brighton, Staten Island, N.
Y., Ni»veuil>er 7, 1882, aged 73. He
was the eldest child of the lion. Robert
G. and .Mrs. Elizabeth ( Willard) :Shaw,
and was born at Btxston, Ma.ss., Octo-
ber 2,3, 1809. He studied a vear or
two at Harvard College, but left be-
fore graduating. He subsequently
became a partner in business with his
father, under the firm of Robert G.
Shaw & Co. He retired in 1840 with
ample moins. In 1849 he removed to
Staten Island. He had the respect
and trust of all who knew him. He
translated *' Consuelo '' and ** The
Countess of Rudolstadt," by George
Sand ; also Zschokke's ** History of
Switzerland." Ue wrote a memoir of

his father for the second Tolume of
•* Memorial Biogmphiea." He mar-
ried Miss Sarah Blake Sturgis, bj
whom he had five children. Col. nolh
ert G., his only son, was killed at Fort
Wagner, July 18, I8(i3; Anne, his
oldest daughter, is the wife of George
William Curtis, LL.D. ; Susanna is
the wife of Robert B. Minturn ; Jo-
sephine is the widow of Brig. Gen.
Charles R. Lowell (ante, xix. 81, 96),
and Ellen is the wife of Francis 0.
Barlow.

ToRRET, Rufas Campbell, died in CUi-
borne, Ala., Sept. 23, 1882, aged 68.
He graduated at Harv. College in 1833.
He was author of a ** History of Fitch-
burg,'' Mass., published in 1836, and
reprinted in 1865.

Worcester, Hon. Samuel T., died at
Nashua, N. H., Deo. 6, 1882, aged 78.
Ue Mras a son of Jesse and Sarah (Pw-
ker) Worcester, was bom in Hollis,
N. H., Aug. 30, 1804, and graduated irt
Harvard Ckillci^e in 1830. Ue studied
law, and in 1835 settled at Nomralki
Ohio. He was elected district jadgo
of the 10th Ohio district, October,
1859, and while holding that office WM
elected a representative to congress m
1861. He removed to Nashua in 1867,
where he resided till his death. Ite
was the author of a ** History of Uoi-
lis ** and other works.

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Vjl.. XXvVI 1-'

THE

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

APRIL, 1883.

WILLIAM COGSWELL, D.D.

B7 the Rer. Inorbasb N. Tabbox, D.D., of Newton, Mass.

THIS christian divine and scholar, of whom we propose to write
a brief biographical sketch, was born in the town of Atkinson,
N. H., June 5, 1787, and died in Gilmanton, N. H., April 18,
1850,

His father was William* Cogswell, M.D., of Atkinson, born in
Haverhill, Mass., July 11, 1760, and his mother was Judith Badg*
er, born in Gilmanton, N. H., May 15, 1766.

His grandfather Nathaniel,^ of Haverhill, Mass., was bom in Ip-
swich, Mass., January 19, 1707, and his grandmother was Judith
Badger, bom in Haverhill, Mass., February 3, 1724.

It will be noticed that his mother and his grandmother bore die
same maiden names.

His great-grandfather, Lieut. John,' of Ipswich, was born in Ip-
swich, May 19, 1665, and his great-grandmother was Hannah
Goodhue, bom in Ipqwich, July 4, 1673.

His ancestor of the next generation back was William, "^ of Ip-
swich, bom in 1619, in Westbury, England, whose wife was Susan-
na, supposed to be the daughter of Adam Hawkes.

John^ Cogswell was bom in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, in
1591, and came to this country in 1635 with his wife Elizabeth
Thompson, also of Westbury. They brought with them several
children.

On his mother's side Dr. Cogswell was descended from a like
vigorous and honorable stock. His mother, as given abov«, was
Judith* Badger. She was the daughter of Gen. Joseph* Badger,
of Gilmanton, N. H., who was bom January 11, 1722, at Haver-
hill, Mass., and of Hannah Pearson, bom in Lynn, Mass., July
23, 1722.

Her grandfather was Joseph^ Badger, of HaverhiU, Mass., bonii
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118 William Cogswell^ D.D. [April,

October 8, 1098, at Newhnrv, Mass., whose wife was Hannah
IVaslee, born in Newbury, Mjiss., in 1703.

II(»r t^rcat-tj^rand Father was Jolin' Bad^jer, born in Newbury,
April 2i), 1()(>5, and wlio married Rebecca Browne, bom in Xewbu-
ry, Nov. IG, 1()G7.

Jolin' IJiidger, of Newbury, of the previous generation to the last
named, was born June 3, 164:3, and had for his wife Elizabeth, her
family name unknown.

Giles* and P^lizabetli (Greenleaf) Badger came to this country in
1635, and settled in Newbury, iljiss.

John Cogswell, the founder, came to New England, as already
stated, in the year 1635, and settled in Ipswich, at first near the
centre, but afterwards in that part of the town known as Chebacco,
and later as the Chebacco Parish, now the town of Essex. He was
one of a very few men in this ancient town, who, by reason of liia
English rank, was privilege<l to have the title Mr. written against
his name. Our fathers, in the early New England days, did not use
this title without a nice and careful discrimination. In Felt's "Ilistorv
of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton," whose territory was all comprised
in the ancient town of Ipswich, there is given a list of the names
of the men inhabiting the town up to the year 1652, and of these,
three hundred and thirty-five in number, only thirty-one have Mr.
appended to their names. Men who had been graduated from the
English universities, men who had attained a certain social rank in
the ;L^radations of English society, were entitled to be so addressed.

Mr. Cogswell, bt'fore his emigration, was a manufacturer of fine
woolen fabrics in Westbury, England. He sailed for this country
from Bristol, England, May 23, 1635, in the ship Angel Gabriel.
On his pjissage he was wrecked in a violent storm on the coast of
Elaine in Pemiujuid Bay. By this catastrophe he lost a part of his
property, but e.sca[)cd safely to land with his family, where they
lived for a short time in a tent. lie arrived at Ipswich in Au-
gust, and in the following October settled in that part called Che-
bacco, now the town of Essex.

Mr. Abraham Ilammatt, in his geneah)gical manuscripts depos-
ited in the town library of I[)8wich, and since his death printed as
" Ilammatt Papers," 8[)eaking of John Cogswell, the founder, says:
*' He was a man of wealth, and had large grants of land princi-
pally in Chebacco, of which parish he became a resident. His
family and descendants continued to reside in that parish many
years. There does not appear to have been any of the name in the
first parish when the meeting-house was built in 1669, no pews or
seats assigned to any such at the seating of the meeting-house, Jan-
uary 16, 1700."

Another item in Mr. Hammatt's work is interesting in this con-
nection, as showing the respect felt for the family. William Cog8-
well, son of John the founder, died at Chebacco in December, 1700,

1883.] William Cogswell, D.D. 119

at the age of 81, so that lie must have been about sixteen y^ars old at
the time his father eame over. From the town recorOa of Ipswicli
Mr. H. gleans an item under date of December 17th, 1700: A
town meeting was called for that day, and this meeting, the record-
hook says, " by reason of several persons l)oing absent and gone to
Mr. Cogswell's funeral, is adjourned to next lecture day.''

One or two more brief passages pertaining to this family, culled
from Felt's History of Ipswich, will give us an idea of the sim-
ple and j^low-moving ways of our fathers in the early years. In
the year 1()3G (p. 83), is the following item: "A (iranmiar
School is set up, but does not succeed." On the same page, bearing
date January 11, 1(551, we have this record : " The town give all tlie
Xeck beyond Chebacco River aTid the re-^tof the ground up to Glou-
cester line — to the Grammar School. They chof»e five Trustees of
this dtmation. l()*'^ Tliis land is leased to Jolm Co^jrswell jr. and
his heirs and assigns for ever, for £14 a year ; i. e. £4 in butter and
cheese; £5 in pork and beef; £.") in corn at the current pricie."

So matters seem to have gone on from 1^51 to 1720, nearly sev-
enty years, when we find the following record :

*' 1720, March 8. The town haviiiir hecome dis^at'^fiod with the small
HMit which was paid by the heirs of John Cogswell for th<^ st;lio(»| furin, are
about commenciuij a suit aiiaiust them. The Ucv. .Messrs Jolm Un;rers
ami Jab<?z Fitch Kxcuse themselves as feoffees, from having any thing to
ilo with this suit, because they deem it unjust."

Mr. John Roarers and Mr. Jabez Fitch were at that time the a.'sso-
cittte pastors of the old First Church at Ipswi(*h, and they evidently
thou<;ht that the town, havin*x made a bad baririin a irorxl manv
veara ajj:o, was now determined to break the contract, and thev would
not Ikj parties to the transaction.

The Chebacco Parish in Ipswich, where the Cogswell family lived,
was organizeil as a separate parish in 1*)81. It was long known as
the second parish in Ipswich. In 1811) this ptu-ish became the pre-
sent town of Essex, an<l the church is now the First Cvongrega-
ti«>nal Church in Essex. This parish, in the olden time, became some-
what famcms by reas<m of the ministry of Rev. John Wise, which be-
gan in 1<)83 and ended in 1725. Mr. Wise was a strong, independ-
ent, original thinker, and he was well-nigh the first man, of any con-
siderable note, who undertook the cause of the laity against the dom-
inatin*' nde of the clerirv, as eml:odiejl in the Cambri(lii:e Platform,
and in their associated public aetitm. In 1710 he published his
liook, with the peculiar an<l taking title, " The Churches' Quarrel
Ee|)Oused." It was a plea for greater liberty and for a larger recog-
nition of the riirhts of conunon men in the *j:overnment of the church.
During the years of Mr. Wise's ministry the Cogswell family lived
ami multiplied around its original homestead. The <lays of wide dis-
pert<ioD8 had not yet come. This was an age of long ministries and

120 William Cogswell, D.D. . [AprU,

steady work upon the farms. The Rev. John White of Gloucester,
who preached Mr. Wise's funeral sermon, said in the course of it:
** He told me in the beginning of his sickness that he had been a man
of contention, but the state of the churches making it necessary, upon
the most serious review, he could say he had fought a good fight,
and had comfort upon reflecting upon the same.** We shall be par-
doned for dwelling a little longer upon this John Wise and his min-
istry at Chebacco, for he had much to do in setting in motion the
influences under which the earlier generations of the Cogswell family
were reared. John Wise was graduated at Harvard in 1673, and was
settled in the ministry at Chebacco as we have seen in 1683. In 1688
he was put in prison by Andros for refusing to pay a tax unlawfully
levied by him in the service of his master, James II. But the
speedy expulsion of James II. from his throne set Mr. Wise at lib-
erty, when he brought an action against Mr. Joseph Dudley, Chief
Justice of the colony, for not granting him the benefits of the habeas
corpus act. This incident may serve to show his pluck and courage
as a defender of civil liberty.

Dr. Allen, in his Biographical Dictionary, has the following pas-
sages with reference to Mr. Wise as a reformer : '* When several min-
isters signed proposals in 1705 for establishing associations, which
should be intrusted with spiritual power, he exerted himself with eflfect
to avert the dangers which threatened the Congregational churches.
In a book which he wrote upon this occasion, entitled the Churches'
Quarrel Espoused, he exhibited no small share of the wit and satire
of a former minister of Ipswich, Mr. Ward [Rev. Nathaniel Ward,
author of the Simple Cobbler of AggawamJ. He contended that

each church contains in itself all ecclesiastical authority He

was enriched with the excellences of nature and religion, uniting a
graceful form and majestic aspect to a lively imagination and sound
judgment, and to incorruptible integrity, unshaken fortitude, liberal
charity and fervent piety. His attachment to civil and religious
liberty was zealous and firm. He was a learned schokir and elo-
quent orator."

The position of the Cogswell family in this parish, from genera-
tion to generation, may be understood by such a passage as this,
taken from Dr. CrowelPs History of Essex (p. 149) : "Jona-
than Cogswell, commissioned a justice of the peace, Oct. 26, 1733,
was a great-grandson of the first settler of that name, and was the
father of the late Col. Jonathan Cogswell. He was married July
1, 1730, to Miss Elizabeth Wade, of Ipswich, and resided on the
Cogswell farm, which he inherited."

But we must not dwell longer upon the early generations of this
family in this country, though abundant material exists for such
illustration.

It will be noticed that the subject of this sketch was born soon
after the close of the revolutionary war. As a boy he must have

1883.] Waiiam Cogswell, D.D. 121

been made well acquainted with the stories of that long struggle
for liberty. His father iiad served in the army, first at a very early
age as a common soldier, and then as surgeon's mate and chief sur-
geon in the West Point Hospital. Rev. E. O. Jameson, of East
Medway, son-in-law of Dr. Cogswell, in his article prepared for tlie
first volume of our society's Memorial Biographies, says that William
Cogswell, M.D., of Atkinson, N. H., "together with his seven
brothers, completed an aggregate service of more than thirty-eight
years, said to be the longest period of service rendered by any sin-
gle family in the country during the great struggle for our national
independence."

From the earliest days of memory, therefore, the hoy William
must have been made acquainted with the hardships and dangers at-
tendant on that long contest for liberty. In the visits to and fro
between his father's house and the homes of his seven revolution-
ary uncles, he must have had deeply impressed upon his memo-
ry at what an immense price of toil and suffering our American
liberties were purchased. He was the eldest child in a family of
nine brothers and sisters. It vvaji a family in which the leanings
toward the higher education were strong, and a great helper in this
direction was Atkinson Academy, founded in 1791, near at hand,
and presided over, in those years, by Hon. John Vose, who was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College in 1795, and for twenty-one years held
the office of preceptor in this institution. Here young Cogswell was
fitted for an advanced standing at Dartmouth, which college he en-
tered as sophomore in 1808, and was graduated in due course in
1811. Of his brothers, Nathaniel, afterwards Rev. Nathaniel of
Yarmouth, Mass., was graduated at Dartmouth in 1819 ; Francis,
afterwards Francis, Esq., of Andover, Mass., was crraduatod at the
same college in 1822 ; and George, now George Cogswell, M.D.,
ftill living at Bradford, Mass., was graduated also at Dartmouth in
1830. His youngest sister was united in marriage with Hon. Wil-
liam Badger, of Gilmanton, thus bringing again into connection two
family names which were conspicuously united in the early gene-
rations.

Dr. Cogswell had among his classmates at Dartmouth, Gov.
Lemuel H. Arnold, of Rhode Island; Hon. Joel Parker, LL.D.,
Chief Justice of New Hampshire and professor in the Harvard Law
School ; Hon. Ether Shepley, LL.D., Chief Justice of Maine, and
Amos Kendall, LL.D., Postmaster General of the United States.

During the period of Mr. Cogswell's connection with Dartmouth
College, the Foreign Missionary Board had been organized at Brad-
fordy Mass., and the thoughts of christian people began to be turned
toward the formation of other societies to meet the growing wants
of our new settlements, and for acting more widely upon the world
at large.

Mr. Cogswell's first enterprise after leaving Dartmouth was in

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122 William Cogmell, D.D. [April,

connection with Atkinson Academy, where he was called to be an
instructor. In a year he was invited to Hampton Academy in
Hampton, N. H. During the year he taught there he pursued the-
ological studies, reciting to Rev. Josiah Webster, minister of the
town. Mr. Webster was graduated at Dartmouth in 1 798, was
settled in Hampton in 1799, where he remained till his death in
1837.

On leaving Hampton in 1813, Mr. Cogswell received a license to
preach, and was advised by his physicians to take an extensive horse-
back journey for his health, which he did — combining preaching
with journeying. Returning from this excursion he again gave him-
self to theological studies, first in the family of Dr. Daniel Dana, of
Newburyport, and afterward with Dr. Samuel Worcester, of Salem.
His theological studies occupied about three years, which was a
longer period than had been usual for theological students to devote
to such studies in the former times. But Andover Theological Sem-
inary was then a new thing in the land, and the course at Andover
was three years. This fact may have helped to extend the period
for private pupils in theology.

Finishing his studies, he was invited to settle in the South Church
of Dedham, Mass. He was ordained and set over this church,
April 26, 1815, where he remained fourteen years, honored and be-
loved, and very successful in his labors.

In the third year of his ministry at Dedham, November 11, 1818,
he was united in marriage with Miss Joanna Strong, the youngest
daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Strong, D.D., of Rsmdolph, Mass.
Dr. Strong was one of the able ministers of his generation. A na-
tive of Bolton, Conn., but early in life carried by his parents to New
Hampshire, he was graduated at Dartmouth in 1786, was settled in
Randolph in 1789, and after a ministry of twenty-seven years, died
in 1814 at the age of fifty. He had been dead four years at the
time of the marriage of his daughter with Mr. Cogswell, but she
brought into the parsonage house at Dedham the refinements of
thought and culture which she had learned in her own superior
home at Randolph. She was truly a helper to her husband in
his work, and was greatly honored and beloved by the families of his
parish.

During the years covered by Dr. Cogswell's ministry at Dedham,
1815-1829, new institutions were rising into being, and changes of
the utmost importance were going on in the land. The great move-
ment of population from the Atlantic slopes westward had set in
with power. The forms of new states and territories, as far away as
Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, began slowly to emerge out of the
shadows of the great western wilderness. Ministers must be raised
up to go and take possession of these new lands in the name of Christ
and the church. Missionary societies must follow upon their track
to bear them up and sustain them while engaged in this rough pio-

1883.] William Cogswell, D.D. 123

neer work. It is to the honor of the christian people of the East
that they saw the great needs of that time and hastened to meet
them.

In the year when Mr. Cogswell began his ministry at Dedham,
1815, the preliminary meeting was held in Park Street Church,
Boston, looking towards the formation of the American Education
Society. The charter of the society was obtained from the Massachu-
setts legislature in the year following. That such a society was
then felt to be greatly needed is made manifest by the fact that small
local organizations, looking to the same end, had already been made
in different parts of New England. There was such a society formed
in the south part of Worcester County, Mass., in the year 1812.
There had been similar movements in Connecticut and Vermont.
From the close of the revolutionary war to the end of the last cen-
tury, and still on through the earlier years of the present, the pro-
daction of ministers had been small in proportion to the growing
wants of the country. Harvard, Yale and DartmoutlrColleges, and
Brown University, were the chief sources of supply until near the
close of the century, when Williams College was added to the list,
as also Middlebury and Bowdoin at the beginning of the present
century.

Dr. Eliphalet Pearson of Andover Theological Seminary, in the
year 1815, in setting before the people the necessity of this new or-
ganization, says : " From a computation made on a period of thirty
years (this would be from 1785 to 1815), it appears to be a fact
that six of the colleges in New England, viz., Harvard, Yale, Dart-
mouth, Rhode Island, Middlebury and Bowdoin, annually furnish
but twenty-eight ministers. Small as this number is, it is probably
two-fifths of the ministers annually educated at all the colleges in
the union, i. e. seventy ; a number inadequate to repair the loss
annually made by death among two thousand ministers of education,
if indeed the country contain so many."

By •'ministers of education," Dr. Pearson is supposed to mean
educated ministers. At that time there was quite a large number
of preachers, east, west, north and south, who, on beginning their
sermons, were wont to thank the Lord that they were not " any of
those college lamed ministers." It is likely that, in the whole coun-
try, there were as many ministers of this stamp as of the other, and
perhaps more.

By the census of 1880, the number of ministers in the country,
of all denominations, is given as 64,698. We may, I think, safely
assume that half of these, at least, are men of collegiate education.
While the population of the country has grown from about 9,000,-
000 in 1815 to about 50,000,000 in 1880 (between five and six
times as many), the ministers are fifteen or sixteen times as many as
in 1815.

And yet, just now, there is a cry heard in almost every part of

1 24 Wiiliam Cogswell^ D.D. [April,

the lan<l, calling for additional supplies of ministers to meet the
wants of the newer Jis well as the older fields of the country, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.

To show what a change was wrought in a few years by the influ-
ences set in motion in 1815, it may be stated, that during the period
from 1830 to 1840, swingle classes in Yale College gave to the world
more ministers than did the six colleges enumerated by Dr. Pearson
in the years of his estimate. The elates of 1831, of which Presi-
dent Porter was a meml)er, sent out tliirtv-three ministers. The
class in Yale of 1837, of which Dr. Stone, formerly of Park Street
Church, was a member, furnishe<l tiiirty-seven ministers. Single
classes in Amherst, between 1830 and 1840, then an infant institu-
tion, did the same ; i.e., they gave to the world more ministers
than the whole number from the six colle<»:es instanced bv Dr. Pear-
son. The class of 1^37 at Amherst, of wliieh Prof. Nahum Gale,
D.D., and Kcv. Daniel W. Poor, D.D., Secretary of the Presby-
terian Board 'of Education, were members, furnished thirtv-four
minit^ters, and the chiss of 183J), in wliich were Bishop Huntington
and Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, furnished thirty-two minisiters.

During the early years of the American Education Society, Dr.
Cogswell was perf<»rming the duties of his pastoral office at Dedham,
but was* a careful observer of all that was going on about him. In
182G Dr. Klias (V>rnelius was called from his pastorate in Salem to
become Secretary of tiie Soctiety. He brought to the office remark-
able powrrs of influence and persuasion. During the few years of
his connection with it, a large part of the permanent funds of the
society, now amounting to more than $100,000, were raised, chiefly
by his personal cHorts. In 1831 Dr. Cornelius was calleil to be
Secretary of the American Board. He entered uptm the du-
ties of the <iffice in January, 1832, and died on the 12th of Febru-
ary following.

Mean while, in 182l>, Dr. Cogswell had been called from his pas-
torate in Dedham to act as General Agent of the (Education Society.
So well did he perform the duties of this office, that on the resigna-
tion of Dr. Cornelius, he was chosen to fill his place. He entered
upon his work in January, 1832.

The period in the Society's history, covered by the secretaryship
of Dr. Cogswell, was one of prculiar burdens and responsibilities.
In 1827 the Presbyterian Education Society had been united with
the Amcriean, and bore the name of the Presbyterian Branch of the
American Education Society. This addition gi^eatly enlarged the
field of operations, and increased the complications of the work. It
came to pass also that, between the years 1830 and 1840, the list
of men aided by the society grew into such proportions as had not
been known belbrc and have not been known since. For three or
four years between 1835 and 1840, more than a thousand young
men stood enrolled upon the society's list, looking to its treasury for

1883.] Williafn Cogswell, B.B. 125

lid. The care of the society during those years was a heavy and
inxious one. It was exceedingly difficult to provide the funds for
M) large an expenditure.

In 1827 the society began the publication of the American Quar-
terly Register 9 which reached fifteen volumes, when it was suspend-
ed. There are a goodly number of persons in the land who know
the exceeding value of those fifteen volumes, and would not be with-
oat them as books of reference for hardly any consideration. The
earlier volumes were prepared under the joint care of Dr. Cornelius
ittd Prof. B. B. Edwards, D.D., aftierwards of Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary. Aft;er Dr. Cornelius had passed away, Prof. Ed-
wards had charge of the work, alone, or nearly so, till the ninth
Tolume was completed in 1837. The volumes ft*om the tenth to the
thirteenth, inclusive, were issued under the mutual labor and care
of Dr. Cogswell and Prof. Edwards. Rev. S. H. Riddel (appoint-
ed secretary after Dr. CogsweU's resignation in 1841) and Prof.
Edwards issued the fourteenth volume together, and Mr. Riddel had
sole charge of the final volume, the fift^eenth.

During the eleven years of Dr. Cogswell's connection with the
society, there can be no doubt that he led a very busy and toilsome
life. The railroad age was just coming in when he finished his
labors in this connection. His long journeys throughout New Eng-
land and the middle states had to be made chiefly by stages. These,
joined to his office work, must have kept him in incessant activity.
Rev. Mr. Jameson, from whom we have already quoted, has pre-
pared some comparative statistics covering this period, which are
certainly very suggestive. It will be remembered that the society
began itd operations in 1816, and Dr. Cogswell resigned his office
of secretary in 1841, after serving as secretary between nine and
ten years, and as General Agent about two years. Mr. Jameson
says : ** Of the three thousand three hundred and eighty-nine bene-
ficiaries, two thousand five hundred and sixty-three had been aided
during this time, being nearly three-quarters of the whole number
who had then been assisted by the institution. Of the eight hun-
dred and sixty-six thousand dollars then raised by the society, six
hundred and fifty-two thousand were contributed during the period
of hia connection with it, being more than three-quarters of all the
money hitherto brought into the treasury of the society."

In the early part of the year 1841 Dr. Cogswell received the ap-
pointment of Professor of National Education and of History in Dart-
mouth College, and on the 8th of March of the same year resigned
his office of secretary. He was persuaded to remain with the soci-
ety till the appointment of a successor, so that his resignation did
not take eflfect until the close of the society's financial year, April 30,
1841.

To go back to Dartmouth College was almost like going to an
ancestral home, he himself and so many of his kindred and friends

126 Waiinm Cogswell, D.D. [April,

having been graduated there. The professorship to which he was
appointed in the college was a new one, and its duties were not very
clearly defined. In fact it was left very much to him to shape its
meaning and end, according to his own judgment. He filled this
oflficc from 1841 to 1844, and was its only occupant, no successor
to him having since been appointed.

He left Dartmouth to enter upon his duties as President and Pro-
fessor of Theology at (irilmanton Theological Seminary. This Sem-
inary had been onlv recently ibunded. It was set in motion in 1835.
In the vear 1840 it had twentv-six students, and the number of its
alumni was then twentv-six. At that time the number of theolom-
cal students in New Enijland was larfje, and the Gilmanton School
of Theology had a brief season of hope and exi)ectation, but was
not destined to an enduring [>rospority. He closed his connection
with the institution by resignation, November 12, 184G.

The associations and exptM-iences of Dr. (N)g8well for some fifteen
or sixteen years previous to the last date, had been such as to inter-
est him greatly in matters historical and antiquarian. His natural
tastes ran also in the same direction. In dilForent years, about this
period, he was ch(»sen an honorary or corresponding member of
many societies of this general cliaracter, such as the Historical So-
cieties of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Khode Island, Connecti-
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia, as also of
the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He was elected a correspfmding member of the New England His-
toric Genealogical Society, April 8, 184(). This was in the very in-
fancy of this organization. In this connection there fell to his lot
the honorable task of editing the first volume of the " New Enirhmd
Historical and Genealogical Register." The title-page of this first
volume be.irs the name, "Rev. William Cogswell, 1).D., P2ditor.'*
We call this an honorable task, both because it was well performed,
and because it was giying shape and cliaracter to a periodical which
has grown to be one of great importance. The Rkoister is now
passing through the thirty-seventh year of its existence, or, what
amounts to the same, its thirty-seventh volume. We think we are
correct in saying that there is no Quarterly now existing in the
land which, if put to auction sale (the whole work), will bring as
much per volume as the Historical and Genealogical Register.
Dr. Cogswell, when he was carefully at work over those pages in
the years 184(5 and 7, was laying the foundations of a larger struc-
ture than he himself knew.

Just before, and partly contemporaneous with the work above
mentioned, he was editing th(3 " N^ew Hampshire Repository," of
which only two vidumes were ever published, and the last one not
complete.

He was editor for a time of the "Massachusetts Observer," a
newspaper publised in Georgetown, Mass.

1883.] William Cogswell, D.D. 127

He edited also the sixth volume of the " New Hampshire Histo-
rical Collections." This was the closing literary work of his life,
reaching down into the year 1850.

Two years before, a heavy affliction had fallen upon him from
which he never fully recovered. His only son, William Strong
Cogswell, a member of the senior class in Dartmouth Ci>llegc,
nineteen years old, was taken away by death. His name stands on
the Dartmouth General Catalogue with the class of 1848, his de-
gree of A.B. having been conferred after his death. He was a young
man of excellent scholarship and high promise, and the light of life
in the father seemed almost to go out at this untimely death. He lin-
gered and labored on for two years more, dying in 1850.

His wife and two daughters survived him, another daughter hav-
ing died in early infancy. The widow died March 31, 1857. The
eldest of the two daughters, Mary Joanna, is now the wife of Rev.
Ephraim O. Jameson, pastor of the Congregational Church in East
Medway, Mass., and the youngest daughter, Caroline Strong, usu-
allv makes her home with her sister.

Rev. Mr. Jameson has for some years been engaged in the pre-
paration of the genealogy of the Cogswell Family, in which he has
carefully traced to the present time the descendants of John Cogs-
well, of Ipswich (1G35). From such opportunities as we have
had of noticing the progress of this work, which now draws near
completion, we doubt not it will be admirably done and every way
worthy of its subject. The Cogswell family in this country has in
every generation had a goodly number of men and women who have
filled high and responsible places, and exerted a largo inHuence upon
society. The generation now upon the stage of active life is no ex-
ception. The name abides in dignity and honor.

The writings of Dr. Cogswell, from the nature of his life-work,
were largely miscellaneous, and if they could be found and gathered
together, would make volumes. Some of his published pamphlets
and works are the following :

Nature and Extent of the Atonement. Sermon on Communion
Sabbath. Boston, 18 1<), pp. 12.

Sermon containing a Brief History of South Church and Parish
in Dcdham. Dedham, 1816, ])p. 23.

Sermon before Auxiliary Education Society of Norfolk County.
182G, pp. 26.

Religious Liberty. Fast Sermon. Boston, 1828, pp. 22.

Valedictory Discourse at South Dedham. Boston, 1^30, pp. 28.

Theological Class Book. 1832.

Harbinger of the Millennium. Boston, 1833.

Assistant to Family Religion ; Manual of Theology and Devo-
tion. Boston, 1828 and 1836.

I/Ctters to Young Men preparing for the Ministry. Boston, 1837.

Christian Philanthropist. Boston, 1839.

128 William Cogswell, D.D. [April,

Rev. Nathan Lord, D.D., was president of Dartmouth College
at the time of Dr. CogswelPs connection with the institution as pro-
fessor. Rev. Mr. Jameson, in his Memorial Sketch, has quoted at
length Dr. Lord's testimony to the character and worth of Dr.
Cogswell. One distinction made by Dr. Lord is a very nice and
important one, and those who knew Dr. Cogswell in the days of his
activity will recognize the beauty and force of the following para-
graph. ^He was," says Dr. L., '*the most remarkable instance I
have ever known of a strong self-love in a christian mind never ex-
alting itself against the love of God, and never degenerating into
selfishness. That is a great virtue. I never knew the time when
the question was. between himself and God, or between himself and
man, that he did not with a hearty disinterestedness and a child-like
humility, and with affectionate weeping, cast himself down that man
might be benefited and God glorified."

That is Vjery remarkable testimony, and shows, at the same time,
what a keen and philosophical observer of character Dr. Lord was,
and how well Dr. Cogswell stood the test of his close and discern-
ing scrutiny.

In bringing this article to a close, and as a brief summary of all
that has gone before, it may be said that Dr. Cogswell's life was
cast in a very important period of our New England and of our na»
tional history. It was a transition period, when we as a nation
were passing out from our narrow domain along the Atlantic shore
into the vast reaches of the west. It w^as a period when the gate-
ways of tlie European world were thrown wide open to let the hur-
rying millions depart to their new homes. It was a period of change
and organization. It is sufficient to say that Dr. Cogswell act^
his part well in this forming and transforming period of our nation's
history. When he died in 1850 the country vulb a very different
one from that on which he had opened his eyes in 1787, and a Can-
did judgment would allow that he had borne an important part in
bringing about great and beneficent changes. He lived a busy,
earnest, useful, christian life, and left behind a fair and honored
name.

1883.] JPretident Wilder't Address. 129

ADDRESS OF THE HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER.

DeliTcred at the Annoal Meeting of the New Enolawd Histobio Qenbalooical

SociBTT, January 3, 1883.

Gentlemen op the Society:

Once more I Though so oft repeated, I am here to rejoice
with you in the progress and prosperity of our association, once
more to accept with heartfelt gratitude the honor which you have so
often conferred on me, and once more to exchange congratulations
with you that we still live to prosecute our noble work.

Another year, with its lights and shadows, has taken its flight,
and has borne away to the spirit land many of our associates and
beloved friends.

The whole number of deaths for the past year, as will be seen by
the Keport of the Bev. Dr. Tarbox, our historiographer, is thirty-
one. The average of their lives is seventy-one years, eleven months
and four days, being a little over the period allotted by the good Book
to man ; and it may be interesting to know that the average life of
our deceased members for the last ten years has been very nearly as
great, namely, seventy years, eight months and twenty-three days.
Only one of the oflScers of the Society, William Duane, Esq. , honorary
vice president for Pennsylvania, has died during the year. He had
good New England blood in his veins, his mother, Deborah Bache,
having been a grand-daughter of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin
Franklin. He was a man of historical and literary tastes, and was
ma author and editor of ability.

Among other members more especially distinguished in official
and private life, or for their devotion to historical researches, we may
name the following : Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L.,
of London, the eminent antiquary, a native of this country, who, at
his death, confessedly stood at the head of the genealogists of the
B^iglish speaking race ; the Hon. Frederick DePeyster, LL.D., of
New York city, president of the New York Historical Society ; the
Hon. Henry C. Murphy, LL.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., a learned
investigator of early American history, who held a high rank alike
in literary, political and business circles ; the Hon. Alexander H.
Bullock, LL.D., of Worcester, the able orator, who filled with
distinction the executive chair of this commonwealth ; Delano A.
Goddard, Esq., the high-toned editor, whose life adds lustre to the
journalism of this land; Gen. William Sutton, of Salem, who wor-
thily filled important military, political and masonic offices ; the
Hon. John P. Healy, LL.D., solicitor of the city of Boston, an
independent and learned councillor ; the Hon. Ezra Wilkinson and
the Hon. John P. Putnam, impartial judges, who honored the bench
VOL. xzxvii. IS

130 President Wilder* a Address. [April,

of this State ; the Bev. Lyman Coleman, D.D., the learned divine,
and the Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D., the eloquent preacher; the
Hon. Otis Norcross and the Hon. James D. Green, who acceptably
filled the office of Mayor in the sister cities of Boston and Cambridge ;
the Hon. James S. Pike, of Calais, an able journalist, who had held
the office of United States minister to the Hague ; Evelyn Philip
Shirley, F.S.A., of Stratford-on-Avon, England, celebrated as an
antiquary and author; and William H. Allen, LL.D., of Philadel-
phia, the honored president of Girard College, who for eight yean
was president of the American Bible Society.

Special notice by resolutions and appropriate remarks has been
taken by the Society in regard to some of the most prominent of
these associates, and memorial sketches of others, who have died
during the past year, have been read, published in the Historical and
Genealogical Register, and placed in tlie archives of the Society.

I would not fail to record in our proceedings the decease of
Henry Wadsw^orth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and William
Barton Rogers, with whom some of us have been connected in other
associations — ^the poet, the philosopher, the scientist — three great
lights of our western hemisphere, whose names will forever live to
grace the pages of American History. It was my great privilege
to be intimately associated with Prof. Rogers, from the establishment
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the day of his death.
He was its first president, and discharged the duties of the chair with
extraordinary ability and fidelity. He held a most prominent place
in the scientific and classical world. He was pre-eminently a man
of progress, ardently devoted to science, and especially interested
in the welfare of young men. He will long be remembered for
his remarkable fitness for the position which he occupied, for the
expanding interest which he had awakened in the public mind in
behalf of the Institute, and for the confidence which he had inspired
by his plans for its advancement.

These were all benefactors to our race, and I feel quite sure that
the world will accord to them a fame which history will cheerfully
preserve and posterity gratefully cherish. We mourn the loss of these
friends ; but let us not murmur or repine. God knows what is best
for us. Some of us are also nearing the river ; the lights of a new
mominfj are brif^hteninff on the other side.

o o o

Soon vte shall reach that blissful shore,
Where life's rough wave will surge no morei
There we shall wake to new -bom light,
A day eternal without night !

But whether life be short or long, let us still work on, so that
when the angel shall come to waft us over, he may find that we have
garnered up some precious fruits for those that may come after us
— some that neither he, nor time nor tide can des^oy — some that
shall live when we are dead.

1883.] Prendent Wilder' s AJ dress. 131

It ^ivefl me unfeigned pleasure to state that, as will be seen by
the Report of the Committee, good progress has been made on the
third volume in the series of the Memorial Biographies of deceat^ed
members. These volumes are among the most interesting and
valuable in our library, an<I their publication is carrying out the
benevolent design of the founder — to preserve and hand down to
posterity the names of those who have aided us in our work, and to
perpetuate the memory of good men and good deeds. These are
great incentives to virtue and progress. Nothing, if we except
the New England Historical and Genealogical Kcgister, has given
such promise of usefulness as this undertaking, and I know I
express the feelings of every member of our Society when I say,
that we are under great obligations to the committee who have had
charge of the preparation and publication of these volumes, for their
gratuitous labors, and for the admirable manner in which they have
discharged their delicate and important trust.

These volumes, as was stated last year, do not embalm the memo-
ry of a single class alone, but of all classes of those whose lives have
been benefactions to mankind, and which offer noble examples for
imitation to the generations that are to succeed us. One or more
volumes, it is expected, will be issued every year, and will contain in
coming time biographies of thousands of the lending and influential
men of New England, which will constitute a collection of the most
useful biography in this or any other land. Members should there-
fore be prompt in securing these precious volumes, as they appear,
before the limited edition is exhausted. Every family in New Eng-
land should have the complete series.

During the year we have received the gift of many valuable books
in the departments of family and local history. The specific men-
tion of these gifts at our monthly meetings by our Corresponding
Secretary, is a new feature introduced during the past year. It
furnishes an opportunity for the communication of a great variety of
interesting and important information of a bibliographical and his-
torical character. In addition to many useful books and some unique
manuscripts, we have received other precious memorials, such as por-
traits of distinguished men, the seals of societies and corporations, and
other antiques and relics of the past. Among the rest but not the
least, I desire to speak particularly of the chair that once belonged
to the memorable John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration
of American Independence, and the first governor of the State of
Massachusetts. This chair I occupy to-day on this platform for the
second time. Its coverings of worsted damask, in old gold, as we
saw it at the December meeting, worn almost to shreds by a century's
use, has not been removed, but is overspread and concealed by a sub-
stantial covering of claret-colored leather, rich and lasting, and finely
harmonizing with the splendid old mahogany of the chair itself. I beg
to bespeak for this antique, so closely associated with the birth-day

132 JPresident Wilder^s Address. [April,

of our national existence, another century of dignified usefulneBS, ai
it may be occupied successively by the future Presidents of this So-
ciety. I must not omit to add, gentlemen, that we are indebted to
the Rev. Mr. Slafter for the gift of this ancient chair, and for die
appropriate and expensive covering in which it appears before m
to-day for the first time.

By the reports which are to be submitted to-day, it will \m
seen that our Society is in a very healthful and progrcsaif^
state. The continued interest manifested in our welfare by the pob*
lie, and by the historical societies of our own and other lands, gifOt
us the most gratifying evidence that our work is appreciated, and
confirms our faith in its usefulness in the future. The apiril
of enterprise, activity and personal sacrifice which has so long chai^
acterized the labors of our members, still continues, and from this
the world is reaping a rich harvest of historical and genealogical
knowled<2:e, especially of that which pertains to our own New Log-
land. The judicious management of our funds, under the policy
that not a dollar shall be pledged or expended until it has been
received, has given the important assurance that bequests and dona*
tions will be securely invested, and their income applied to the ob-
jects for which it was designed. In this connection it should also
be gratefully remembered that all the services rendered in past time
by our various officers and committees, with the exception of the
librarian and his assistants, have been made without any compen-
sation whatever. We are deeply sensible of the debt of gratitude
we owe for these acts of personal devotion. Nor would we ever for-
get those other benefactors who have contributed funds for the pur-
chase of this House, and the care of our Library.

Much has been accomplished, but we cannot stop here. The
work must go on I And for this purpose we must have an enlarge-
ment of this House.

In my last address I stated that the time would soon come when
we should need additional library accommodation, and a larger fire-
proofroom for the preservation of such books, manuscripts and other
valuables as could not be duplicated, and that we were morally
bound to provide the means of protecting them from the ravages of
fire. This subject was referred to our Board of Directors, and I
confidently anticipated that this most desirable object would ere this
have been accomplished ; but ill health and other circumstances,
that could not be controlled, have prevented its execution to this
time. The constant growth of our membership, and the continued
acquisitions to our library, render this enlargement imperatively
necessary. The time has arrived when it must be done ; and if life
and strength are given me, with the kind assistance of friends, it
shaU be accomplished.

The present period has become memorable in the history of our
land for the recognizance of important events. The numerous

1883.] President Wilder' a Address. 133

eentennial celebrations which have occnrred during the past few
years have inspired a very general desire for researches into town
ind local annals, and have added valuable material to the stores
0f our historical societies.

Among those at which I have been called on to respond for our
Society, may especially be named, the commemoration of the 100th
toniversary of the birth of Daniel Webster, New England's most
illastrious son. In our own State this was celebrated by the Marsh-
field Club, the Alumni of Dartmouth College resident here, and
by the Webster Historical Society.

To this may be added the municipal celebration of the renovation
and re-dedication of the Old State House, and the occupation of its
time-honored halls by the Bostonian Society. Most heartily do we
RJoice in the establishment of that Society, which had its birth
within the waUs of this House, and more especially do we rejoice
in the wisdom manifested by our city fathers, in compliance
with our own and other requests, for the restoration as far as
pofsible of this venerable structure to its original appearance.
And here let me thank our associate member, Mr. William H.
Whitmore, one of the commission, for the judicious and persistent
manner with which he executed the trust committed to his charge.
Nothing could be more grateful to the American peo[)le than the
preservation of this sacred relic of by-gone days, which like the
Old South and Faneuil Hall are henceforth to be places of
historical association, forever to be cheri8he<l in the hearts of our
people as memorials of those great historical and thrilling events
connected with the days of the American Revolution. Other
structures have risen and will continue to rise in hcautv and colos-
sal proportions to add to the glory of our goodly city, but I feel quite
sure that none will ever possess more hallowed associations than
this same Old State House, where American independence drew its
first breath ; where Otis, Adams, Quincy and Warren stood forth in
defence of human rights. Long may it stand, and on its altars may
the sacred fires of Liberty never cease to burn I

But the most conspicuous celebration of the year was the centen-
nial commemoration of the birth of Daniel Webster, by the Web-
ster Historical Society, at Marshfield, Oct. 13, on the ground where
now rest the remains of that great man.

This celebration was honored by representatives of civic and
military bodies — the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company,
the first military organization on this continent, performing the duty
of escort. But a distinguishin^r feature of the occasion was the
presence of the President of the United States with members of his
cabinet, his Excellency Governor Ijong, who presided on the occa-
sion, his Honor Mayor Green, of Boeit«»n, the governors of other
States, with numerous officials and thousands of citizens of our own

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134 President Wtlder^s Address. [April,

and other States, who had come to do honor to the memory of die
great statesman, orator and jurist.

We claim Mr. Webster as New England's illustrions son, the
great apostle of constitutional authority and national rights, but he
was too much the benefactor of mankind to be appropriated by any
one nation under the sun, bearing ever in his great heart the wd-
fare of the world. His lessons of political wisdom and his love of
country are among the choicest memorials of American history.
His hatred of despotic power still thunders in our ears, and will
continue to reverberate down the long line of generations while there
shall be a despot on a throne. No political leader for centuries has
wielded so powerful an influence in behalf of constitutional authority,
the safety of all republics and the sheet anchor of our hopes. He
was, like Moses, the chief figure of his time. His teachings have
become household words, inwrought by the teaching of our sdiools.
They are as familiar as lessons of Holy Writ, interwoven with
every fibre of our nation's prosperity, and without which who shall
say that we should now have a commonwealth, a constitution or a
union of these states ? Well do we remember his majestic form, hie
noble brow, his matchless eloquence, as he stood before us the veiy
impersonation of greatness and power, towering above all his com-
peers as the gi-anite crest of the heaven-piercing mountains under
whose shade he was bom. He was a star that never sets 1 Who
that knew his love of universal freedom and human rights — ^who
that heard his terrible denunciations of arbitrary and despotic power,
his memorable words on Bunker's heights, in Faneuil Hall and on
the floor of Congress, burning with love of country, liberty and
union, can ever forget them? — words that are imbedded in the
soul of every true American, — **OuR country, our whole coun-
try, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY I LIBERTY AND UNION,
ONE AND INSEPARABLE, NOW AND FOREVER ! I" — WOrds that shall

blaze and thoughts that shall burn to ilhimine the pages of history
down to the latest period of time. In the words of the Hon. fiobert
C. Winthrop, when speaking of **that bright northern star,"
"Make any deduction that you may in its path across the sky, still,
still, there is radiance and glory enough left, as we contemplate its
whole golden track, to make us feel and acknowledge that it had no
fellow in our firmament."

One of the most noticeable centennial celebrations this year, was
that in Philadelphia, commemorating the two hundredth anniversary
of the arrival in America of William Penn, the founder of Pennsyl-
vania. A whole week was devoted to it. It began with historical
addresses from pastors of churches in that city, Sunday, October
22d, and was followed on successive days by civil, military and
masonic parades and pageants. The number of persons who took
part in the parades or saw them has been estimated at not less than
ft million and three quarters. The arrival of the founder of Penn-

1883.] President Wtldet^s Address. 135

Bjrlyania in his own colony took place October 29, 1682, old style,
corresponding to November 8, new style. This event was com-
memorated in a more quiet way by the Historical Society of Penn-
sylvania, on the 8th of last November.

The year 1882 has also seen the completion of three centuries
since the reformation of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII. in
1582. The tercentenary of this event occurred on the 15th of Oc-
tober last, but I have no knowledge that there was any celebration
of it. Its occurrence, however, was noted in the Historical and
Genealogical Register, and in some of the newspapers of the day ;
and Mr. William E. Foster, of Providence, a member of this So-
ciety, made it the subject of an article in his Monthly Reference
Lists.

The great interest which has of late years been manifested in
geographical, archaeological, astronomical, historical and other
researches, is still on the alert. Every day witnesses the establish-
ment of institutions for the advancement of these objects, and every
year brings to light discoveries, inventions and acquisitions which
astonish and electrify mankind, thus adding momentum to the great
wheel of modern progress and improvement, which are ultimately to
bring together in the bonds of civilization and christian fellowship
the nations of the earth. But I have so often spoken of these signs
of progress that I shall not task your patience with their repetition.
We should, however, record in our transactions of the past year
some notice of the great events in the astronomical world. Among
them should be mentioned the transit of Venus, which occurred
December 6th, moving in a direct line across the sun's disk,
« similar transit having taken place just eight years ago.
Tliese transits are among the important astronomical events of our
present century, and have awakened universal interest throughout
the world. Five transits only, which have been observed and re-
corded, have occurred in the history of all past time, those of 1639,
1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882. Nor will mankind witness another
mitil 121i years shall have passed, or in the year of our Lord 2004.
Hundreds of expeditions, public and private, both in our own and in
foreign countries, were organized and sent to convenient stations to
witness the transit on the 6th of December. Its importance can
hardly be over-estimated, furnishing, as is expected, data for ascer-
taining the distance between the earth and the sun, the correction of
lonar tables, and for solving many other astronomical problems.

This year has also witnessed the appearance of Cruls's comet, one of
the largest and most brilliant of any on record, rising with the dawn
as though it were the herald of a new morn, and had come to sweep
the heavens with its broad fiery tail, and open a pathway for the
God of Day.

The old theories in regard to the antiquity of our race on this
continentf its government and progi^ess anterior to the discovery

136 President Wtlder'a Address. [April, j

of Columbus, have been much changed, and are involved in
doubt. I shall on this occasion confine my remarks to the origin
and progress of historical studies in New England. We have
been favored by an array of able and faitliful laborers in this field.
The early governors of the Plymouth and the Massachusetts colonies
laid a solid foundation for the history of New England. Gov. Brad-
ford's work on the Plymouth Plantation narrates the heroic endurance
of the Pilgrim Fathers — both before and after they landed on our
shores — which hns so often been the theme of the orator and the poet.
Gov. Winthrop's History of New England furnishes an equally
valuable narrative of the events in the Massachusetts colony, and to
some extent in the neighboring colonies. These works show the rise
of institutions that have had a marked influence on the destinies of
our country. Though Winthrop's work remained in manuscript
till within the life-time of some now living, and Bradford's was first
published in our own times, yet their contents were in part made
public by the extracts of the early New England writers on historical
subjects. Not a few tracts, preserving the history of important events
in our annals and the charnctoristics of the colonists of these shores,
written by residents of or transient visitors to this country, were
also printed at the time.

A few years before King Philip's war, Nathaniel Morton, — a
nephew of Gov. Brndfoi-d, and son of George Morton, supposed to
be the editor of what is known as Mourt's Kelation, — published
his New England's Memorial. lie was much indebted to his
uncle's manuscript for the facts in this compilation. Several yean
later two Massachusetts clergymen, the Kev. William Hubbard of
Ipswich, and the Rev. Increase Mather of Boston, wrote works upon
the history of New England and also histories of the Indian wars
that had convulsed these infant colonies. The two books on the
Indian wars and Mather's Early History of New England were
printed soon after they were written, but Hubbard's New England
remained in manuscript till our own day. Roger Clap, Joshua
Scottow and others, also preserved for us narratives relating to the
early days of these colonies.

But the first person of truly antiquarian tastes, who appeared in
New England, was Judge Samuel Sewall, who has been styled '^tbe
father of American antiquaries," of whom an original portrait belongs
to our Society ; and a memoir of whom was published in the first
volume of our ** Re<xister." Samuel Sewall was born at Bishop
Sfcoke, England, March 28, 1652, and was brought when a
youth by his parents to New England. He was educated at Harvard
College, from which he graduated in 1671. He held many oflSces of
honor and trust in the colony, and was at one time Chief Justice of
the Superior Court. He died at Boston, January 1, 1730. His
diary, lately published by the Massachusetts Historical Society,
throws a flood of light upon contemporary public events, in many

1883.] President Wader's Address. 187

of which he himself participated. Besides being the annalist of his
own times, he indulged his antiquarian tastes by gathering up and
preserving the memorials of the fathers, inquiring diligently of aged
persons and entering in writing in his books facts concerning the
early days of the colony.

The Rev. Cotton Mather deserves the next place among those
who have gathered up memorials of the fathers of New England.
He was bom in Boston, February 12, 1663, and was also educated
al Harvard, where he graduated in 1678. He was the son of the
Rev. Dr. Increase Mather, probably the earliest native author in
New England, of whom I have before spoken. Dr. Cotton Mather died
in his native town, Feb. •13, 1728. He deserves great praise for
what he did to preserve the history of his native land. Though
0ome recent writers have depreciated his labors, it would be difficult
to write the annals of New England without the aid of his writings.

The Rev. Thomas Prince follows, whose learning and antiquarian
labors are well known, and whose name the "Prince Society" and its
valuable series of publications honors and commemorates. Besides
his Annals of New England, his occasional sermons and his historical
and biographical contributions to the newspapers, he collected a
large library of New England literature, a rich legacy to our own
times, still preserved without material loss, which is now one of the
most useful portions of the Public Library of this city. Judge
Sewall was also a coUector of books, though his library has
long since been scattered. There was an intimate acquaintance
between these two antiquaries and book collectors, owing no doubt
to the similarity of their tastes, which was strengthened by the fact
that Prince was a colleague of Sewall's son as minister of the Old
South churchy at which Sewall himself was a worshipper. The
Rev. Mr. Prince died October 22, 1758.

Governor Thomas Hutchinson followed Prince, and his History of
Massachusetts still holds a high place among our historical books.
It will never be superseded, as it is an original authority on many
matters. After the Revolution, the Rev. Jeremy Belkiaap is the
moet prominent figure among New England antiquaries and histo-
rians. His History of New Hampshire and his American Biography
are models of historic research and critical sagacity.

These and the other persevering workers in the antiquarian field
who followed them, among whom Dr. John Farmer, the Hon.
James Savage, LL.D., and Samuel Gardner Drake, A.M., are
conspicuous, laid a good foundation for the work of our own and
kindred societies. Indeed Dr. Belknap was a founder of the Mas-
sachusetts Historical Society, the first institution of the kind in this
country ; Dr. Farmer was one of the founders of the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society, and Mr. Drake was one of the founders
of this Society.

Since the origin of historical societies in this country, less than a

138 President Wilder^s Address. [Aprili

century ago, a host of these and kindred societies have sprung up in
all parts of our country, the North, the South, the East and the West.
The Massachusetts Historical Society was formed in 1790, and four*
teen years later, in 1804, New York followed the example of Massa-
chusetts and formed a State Historical Society. Eight years later, ia
1812, the American Antiquarian Society was formed. State His-
torical Societies were formed in Maine and Rhode Island in the
year 1822 ; in New Hampshire in 1823 ; in Connecticut and Penn-
sylvania in 1825 ; in Michigan in 1828 ; in Virginia in 1832 ; in
Vermont and Kentucky in 1838 ; in Georgia in 1839, and in Mary-
land in 1843.

In January, 1845, the New England JSistoric Genealogical So-
ciety was formed, and in the same year the New Jersey Historicilr
Society. Since then there have been state historical societies formed
in Alabama, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and
Kansas. Some of these societies have ceased to exist, and in a few
cases other organizations have been formed to supply their places.
At the present time there are state societies in all the original states
of the Union, except, perhaps. North Carolina, while nearly if not
quite two-thirds of the present galaxy of states have such institu-
tions. Some of the latest formed are at least the equals of their
elder sisters in enterprise and zeal as well as in the work they haf«
accomplished. The legislatures of some of the western states hare
wisely made appropriations to their historical societies, and this
liberal endowment has been returned to the givers four fold in the
materials for history which have been preserved from destruction for
them. Wisconsin was, I think, the first state to make appropria-
tions for this purpose. This was more than a quarter of a century
ago ; and no year has since passed without such a gift from the
treasury of the State. The New York Genealogical and Biographi-
cal Society, organized in 1869, has done an important service for
the family history of that State.

Besides state societies we have county, city, town and other local
historical associations, among which may be named the Pilgrim So-
ciety at Plymouth ; the Long Island Historical Society at Brooklyn*
N. Y. ; the Old Colony Historical Society at Taunton ; the New Havea
Colony and New London County historical societies in Connecticut;
the Chicago Historical Society in Illinois ; the Buffalo Historical
Society in the State of New York ; and the Dorchester, Natick, and
Weymouth historical societies in Massachusetts. The last named
society has given an earnest of much future usefulness by the valuable
contribution to our historical literature, its first volume of collections.
And to these may be added the Bostonian Society, and the Webster
Historical Society.

These associations have incited the careful preservation and pub-
lication of public records and original documents. They have been
the forerunners of innumerable town histories and biographies ; and

1883.] President Wilder's Address. 139

ktve prompted local celebrations and the public commemoration of
eminent men and notable events. Future generations will reap a
rbh historical harvest from the seed they have sown.

The influence of historical pursuits may be classed not only as one
<^ the most beneficial to ourselves, but as one of the most bene-
fioent to mankind, and the more we instil into the minds of the
rinog generation the lessons of wisdom, patriotism and virtue which
they teach, the more will their souls become imbued with the value
of the great principles upon which the world must ever depend
for its prosperity and happiness.

History is the store-house of wisdom and genius — the progress
and results of human intelligence — all intended to guide us on the
journey of life, to warn us of the shoals and quicksands, and point
ovt the paths to honor, usefulness and renown.

History is the voice of wisdom crying aloud down the long line of
ages, — ^ this is the way, walk ye therein." History opens to us the
great book of human life, — ^presents to our view the panorama of
times long gone by, — photographs the form and visage of the age,
warning us as with living illustrations to avoid the bad, and in-
spiring the soul with sublime aspirations to imitate the examples of
the good. Who can review the history of the American Republic
and not see in it the hand of Providence, — the workings of those
great principles of civil and religious freedom which have given us
the most perfect and free government on the face of the globe,
nor perceive that they must forever constitute the basis of all
prosperous governments on earth.

But for the history of this republic, and its benign influ-
ence on the nations of the earth, who shall say that the spirit of
civil and religious freedom which is now thundering in the ears of cruel
and despotic power might not be still sleeping as in the ages which
preceded the landing of our fathers on these shores ?

With the coming of the Pilgrims and the Puritans to these shores
a new era dawned on the civil and religious freedom of the world.
The principles for which they sacrificed their all have not only re-
deemed this land from despotic rule, but their blessed influence gives
premise of that glorious day which is to bind together the
nations of the earth in one great family of love and good will,
making them one in a common interest — one in fraternal regard
and one in efforts for the welfare of mankind. To doubt this
would be to doubt the word of Him who hath promised that the day
■hall come **when the lion and the Inmb shall lie down together and
nations learn war no more." Though terrible as the conflict may
yet be between despotic power and human rights, we believe that the
golden era is coming when the bloody sword shall be sheathed, and
peace wreath her olive leaves around the nations of the earth. O,
yes, it's coming yet,

" When man to man the warld o'er
ShaU brithers be for a' that."

140 Prendent Wildet^s Address. [April,

The cause of American Liberty is the cause of Heaven. Blessed
be God, its bright bow of promise hath encircled our happy land.
From sea to sea, o'er hill and vale and mountain peak it has scatp
tered broad-cast its blessings ; numerous as the flowers which deck
its bosom, all radiant with the gleamings of that millennial day
when universal freedom, equal rights and good will to men, shall be
the countersign of the nations of the earth. And what more dutiful
or grateful service can we render to our country and the world than
to hand down to those that may come after us the history of our
civilization. Let us then continue this noble work, and thou^
we may be called from our labors on earth, let us feel assured
that others will rise up to fill our places. We shall die, but our
Society shall live, and generations yet unborn shall bless the men
who founded it and have fostered it, and set it forward on its nobk
mission. So may it be ! Let the light of American history, so
rich and luminous with blessings to mankind, continue to shine
with brighter and brighter light until the perfect day. And when
the historian of some far distant age shall be asked, whence
came these glorious principles which have redeemed the world
from despotic power and mside the nations of the earth one in
union and one in destiny, may he be able to say — ^From the United
States of America, the land of liberty and union, the homi
OF the free.

We would not forget our mother land, from whose kindred blood
we derived those heaven-bom principles which she now so
graciously appreciates. How truly did the Rev. Ginon Farrar express
these sentiments on the occasion of the unveiling of the Raleigh win-
dow in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, presented in behalf of
our countrymen by our beloved citizen Robert C. Winthrop.
After alluding to some of the early discoveries, especially New-
foundland, in America, he said, ** And what is America now I
A mighty civilization, destined, perhaps, to surpass our own — a
land of illimitable hopes, spreading our race and tongue from
a narrow island to a boundless continent. If glorious has been
our legacy to her, glorious too have been her gifts to us. She
has given us a type by the Puritans of New England, a tjrpex)!
manhood at once manful and godly, practical and enthusiasde,
prudent and self-sacrificing." These were his words, and with
what a loving christian spirit does he speak of the friendly re-
lations which exist between us and the mother country. " Hencih
forth we are brother nations — brothers in amity — brothers by the
tongue that Milton and Shakspeare spoke — brothers by the memo-
ries of a common Bible — brothers for the progress and freedom of
the world — brothers to colonize and civilize, until no wind oaa
sweep the earth that does not bear the echoes of an English voice*
She has a vast work to do. Will she keep her name inviolate T
O yes, my reverend sir, our Declaration has been made and wv
believe it will stand,

1883.] President Wildei^s Address. 141

•• While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls a wave."

Yea ! England and America shall stand side by side for the
progress and freedom of the world, and then, in your own words,
* under the banner of the cross, and in the name of God, the
mighty and merciful —

• Come, the three comers of the world in arms,
And we wiU crash them.' "

How rapid the march of intelligence and civilization in our day !
Nearly half of all the papers and periodicals of the world are now
published in our mother tongue, giving promise that it may become
the universal language of mankind. How sublime the developments
of science, and the power of man over nature, thus confirming the
words of the good book: ^Thou madest man to have dominion over
the works of thy hand," and foreshadowing the time when shall
be realised the declaration ^*Thou hast put all things under liis f'eet/^
How marvellous the increase of our population, rising in our own
day from five millions to more than fifty-five millions of souls t
How vast the expanse of our territory ! How magnificent the re-
sources of our republic ! The past year has been more unexampled
for the extension of internal improvements — the opening up and
occupation of public lands — and the products of our soil, than any
which has preceded it.

During the past twelve months we have added —

To our population more than two millions of 8ouls ;

To our facilities of intercourse ten thousand miles of railroads ;

To our cereals more than six hundred million bushels of pre-
cious grains ; to the great staple of the South one million bales of
cotton more than was ever grown in a year before.

And our national debt has been decreased more than one hundred
and sixty millions of dollars.

1 have often spoken of these things » but I deem it proper that we
should annually take some cognizance in our proceedings of what we
bave seen and are seeing in our own time — some account of events
and circumstances which have elevated our republic to a commanding
position among the nations of the earth. To this, New England
has contributed largely by the genius and enterprise of her sons.
Many of the grandest and most extraordinary developments of the
age have come from the brains of New England men, whose inven-
tions have annihilated space, relieved toil, suppressed pain, and trans-
formed animal and human force into stupendous improvements — dis-
coveries and inventions which shall stand as proud memorials while
the. pulse of gratitude shall beat in the heart, while the iron track
shall enclasp our land, the mystic wire give voice to thought, or the
lightning be controlled by the hand of man. I would not assume the
r61e of a prophet, but my hope and faith is that ere another half
century shall have passed the visions of my brain will be fully

VOL. XZXVllk 14

142 Bristol Becords. [A[»il,

realized — when imperial Texas with fertile territory for several states
— the great valleys of the Mississippi and Missouri, the Columbia,
Willamette and Pelouse, the Yellowstone, Colorado and Rio Grande,
and the cotton fields of the south, shall all be brought under cultiva-
tion — when the banks and borders of our seas, our immense lakes,
rivers, our railroads and canals, shall be fringed with cities, populous
towns and smiling villages, and thus the fertile soils of the broad
Atlantic slope and the immense stretch of the Pacific front encircle a
republic whose growth, prosperity and power will, I trust, be the
admiration of the world.

Nor can I fail to include in this vision of my hopes, that finally,
the immense territory of our mother land on our North, and the vast
possessions of Mexico on our South, with whom by the golden chains
of peace and commerce we are daily becoming more closely united
in friendship and sympathy, and over whose broad expanse the genius
of American liberty and enterprise is sure to move, may become one
with us in the enjoyments which flow from liberty of conscience
and equal rights ; thus verifying the words of scripture, ** a land in
which thou shalt eat bread without scarcity. Thou shalt not lack
anything in it."

When I review the past history of our nation and look forward to
its future greatness and glory — still to flow on with no backward
tide — when I reflect on the marvellous progress which we have wit-
nessed in our own times, my soul yearns for a longer life, for a re-
duplication of my years, that I might witness the untold grandeur
and power that it will achieve in the future 1 — when our vast territory
shall be filled up with its hundreds of millions, imbued with the love
of onlcr, law and union, all united in intelligence, enterprise and
philanthropy so characteristic of American blood, — and, above all,
that I might see more of the blessed influence of its free institutions,
our schools and churches so benevolent in their design, and so
powerful in promoting the civilization and evangelization of the
world — that I might see our national banner, the emblem of Free-
dom, Prosperity and Power, with its constellation of ever in-
creasing stars, wave in triumph over a hundred states, — ^the eagle of
our liberties still sheltering under her broad wings the strongest,
most prosperous and independent nation on the globe !

BRISTOL RECORDS.

Commnnicated by the Rev. Jambs P. Lanb, of Norton, Mass.

[Continued fh>m page 20.]

Baptisms. Bt Rev. John Burt, Pastor.
1757.
May 22. John, son of John and Mary Ingraham.
Juue 5. Samuel Royal, sod of Stephen and Mary Paine.

1883.] Bristol Records. 143

12. George, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.
HaDDah, daut of James and Sarah Allen.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Anna Church.
Joshua, son of John and Mary Gladding.
John, son of John and Sarah Anthony.
Josiah, son of Stephen and Mehitable Wardwell.

Thomas, son of Jonathan and Ann Drown (Deceased).
Tabitha, daut. of John and Phebe Wardwell.
Hannah, daut. of Richard and Lucretia Smith.
Lydia, daut. of William and Lydia Martindale.
Billings, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldrou.
Lydia, daut. of Isaac and Sarah Wardwell.
Prisdlla, daut. of John Jr. and Elizabeth Waldron.
Phebe, daut of Capt Daniel and Phebe Waldron.
Jonathan, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bosworth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norris. Adult.
Samuel, son of William and Mary Wardwell.
Benjamin, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.
Timothy, son of William and Mary Bosworth.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Norris.
Mary, daut. of Samuel and Mary Gladding.
Abigail, daut. of Jonathan and Mary Peck.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx.
Mary, daut. of " " "

Edward, son of Edward and Anstis Talby.
Thomas, son of Stephen and Mary Paine.

Mrs. Ruth Holmes. Adult.

Hannah, daut. of Capt. Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.

Abigail Wilson. Adult

Nathaniel, son of Grindal and Sarah Reynolds.

Benjamin and William, sons of Henry and Phebe Bosworth ;
baptized previously on y* account of sickness. Ye parents own-
ing ye covenant.
Jone 16. Samuel, son of William and Mary Lindsey.

Abigail, daut of John and Sarah Anthony.

Molly, daut of Josiah and Molly Finney.

Sarah, daut of Isaac and Sarah Wardwell.

John, son of John and Dorothy Reynolds.

William, son of Capt. William and Ruth Holmes.

Greorge, son of laaac and Joyce Young.

Molly, daut of Henry and Phebe Bosworth.

Elizabeth, daut « " "

Nathaniel, son of " " "

Elizabeth, daut of Joseph and Mary Reed.

Ruth, daut of " " '*

Hannah, negro woman of Col. Green.

Scipio and Mary, children of Hannah, a negro woman.

Ezbon, son of Ezbon (deceased) and Martha Sandford.
Mary, daut of " " *' "

17. James, son of Stephen and Mehitable Wardwell.

19.

July

Aog.

Sept

25.

1758.

tai.

17.

29.

Hff.

12.

April

23.

M»y

28.

Jime

25.

Jnlj

16.

Aog.

27.

fopt

17.

Oct

Not.

19.

Dec 10.

24.

31.

1759.

F^.

15.

April

18.

May

11.

17.

24.

July

Aug.

19.

Oct

14.

Oct

28.

Nov.

}

11.

1760.

Feb.

10.

144 Bristol Records. [-^pn

Mar. 2. JoHd, | twins of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.
Abigail, )

30. Desire, daut. of William and Lydia Martindale.

May 18. Samuel, son of John and Mary Ingraham.

25. Daniel, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.

Samuel, son of William (deceased) and Mary Wardwell.

June 8. Abigail, daut. of Thomas and Elizabeth Throop.

15. Leonard, son of Capt. Daniel and Phebe Waldron.

Elizabeth, daut. of John and Elizabeth Norris.

July 6. Mrs. Mary Richmond. Adult.

13. Thomas, son of Will, and Ruth Holmes.

Joanna, daut. of ** '* "

Lucy, daut of " ** "

Sept. 7. Jonathan, son of Isaac and Sarah Wardwell.

Oct. 5. Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mary Peck.

Elizabeth, daut. of Grindal and Sarali Reynolds.

12. Gill)ert, sou of Doct. Ichabod (deceased) and Mary Richmond

Samuel, sou of James and Sarah Allen.

1761.

March 22. Samuel, son of Benjamin and Sarah Smith.

29. Sarah, daut. of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx.
April 12. John, son of John and Sarah Anthony.
Aug. 1 6. John, son of Samuel and Mary Gladding.

30. Nathaniel, son of Doct. Ichabod and Abigail Richmond.
Ruth, daut. of Samuel (^deceased) and Elizabeth Bosworth.

Sept. 20. Benjamin, son of Joseph and Mary Reed.

John, son of John and Sarah May.

Abigail, daut. " ** "

Sarah, " " " "

Elizabeth," " " "

Hannah, " " " "

27. Bristow, son of Hannah, Col. Green's negro woman.
1762.
Jan. 3. Priscilla, daut. of William and Lydia Martindale.
May 30. William, son of William and Dorcas Tomlin. She being mei

ber of Church of England.

Elizabeth, daut. of Capt. Daniel and Phebe Waldron.
June 6. Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.

William, son of Capt. William and Ruth Holmes.

Allen, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.

Nicholas, son of Capt. Jonathan and Mary Peck.

Joseph, son of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron.

Elizabeth, daut. " " "

Martha, daut. of Joseph and Martha Finney.

Benjamin, son of John and Mary Ingraham.

Rebecca, daut. of Timothy (deceased) and Rebecca Nooning.

William, son of Isaac and Joyce Young.

Daniel, son of Henry and Phebe Bosworth.

Elizabeth, daut. of Nathaniel and Kezia Green of Providence

Charles, son of Charles and Eunice Church.
Constant, daut. *' " "

Mary, daut « « "

July
Aug.

18.

25.

Sept.

29.
6.

19.
26.

1763.
Jan. 9.

.] Bristat Records. 145

30. Hannah, daut of Stephen and Mehitable Wardwell.

6. Lydia, daut. of James and Sarah Allen.

24. Hannah, daut of Charles and Eunice Church.
29. Priscilla, daut. of Edward and Anstis Talby.

Mary, daut of Isaac and Sarah Wardwell.

26. Jonathan, son of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.
17. Benjamin, son of Griudal and Sarah Reynolds.

5. Priscilla, daut of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx.

6. Rebecca, daut of William and Dorcas Tomlin.
)4.

8. Molly, daut of Capt Daniel and Phebe Waldron.
15. Charlotte, daut of Josiah and Martha Finney.

22. 3Iary, daut. of Hannah, Col. Green's negro woman.

20. John, son of William and Lydia Martindale.

27. John, son of Jonathan and Mary Peck.

21. Ambrose, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.

23. Elisha, son of John and Sarah May.
Grindal, son of Grindal and Sarah Reynolds.

4. Nathaniel, son of John and Mary Ingraham.
Rachel, daut of Exlward and Anstis Talby.
55.

26. Sarah, daut. of Charles and Eunice Church.
2. Allen, son of John and Phebe Wardwell.

Willouby, daut. of Isaac and Sarah Wardwell.
6. Sarah, daut of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx.
16.

27. Grey, son of William and Lydia Martindale.

1 1 . Sarah, daut of Capt Jonathan and Mary Peck.

25. Greenwood, son of Joseph and Lydia Reynolds.

27. Mary, daut of John and Sarah Smith.

N. B. Ye child being sick was baptized privately at ye de-
sire of ye mother who had been baptized in infancy, tho* she
had never publicly own'd ye Covenant She acknowledging
ye obligations of her baptism Ye ordinance was administered
to ye child and she was told y* when God should give her
opportunity it was expected y' she publicly renew her bap-
tismal Covenant. My conduct herein was agreeable to y*
advice of ye associated Pastors of ye Colony.

17. Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Howland.
John, son of " " "

Daniel, son of " ** "

Elizabeth, daut " " «

2L Constant, son of Grindal and Sarah Reynolds.

28. Lydia, daut of John and Mary Ingraham.

12. Rebecca, daut of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.

26. William, son of Capt. Mark Anthony and Abigail De Wolfe.
James, son of " " " ** «
Levi, son of " " « " «

1 6. Abigail, daut of Joseph and Rebecca Waldron of Newport

12. Sarah, daut. of Josiah and Martha Finney.

19. Martha, daut. of John and Elizabeth Howland.

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146 Bristol Records. [Apr

Pbillis, daut. of Haunah, Col. Green's negro woman.
Elizabeth, daut of Capt James and Sarah Alden.
Abigail, daut. of Charles (deceased) and Eunice Church.
Nathaniel, son of Benjamin and Mary Bosworth.
Mary, daut of Capt Jonathan and Mary Peck.
John, son of John Jr. and Lucretia Gladding.
Hannah, daut of John Jr. and Lucretia Gliidding.
Lucretia, daut of " " "

Marcy, daut of Capt Daniel and Phebe Waldron.

Jonathan, son of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx.

Samuel, son of John and Lucretia Gladding.

Abigail, daut of John and Elizabeth Howland.

William, son of William and Lydia Martindale.

Mary, daut of Capt Mark Anthony and Abigail De Wolfe.

OS , ^ Twins, sons of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldr

Benjamm, ) '

Daniel, son of Isaac and Joyce Young.

Sarah, daut of " " "

Thomas Gibbs, son of Josiah and Martha Finney.
William, son of Capt Jonathan and Mary Peck.
Frazer, daut of Benjamin and Mary Bosworth.
Daniel, son of John and Mary Ingraham.
Samuel Vial, son of Thomas and Mary Peck.
Nathaniel, son of " " "

Hannah, daut of " ** "

Peleg, son of John and Elizabeth Howland.

William, son of Samuel and Priscilla Oxx (deceased).

Sarah, daut of Grindal and Sarah Reynolds.

Benjamin, son of Stephen and Jemima Wardwell.

Richard, son of John and Lucretia Gladding.

Mary Bradford, daut. of Benjamin and Mary Bosworth.

George, son of Jofiiali and Martha Finney.

Lydia, daut of Capt Jonathan and Mary Peck.

William Throop, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.

Davis, son of John and Mary Ingraham.

Rogers Richmond, son of Thomas and Mary Peck.

Benjamin, son of Josiah and Eleanor Smith.

Abigail, daut of " " "

Rebeoca, daut of " " "

Peter, son of Hannah, T. Green Jr's negro woman.

Rebecca, daut of Eleazer and Abigail Blake.
Ebenezer, son of " " "

Susanna, daut of Josiah and Eleanor Smith.
Martha, daut of James and Phebe Smith.
Phebe, " « " "

Elizabeth" " « "

26. Priscilla, daut of Stephen and Jemima Wardwell.

July
Aug.

12.
2.

Sept
Oct

13.
4.

1768.

Jan.

10.

16.

April
May

17.

22.

Sept
Nov.

15.
13.

1769.

Jan.

April
June

9.
25.

July
Sept

23.
10.

1770.

May
July
Oct

13.
15.
14.

28.

Nov.

Dec.

30.

1771.

April
May

7.
12.
19.

June

23.

Oct.

27.

Nov.

24.

1772.

May

17.

24.

July

19.

183.] Bristol Records. 147

29. William, son of Samuel and Rebecca Ozx.

baptized privately being dangerously sick,
ig. 9. Mary, daut. of Nathaniel and Parnel Smith.
1 6. John, son of John and Sarah Smith.
William, son " « "

30. Thomas, son of Jeremiah and Deborah Finney.
Loring, son of " ** "
Elizabeth, daut. of " " "
Deborah, daut of « " "
Rebecca, daut. of « " "
Mary, daut of " " "

ipt 5. Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Norris.
Elizabeth, daut of John and '^ '^

Paul, son of " " "

Benjamin, son of '^

(( ((

1773.

10.

Nathaniel, son of John and Elizabeth Howland.
Benjamin, son of John and Lucretia Gladding. •
Hannah, daut of Capt Jonathan and Mary Peck.
Alfred, son of Benjamin and Mary Bosworth.
Susanna, daut of Thomas and Salome Diman.
Salome, daut of " " "

T\ \7' V, r Twin dauts. of Thomas and Salome Diman.
Deborah, )

pt. 5. Allen Taylor, son of Nathaniel and Parnel Smith.

1 9. Ann, daut. of Josiah and Martha Finney.

26. John, son of Jeremiah and Deborah Finney.
:t 3. Seabury Manchester. Adult

Miriam Manchester. Adult. His wife.

Martha, daut of Seabury and Miriam Manchester.

Benjamin, son of " " "

William, son of " " "

24. Samuel, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Waldron.
31. Simeon, son of William and Hannah Munro.

Allen, son of " " "

Sarah, daut of John and Sarah Smith.
DV. 14. Samuel Gladding. Adult a;. 24. Son of Mr. James Gladding

formerly of y* town died.
1774.
ar. 20. William Hardon. Adult.

Richard, son of William and Hannah Hardon.

William, son of " " "

James, son of " " **

John Glover, son of William and Hannah Hardon.

Elizabeth, daut of " " "

27. Mrs. Rebecca Nooning. Adult.
Timothy, son of James and Rebecca Nooning.
Jemima, daut of Stephen and Jemima Wardwell.
Mrs. Hannah Potter. Adult.
Barnabas Taylor, son of Josiah and Eleanor Smith.
Abigail, daut. of Roscom and Abigail Sandford.
Hannah, " " " «
Molly, " *' " "

pril

11.

:ay

ine

ily

10.

14$ PatUrsan Family. [Aprilt

Anna, daat of Daniel and Sasanna Wardwell.
Mary, '* " " "

17. Josiah, son of Archibald and Rebecca Manro.
22. Wiatt, son of Seabarj and Miriam Manchester,
baptized privately, being sick.
Aug. 9. Hannah, a twin child of William and Hannah Hardon,

baptized privately, being sick.
21. Polly, daut of John and Mary Ingraham.
Sept. 25. Offered to baptism by y' grandmother Mrs. Phebe Wardwell

and Mrs. Margaret Swan, the following
Samuel Woodbury, 1

Sarah, 1 Children of John and Hannah Ward-

Hannah Swan, I well, both dead.

I'eggy, J

Jemima, daut. of Samuel and Rebecca Oxx.
Nathaniel Wardwell, son of James and Phebe Smith.
John, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wardwell.
Phebe, daut. of " ** **

Sarah, " " a u

Sarah, daut of John and Elizabeth Howland.
Rebecca, dant. of John and Elizabeth Norris.

Elizabeth, daut. of Jonathan and Margaret Peck.

Sarah, daut. of Archibald and Rebecca Munro.

Susanna, daut of Daniel and Susanna Gladding.
May 21. Royal, son of Joseph and Margaret Diman.

Jeremiah, son of '* " "

Margaret, daut " " "

Rebecca, daut of Barnard and Ruth Salisbury.
Sept 24. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Mary Bosworth.

^' Here end the records of that worthy and faithful servant of Jesns
Christ the Rev^ John Burt who died on that memorable day of the bom-
bardment of the town by British soldiery the 7"" of October A.D. 1775."

Oct

23.

30.

Nov.

1775.

Jan.

22.

April

30.

PATTERSON FAMILY.
By the Hon. John R. Rollins, of Lawrence, Mass.

AMONG the adherents of Charles II. in the Scottish army, defeated
at the battle of Worcester by Oliver Cromwell, and transported to
New England to be sold as slaves or servants for a term of years, is found
the name of James Patterson. The prisoners sailed from London in the
ship "John & Sarah," about November 11, 1651, and arrived at Charles-
town before May, 1652. (Register, i. pp. 377-380; Brown's Hist of the
Highland Clans, vol. ii. p. 61.)

In 1658, James Patterson, supposed to be the Scotch prisoner, received
a grant of land from the town of Billerica, and between that date and 1685
he received sixteen different grants of land ; and in 1661 his name appean
on the town records in a vote of the Proprietors of the township. He nuu^
ried March 29, 1662, Rebecca, daughter of Andrew and Jane Stevenson, of

1883.] Patterson Family. 149

CSambridge. He was admitted freeman April 18,1690. During Philip's
war, Oct^ 8, 1675, his house was appointed for garrison, and the garrison
consisted of himself, John Baldwin, Edward and Thomas Farmer, Henry
and John Jeffts, and two soldiers. For services in the war his sou James,
with descendants of other soldiers, was rewarded by a grant of land in Nar-
mgansett No. 6 (now Templeton). Reg. xvi. p. 144. He was also in the
Canadian Expedition of 1690, and his son James, by virtue of his father's
services, was a proprietor in the Sudbury Canada grant of 1741, located in
Maine, and comprising the present towns of Jay and Canton. (Reg. vol.
nx. p. 192.)

James Patterson died May 14, 1701, aged about 68 ; will proved 1701.
His widow Rebecca was administratrix on the estate. Among the debts
mention is made of one to sister Kebee, of Charlestown, and one to Peter
Proctor, of Chelmsford. (Probate Rec. Cambridge.) Children :

i. Mart, b. Billerica, Jane 22, 1666 ; m. Jan. 30, 1688-9, to Peter Proc-
tor, of Chelmsford, son of Robert and Jane (Hildreth) Proctor, of
Concord and Chelmsford . ( Prob. Records. )

ii. James, b. Billerica, Dec. 28, 1668 ; d. Aug. 3, 1677.

2. ili. Andrew, b. ** Feb. 4, 1672.

3. iv. John, b. ** Feb. 8, 1675.

4. V. Joseph, b. ** Nov. 1, 1677.

vi. Rebecca, b. *' May 18, 1680 ; d. 1683.

5. yii. James, b. " Feb. 13, 1683.

6. viii. Jonathan, b. " Nov. 31 (sic), 1685.*

2. Andrrw' Patterson (James^), settled in Charlestown, Mass. ;
married 1697, Elizabeth Kibbee, of Charlestown. She was baptized, ac-
cording to Savage, August 14, and according to the church records of
Charlestown, June 14, 1681 ; was daughter of James Elibbee by his second
wife Sarah, the daughter of Andrew Stevenson of Cambridge, and widow
of John Lowden, who married James Kibbee, Oct. 23, 1679.t She was
probcMy the Elizabeth Patterson who purchased Thomas Hodgman's home-
stead in Reading, Sept 8, 1725. Ajidrew Patterson was a mariner, and
was lost at sea, March, 1707, leaving but one child (posthumous) :

7. i. James, b. Oct. 5, 1707.

3. John' Patterson (James^)j resided in Billerica; married at Con-
cord, December 29, 1702, Joanna Hall, of Billerica. Their children, all
bom in Billerica:

i. Keziah, b. Deo. 5, 1703.

ii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 15, 1705.

iii. Hannah, b. May 9, 1710.

iv. Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1713-14.

V. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1732-3.

4. Joseph* Patterson (James^), settled in Watertown ; married at
Sudbury, September 22, 1701, Mercy, the youngest daughter of Capt. John
Goodenow, of Sudbury. She died in chUdbed, September 1, 1710 ; his

second wife was Mary . He married a third time, November 29, 1724,

Rebecca, widow of James Livermore, and daughter of John and Elizabeth

• Town Clerk of Billerica. The record makes a rather long November.

t Jamefl Kibbee, or Kibby, was of Dorchester, son of Eaward of Boston, removed to
Cmbridge, and thence to Charlchtown. According to Eaton, James Kebbe was in Rcad-
iBg 1685-6, but was not in the list of tax-payers in 1720.

150 Patterson Family. [April,

(Trowbridge) Myrick, of Newton.* Joseph purchased, March 19, 1701,
of Edward Harrington, '*one mansion house with 12 acres of orebanl
meadow and arable land " in Watertown, and became quite a coiisideraUa
landholder. In 1714 was constable and collector of taxes for Watertowi,
His will, executed Nov. 15, 1736, was offered for probate, Feb. 14, 1736-7.
Children :

i. MsRCT, b. Sept. 1, 1703 ; m. 1731, Dea. Samuel Brown, of Watertown,
Leicester and Stockbridge, a member of the Provincial CongreBi
1776.

ii. Mart, b. Ang. 16, 1704 ; m. Feb. 14, 1733-4, Jeremiah Hewes, oc
Uawes, or as probate records eay, Exas.

iii. Lmu, b. Oct. 9, 1706 ; d. yoang.

iv. Eunice, b. April 19, 1706 ; m. Deo. 38, 1736, Jonathan Flagg, of Wa-
tertown and Framingham.

8. V. Joseph, b. Ang. 37, 1710.

By second wife :

vi. Hepzibah, b. Deo. 7, 1713.

vii. Sfbil, bapt. Nov. 37. 1715; m. July 10, 1736, David Ball, of Watfl^

town and Waltham.
viii. Lydia, b. Oct. 13, 1718.

By third marriage :

is. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 37, 1737 ; m. July 6, 1749, Abigail Bond, of Wa-
tertown, who settled in Oonoord, Mass.

5. James' Patterson (James^ ), removed to Dunstable and thence to
Groton, where he died 1738. He was a farmer. From the county rec-
ords it appears that he sold his farm in Dunstable, 700 acres on the Merri-
mack River, to Eben Taylor in 1717, and purchased another in Groton on

the " Nashaway " River, 1715-16. He married Mary , who died in

Shirley, Sept 17, 1769, est. 83. Children :

1. John, b. April 10, 1711 ; d. young.

9. ii. James.

10. iii. John, b. 1733.

11. iv. Hbzekiab.
V. Mart, m. April 3, 1745, Nathan Uubbard, of Groton. They had a

fiimily of twelve children, of whom, BetW, bom Dec. 24, 1750, mar-
ried Amos Lawrence, Jr., eldest son of Lieut. Amos and Abigail
(Abbott) Lawrence, of Groton.

vi. Elizabeth, m. July 16, 1751, John Longley, of Shirley.

vii. Esther, b. March 10, 1731 ; m. Nov. 30, 1751, Ensign Joseph Lang-
ley, of Shirley.

6. Jonathan* Patterson (James^), settled at Watertown ; was there
in 1707, and was, as well as his brother Joseph, a tailor. Removed to Deer-
field, where he married, July 30, 1713, Mary, daughter of Dea. Eleazer
Hawkes, of Deerfield. He removed to Northfield about 1716, grants of
land being made to him in N. on condition that he would settle there. He
died at N. 1718. His widow deceased March 4, 1757, set 61. ChDdren:

i. Jonathan, b. Dec. 18, 1714 ; d. aged 7 years, Feb. 34, 1731.
13. ii. Eleazer, b. Sept. 3, 1716.

* Elizabeth Trowbridge was bom in Dorchester, October 12, 1660, m. John Myrick at
Newton, 1682. Her father was James, of Dorchester (son of Thomas, probably, of D.), who
married, December 30, 1659, Margaret, daaghtcr of Maj. Humphrey Atherton.

James Livermore was son of Lieut. John, of Watertown, and granclson of John (ancestor
of all theLivermorcs), who came to New England at the age of 28 in the ship Frandi,
Capt. John Cutting, master, 1634.

1683.] FlaUersom FamUlf. 151

7. Jaxes* Pattebsoit {Amdrett* Jaatet^), vesided Sodborr : mArried
October 14« 1730. Lvdlm, dmughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Reed) Fiike.
flf Lexington, and of Sodbnij 1718 (ffmison), James removed to Prince-
ton and Petersham. He died at Priooecon. May -L 170'>. His widow died
September, 1776, a. 60. Children :

i. Jonathan, b. Nov. SO, 1735. He wa» Ser^ouit in Capt. Sanmel
Howe's oompaoY from 31aiib3ro\ tnit to the relief "f Fon William
Henry. 1757. Was also in Cape. Samac4 Dakin'-* eumpany in the
Canadian Expedition of 1756. and was killed by the lodians at Lake
Geurjre, July 20. 1756. Hult> Joomal (Rec. x. p. 30^) calls bim

F by his right name. Badaon in his Uistoiy calls bun John.

I 13. ii. David, b. May 17, 1799.

I 14. iii. AxDRKW, b. April 14. 174*2 ; m. Eliabeth Bond, of Worcester. Octo-

ber 21, 1761 ; residence Sodbary.

8. .Joseph' Patterson {Joteph} Jame^), resided Wahham; married
I 1737, Lydia Mereau, of Newton. He was a member of Capt. Eleazer
I Kelvin's company in Gov. Shirley's expedition to the Norn(l^ewcK?k coun-
I try, 1754. In 1767, May 24, he and his wife Lydia were dismissed from

Waltham church ^ to the diristian brethren in Uichmoud. Ma?s.. soon to
be embodied into a church.*' She was living in Richmond a widow. Jan.
19, 1781. Children :

i. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1738 ; m. Richmond. Mne». Descendants not
traced. Was he the one at Bunker Hill ? (See Reg. xxriii 260.)

ii. EuzABBTH, b. Aprils, 1740; m. Dec. 9, 17fiO, William Saitmarsh.

iii. Betlah. b. Jan. 20, 1741-2; m. ht-r cuuhd. Capt. Abraham Bruwn,
of 8tuckbridgc. son of Dea. Abraham ami Mercy (Patterson) Bruwn.
Ue was burn 1740, was a captain in the militia, and repe:\t«xlly in
service in the early part of the Revolution. Died, Jan. 8, 177*7, of
small-pox communicated by a letter. Hi<« widow and five sims emi-
grated to Berkshire, Tioga County, N. Y.. about 1795, where she
died. July 6, 1820, set. 79.

iv. Abigail, b. July 7, 1743-4 ; resided unm. at Richmond, 1781.

V. Ltdia, b. Dec. 16, 1745; m. Col. David Pixley (second wife), proba-
bly son of Lieut. David Pixley. of St4x;kbridge. lie wat^ one of the
five commissionen* about 1786-7. for the purchase of a large tract
of land in New York, of which Bin>r|iamton is near the centre.
lie settled in Owego, Tioga County, where he was buried. The fol-
lowing is the inscription on his gravestone : *' In meioorv of Col.
David Pixley. who departed this life August 25, 1807, in Uie 67th
year of his a^e. He was an officer in the Revolution.^ Was at the
sie^ of Quebec under Gen. Montgomery ; was the first settler of
Tioga, 1790, and continued its father and friend until his detith."'
15. vi. Hon. Amos, b. Feb. 18, 1747-8 ; was a trader in Richmond, Mnw*. ; re-
moved to New York, and was one of the earliest settlers of Union
Village, Broome County. He became a prominent citizen and Jud^
in that county, and a member of the U. S. Con^esH.

Tii. Martha, b. May 26, 1750; m. William Woodbridge, a farmer of Stock-
bridge, aflerwardM of Vermont.

Tiii. Sarah, b. June 30, 1753 ; m. Oct. 1775, Phin^is Brown, of Stock-
bridge ; removed to Waltham, Vt. Ho was son of Capt. John and
Hannah (Flagg) Brown, of Waltham, Mass. ; went to Stock hr id j^ as
early as 1770, and resided there till 1784. He was a land surveyor,
and for several years pr(*vious to the Revolution was engaged much
of tlie time in surveying in Castleton, licicester, SQlisbury, Middle-
bury, Cornwall, New llavcn, Paxton, and other towns, in what is
now the western part of Vermont, then known as the ** New Hamp-
shire Grants."

ix. EsTBKR, b. Jan. 10, 1756 : m. Thomas Merean, of RiehuKmd, Mtuis.

9. James* Patterson (James,* James^), resided Groton, Mass. IIo
was one of the thirty individuals who petitione<l, March 1, 1747, to havo

152 Patterson Family. [April,

the town of Groton divided and the District of Shirley formed. (Batler,
pp. 65-6.) Shirley was incorporated as a separate district, Jan. 5, 175&
He married at Groton, January 17, 1744-5, widow Elizabeth Bartlalt
(widow of Nicholas Bartlett). After Mr. Patterson's death, which ooeoiw
red May 8, 1759, the widow married Samuel Nichols. She died at Neir
Ipswich, N. H., July 28, 1813, aged 96. Children :

i. Sybil, b. Groton, July 22, 1747 ; m. Brown ; resided Temfilt,

N. H.
16. ii. N1CH0I4AS, b. Groton, March 22, 1749.

iii. Joseph, b. Groton, Dec. 25, 1751 ; was a carpenter ; resided at Boffeon;

m. ? Ue had three children, all daughters. He died of oqb>

sumption while on a yisit to his sister, Airs. Scripture, at New Ip»
swich, N. U.

iv. James, b. Shirley, May 8, 1754 ; d. November, 1787; was captain !■
the militia, and served against the insurgents in Shays's rebellioii ;
resided at Fitchburff and Lunenburg ; m. Miriam Uovey ; had fift
children, of whom Dea. James, ^ b. March 9, 1782, d. June 30, 180^
m. Sarah Steams (see Bond's Watertoum, p. 488) and was fktherdf
James U.,* of New York and Boston; Mary S.,* for many yeazBt
teacher ; Rev. Steams,' professor of langui^es in Female Co11m|I|
Wilmington, Del. ; Lucius' ; Oliver S.,' M.D., Geneva Med. 000.,
of Waterloo, N. Y. ; and Sarah S.,' wife of the compiler of tbii
article.

Y. Jane, b. Shirley, June 23, 1756 ; m. Oliver Scripture, of New Ip-
swich, N. H.

vi. Thomas, b. Shirley, March 25, 1759 ; descendants not traced.

10. Dea. John* Patterson (James,* James^), resided Shirley; farmer;
was deacon in the church at Shirley ; married at Groton to Jane Parker,
January 4, 1758. The Fitchburg Railroad is located in the village near
where his house stood, and where Dr. Longley subsequently resided. He
died at Shirley, June 18, 1797. Children :

1. Lemuel, b. Jan. 8, 1759.

ii. Sarab, b. March 19, 1761 ; d. March 21, 1764.

iii. John, b. Dec. 8, 1762.

iv. Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1764. Was a cooper by trade: resided for a
time with Capt. James P. at Lunenburg, and after his death, 1787,
conducted the farm and kept the tavern there till 1796. He WM
never married, and relinquishing the farm and tavern at the time of
Mrs. Patterson *s second marriage to Dr. Haskell, he removed to New
York in the vicinity of Troy or Albany.

v. Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1767.

vi. James, b. July 26, 1769 ; descendants not traced.

11. Lt Hezekiah' Patterson (James,^ Jame9^), resided Shirley 1
fiEtrmer ; married Mary Pierce, of Groton, Nov. 18, 1762. Children :

i. Jonathan, b. May 9, 1763 ; d. Sept. 16, 1765.

ii. Hezekiah, b. Aug. 26, 1765; resided Shirley ; m. Jane Haien, 1799;

d. without issue, Sept. 1825. Widow died April 10, 1851.*
iii. Susan, b. Feb. 26, 1768 ; m. Thomas Hubbard, of Groton, June 16,

1796. She died at G., Oct. 30, 1806.
iv. Mart, b. Sept. 7, 1770 ; was second wife of Thomas Hubbard, above;

d. Feb. 3, 1852, leaving two children, Charles and Andrew.
V. FsTHER, b. Oct. 5, 1773 ; m. Sylvester Phelps, of Lancaster, Sept. 21,

1795.
vi. Betsey, m. Philemon Athcrton, of Harvard; intention pub. Nov. 11,

1805.

* See stones, Shirley Burial Ground. Probate Kec, Cambridge.

1883.] Patter9on Family. 153

12. Col. Eleazer* Patterson (Jonathan,^ James^), resided North-

idd, Mass. ; married first, Lydia , who died April 4, 1761, a. 46. He

Buried second, about 1770, Abigail (Parsons?), of Northampton,

who died October 3, 1783, a. 58. Eleazer was corporal in Capt Elijah
Williams's company from Northfield in the Crown Point expedition of
1755 ; sergeant in Capt. Salah Barnard's company in Col. Williams's regi-
jBent in the Canada expedition of 1758. He resided in the north part of
tlie town (now Vernon) ; was selectman, 1747-8 and 1751 ; was active in
bdudf of the New York party in the New Hampshire grant troubles, and
raoeived a commission from New York as colonel of the lower regiment of
Camberland County, August 18, 1778, and in 1782 was appointed by the
same power Justice of the ^^ Court of Common Pleas and General Gaol De-
ETerj.'* He removed to Brattleboro' about 1792, where he died, April 8,
1801. The style of clapboards used in building his house, 1763, is thus
described in Temple and Sheldon's History of Northfield : They were split
ftom oak bolts or cuts, were 5 to 7 feet long, 8 to 1 inches wide, and
aboot 1 } inches thick at the back. They were laid lapping, and made a
darable and tolerably tight covering. This was among the first of the sec-
ond stjle of houses in Northfield, the buildings previously being thatch-
eoTered huts. Children :

i. Ltdia, b. Sept. 8, 1737 ; m. Jan. 28, 1757, William White, of Hadley,
Hinsdale, Northfield and Springfield. She died before 1765, and he
m. Nov. 1765, Martha Chapin. Lydia had one son Giles White,
bapt. Feb. 26, 1758, who m. Sarah Dodd and settled in Ck)ble8kill,
N.Y.

ii. Jonathan, b. Sept. 16, 1748 ; descendants not traced.

iii. Mabt, b. Jane 19, 1752.

iv. £i«SAZKR, b. Dec. 15, 1754 ; m. ; resided Northfield, Mass. ;

had two children--Sylvester, bapt. April 17, 1776; Lydia Moore,
bapt. July 6, 1777.

13. David* Patterson {James,^ Andrew,^ James^), resided Sudbury;
blacksnuth ; removed to Framingham ; married Beulah Clark, of Fram-
iDgham, and with his wife ^^ owned the covenant** of the church, Nov. 16,
1759. They moved to Boylston 1783, but returned to F. 1799, where he
died. Not. 28, 1809, a. 70. His widow died May, 1829 (born July 23,
1740). An interesting account of Mrs. Patterson's family Clark may be
fband in Maine Hist Coll., vol. i. 203, 208, 214, and Barry's Framinghano^
CluldreD :

i. David, b. Aug. 7, 1760 ; m. New Haven, Ct. ; d. S. Carolina, 1798.
ii. Ltdia, b. Dec. 8, 1761 ; m. Ezra Rice, of Northboro', Nov. 12, 1786v.

and d. at Ck>noord, July 18, 1842. (Erroneously stated by Barry »^

1832.)
iii. MoLLT, b. Sept. 30, 1763 ; m. Elias Hemmenway ; resided N. MarU

borough,
if. Jonathan, b. Sept. 3, 1765 ; m. Sarah, daughter of Dea. Seth Rioe,of

WeBtboro', March 11, 1792; residedatNorthboro*, also in Vermont,.

Canada and Connecticut ; d. at Northboro*, Aag. 20, 1845, a. SO'

y. II mo. 18 d.
T. James, b. Sept. 3, 1767 ; m. Lovisa Wyman, of Northboro*,. Sept. 13,

1798 ; d. at the South, 1838.
vT. Isaac, b. March 9, 1769 ; m. Persis Wyman, of Northboro* ; resided in

Boylston ; was infirm, and killed by a fall from a loaded wagon, Nov.

3, 1795.
vii. Nanct, b. Feb. 18, 1771 ; m. April 15, 1798, Jabex Maynard Parker,

of Weetboro'. They removed to Phillipston, where she died in

1843. Descendants in Phillipston.
Tiii. Enoch, b. Sept. 30, 1772 ; m. Mary Adams ; resided in Boston, where*

TOL. XXXYU. 15

154 Patterson Family. [April,

for many years he was an innholder — proprietor of the Elm Street
House, known and popular for a loni^ time to a pest generation as
the Patterson House, a favorite resort of traders from the interior,
parti V on account oC its location, but mainly in consequence of its
ezocllent table and moderate charges — a reputation maintaioed for
a long time after by Mr. Wildes. Mr. Patterson served the city at
one time in the Board of Aldermen. Removed to Dedham, where he
dic>d March 17, 1858, a. 86. His widow died May 19, 1858, a. 78.
They had ten children, of whom, Rev. Albert 0. Patterson died at
Butfiilo, N. Y. ; HepMibeth married Rev. Artcmas B. Muziey, of
Cambridge ; and Ahuira was wife of the late Cul. John T. Heard.
(See Rko. zxxvi. 354 )

iz. Artemas, b. March 30, 1774 ; m. Asenath Hemenway, April 19,
1803 ; resided Northboro* ; d. Nov. 11, 1851, a. 77.

X. Sally, b. April 12, 1775; d. Sept. 23, 1775.

xi. Sallt, b. July 31, 1776; m. Gill Bartlett of Northboro*, Aug. 86,
1796; d. July 21, 1826.

zil. BxuijkH, b. June 20, 1779; m. April 6, 1797, Henry Hastings, of
Nurthboro* ; residence N.

ziii. Catharink, b. Feb. 7, 1781 ; m. Adam Hemenwav, of Framingham.
March, 1804 ; d. at the Hemenway homestead, where she had resided
70 years. July, 1875.

xiv. William, d. April 19, 1782 ; m. 1st, Hannah Hemenway, Sept. IS,
1802 ; m. 2d, filisa Adams. He was killed at Natick, Nov. 14, 1835,
by the cars of the Boston & Wor. R. R.

XV. Finis, b. Sept. 1, 1784; m. Luther Hemenway, July 10, 1803; icm-
dencc Buylston ; removed to New Hampshire.

14. Andrew* Patterson (James* Andrew^* James^), resided Sudbn*
ry; married Elizabeth Bond, of Worcester, Oct. 21, 1761, youngest child
of John and Kuth (Whitney) Bond, of W. (See Bond Genealogies.)

He niarried second, Anna . They removed to Petersham about 1788.

Andrew and Daniel were taxed at Petersham in 1817, and till 1823 and
no further. (See Town Clerk of P.) Children :

i. Sarah, b. Sudbury, May 15, 1764.

ii. James, b. ** Fob. 22, 1768; d. younjc.

iii. James, b. Princeton, June 6, 1774 ; went to Ohio and died unm.

It. Jane, b. ** May II, 1776; m. ; d. in Petersham, a.p.

V. Daniel, b. ** Dec. 9, 1777 ; d. Dec. 23, 1781.

vi. Anna, b. " June 20, 1779 ; d. June 5, 1782.

Yii. Jeremiad, b. •* July 25, 1781 ; ) d. Jan. 20, 1782.

viii. Daniel, b. ." July 25, 1781 ; / d. unm. in Petersham.

ix. Sally, b. " Nov. 22, 1782 ; m. ; d. in Ohio, leafing

family.
X. Jonathan, b. " Went to Ohio and died unm.

15. Hon. Amos* Patterson {Joseph* Joseph^* James^), married Anne
Williams ; resided Richmond, Mass. Children :

i. Anns, b. Richmond, Oct. 19, 1787 ; m. Anson, son of Elijah and La-
cretia (Barnes) Uij^bc, May 7, 1811. of Newark Valley, N. Y.

ii. Joseph, b. Union, N . Y., Feb. 22, 1795.

iii. Chester, b. Richmond, Sept. 24, 1777 ; removed with his father to
Union, Broome County, N. Y., 1793. He was sheriff of that county
from 1809 to 1812 ; represented the county in the state Icgislacare
from 1819 to 1821 inclusive, and was one of the presidential eleoton
for state of New York in 1824, giving his vote to John Ouincy Ad-
ams. He was town clerk of Union Tor many years, and otherwise
much engaged in service for the town. In 1839 he removed with hif
family to Newark Valley, Tioga County, N. Y., where he died, Sep-
tember 22, 1857. 8Bt. 73. He m. Mary Ann £liot,and one of his
sons is David Williams Patterson^ of Newark Valley, well known
as a genealogist, from whom these records of Joseph 1st and bis
descendants were obtained.

1883.] Edward Randolph. 155

16. Nicholas^ Patterson {James.* Jamet* Jamet^)^ settled at Har-

fird, Mass. ; trader ; was twice married, first to Anne , second to

widow Abigail Whitney ; intention of marriage pab. Sept 1 2, 1 778. lie
and his son Artemas, about 1790, went to Vermont and purchased a tract
of wild land on Otter Creek. Hoth died of fever while there, the fam-
ily remaining in Harvard. Children :

i. Sybil, h. Jnn. 31, 1774.

ii. Betset, h. July 31, 1776.

iii. Abigail, h. July 22, 1779 ; d. in infancy.

iv. Abigail Wjllard, h. June 13, 1780 ; d. Jane 23, 1813.

▼. Artemas, h. April 7, 1781.

▼i. UxiNDA, b. Feb. 25, 1783 : d. 1832.

vii. Anna Willard, b. March 5. 1785.

viii. Alsxakdke, b. May 15, 1787 ; d. unm. at sea.*

EDWARD RANDOLPH.

Communicated bj O. D. Scull, Esq., of Oxford, England.

EDWARD RANDOLPH, the writer of the followinor letters,
was the fourth son of Edmund Rjindolph, M.D., of Canter-
bury, of Oxford and Padua (Italy). He was baptized at St. Mar-
garet's, Canterbury, July 9th, 1632. He married three times —
firstly, Jane, daughter of Thomas Gibbon of Wcst-ClifF, County
Kent. By this marriage there were two daughters : Deborah, bap-
tized July 6, 1671 ; and Elizabeth, born in 1664. Jane Gibbon,
their mother, was of the same family as the historian. Her brother
Matthew had a son Edward, he again a son Edward, and this last
also a son Edward the historian. Jane Gibbon Randolph died in
1679. In 1681, Edward Randolph again married at St. Martin's
in the fields, London, Grace Greenville of the same parish. She
died in Boston, U. S., in 1682. f A third daughter is mentioned,
Sarah, probably the child of the third marriage, her mother, Sarah
Piatt (widow), whose maiden name was Buckhou^e, and related to
the wife of the Earl of Clarendon (Hyde). This marriage took
place also at St. Martin's in the fields, in 1684. At this period he
is described as of St. Margaret's, Westminster. He appears to
have had no sons by either of his wives. He was appointed by
Charles the 2nd as his Envoy to New England to reclaim the char-
ter formerly granted to that Colony, and went over on this mission
in 1676. He made frequent voyages back and forth, Bancroft says
10 many as eight in seven years. His will was made on the eve of
his seventeenth voyage to America, and is dated June 15, 1702.

• Town Records, Harvard.

t She died late in Novcmt»er or onrlv in DcrcmT)cr, 1682. Noadiah Rnsscll, in his Diary
andcr th:it yf ar. lias tlti.4 cntrv : "3dl0"» (being fri< lav) Mr. Randail'H wife whs buried in
BofCon niamodo Kugland.'* (See Reo. vii. 58.) Dec/ 3, 1682, did not fall on Friday, but
on Sunday. Tbo funeral was probably on the following Fnday, the 8tb.— Ed.

156 Edward Randolph. [April,

Letters of administration were granted December 7, 1703, and tlie
testator is named as **of Acgnamat," the modem '^Accomac"
in Virginia, where he must have died not long after his arrival from
England.*

1 684 : A General! account granted to y* Gov' & Company Erected in
£ngl^ for Evangelizing Indians in New England.

Abont y* year 1643 letters patent were granted to y* L* Warwick and
other factious Lords as also to Hucrh Peters Goodwin : Oliver Crom-
well Cornelius Holland & other Seditious Commoners : to the number of
18 : with power to collect money all over England to dispose of y^ money
accordingly. Great sums of money were collected & imployed by commis-
sioners in New England nominateil placed & displaced by the said Grov' db
Company, See the Ordinance of Parliam* in Rushworths Collections 1643:
Upon his late Maj^^" Restauration the Patent was renewed with enlargement
of powers & some members of the former company kept in. M' Boyle being
by y* late Lord Clarendon made Governor & M' Ashirst made Treasurer.

By these Letters Patents the Lord Chancellor for y* tyme being has pow-
er to inspect & call to account that Gov' & Company : who are made ac-
countable from tyme to tyme to his Lordsh^: for all their revenues & how
employed. As by the letters patents kept in y* Plantation offices does at
large appeare.

There was formerly belonging to this Company 800 or 1000£ per an-
num as I have been credibly informed : they were wont to send the yearly
produce of this estate to New Eug^ to be disposed of as their trustees there
thought ffitt & to be accountable to y* Gov' & company. Great part of
this estate as I have been told was in houses, which were burnt down in y*
tire in London, so that their revenue is lesned above halfe, if not more.
Now instead of sending money to N. Eng* they draw money yearely from
thence where 'tis said they have aboue 2000£ at interest. I could never
inform myself of any account that has been given of this money, Since
his Maj^'*^ restauration. The L^ Chancellor Notingham intended it but
was prevented by the unhappy troubles in P!^ng^. I was ordered to attend
his Lord"** but was hindered by a suddain voyage to N. Eng*. It did in
former tymes cost y* Company yearly in money & goods above 500£ to
translate into y® Indian Language some of Baxter's pamphlets these are
committed to y® custody of Riged Independent ministers under y* name
of Indian Ministrey & have a yearly salary, they have the disposing these
bookes to y* Indians, but the whole design tends more to y* enconragement
of ill ministering then beneficiall to y* poor Indians.

* Mr. Scall, in the above sketch, gives new and interesting fkcts concerning Edward
Randolph and his family ; and the documents to which it is prefixed are important and in-
structive. Little WAS known in this country of the personal history of Randolph till the
late Charles W. Tuttic Ph.D., read a paper before the Massachusetts Historical Society,
February 12, 1874, upon his life and character, which was printed in the Proceedings of tut
society, vol. 13, pp. 240-2. %

Randolph's Narrative of his proceedings and voyages, from 1676 to 16S7, is printed firooi
the Massachusetts Archives in the Andros Tracts,— edited by William H. Whltmore, A.1C.,
and pul)Ii8hed by the Prince Society,— vol. 3, pp. 214-18, followed by several of his letters
obtained from the same source. The Narrative is also printed with other documents ftdOL
the Massachusetts Archives and from the Phillipps Papers in the Proceedings of tho MatBt-
chusctts Historical Society, Novcm»)cr 11, 1880, vol. 18, pp. 254-61. See also the Hatchift
son Papers, ed. of 1769, pp. 477-574, or Prince Society's edition, vol. 2, pp. 210-318, for im-
portant letters from and to Randolph ; and Foote's Annals of King's Chapel, vol. 1, p. M|
note, for facts concerning his life.— Editor.

1883.] Edward Randolph. 157

It is humbly proposed

That a commission be directed to Examine & inspect j* stock & revenue
here in England. — That they may be informed how y* money drawn from
New England is employed here at home.

To know what stock they have in New England, to inspect the accounts
of their Trustees there and to know in whose hands it now is Lodged . . .

Names of Gentlemen in New England to be putt into the Commission of
Enquiry John ffitts Winthrop — Waite Winthrop — Richard Wharton —
Samuel 1 Shrimpton — John Usher — Nicholas Paige — Sampson Sheafe —
Humphry Lyscomb — ffrancis Brenley — Benjamin Church & Thomas Sav-
age or any 7 to sitt in Boston : power to send for all persons concerned and
their Bookes. to administer Oathes, &c.

And if the Act for Charitable uses may extend to New England tis here
fitt they were likewise imposed to examine and report upon the foundation
of Haverard Colledg in Cambridg New England and to call to account M'
Thomas Oanforth now or lately Treasurer of that Colledge and other pre-
ceding Treasurers and Trustees for that Colledge

all which is humbly submitted by E R.

My lord March 26: 1684.

I humbly recommend y' Grace to speak to M' Solicitor Gen^ about
7* Patent for Evangelizing Indians some tyme since left with him by
Tour Grace and my L^ of London to have his opinion upon it. Its ques-
tioned by some wheither the Commissary for inspecting money given for
charitable uses may not require an account how that Company have for
these many years last past disposed of that publick stock.

I am your Graces most dutyfull serv*
His Grace Ed. Randolph.

Archbishop of Canterbury

A short account of present State of New England.

By severall Grants of tracts of Land some from a Great Council! ap-
pointed by King James for planting & setling Colonyes in new England
others by private grants ffrom y* Earl of Warwick in 1643 most of which
have a confirmation under y* Great Seaie in King Charles y* first and this
King's Reigne, New England is devided into 7 small Coloiiyes or Gov-
ernments, at present managed by men of weake & inconsiderable parts :
most of them having different Laws & methods of Executing them. They
are divided into Presbiterians, independents — Anabaptists — Quakers —
Seaventh day men ; who are some of them in all Governments. Such of the
church of Eug', th® the Cheife men & of good parts not appearing soe till
a regulation in Government from hence directed. One chiefe colony is ,
that of Boston, made soe by a continuall concourse of people from all parts
they drew a great trade in y* world & in deed give Lawes to all the rest ;
here all is managed by their clergy without whom the Magistrates venture
Dot to act, as in the late Example of this Gov* u|>on receipt of his majesties
letter Ac &c. here noe children are baptized but the children of church
members : some give a larger latitude & admitt the gran children of church
members : others the children of such who own the church & promise to
live under their watch. But none in any of the Colonyes are admitted to
the Eucharist but are in full communion. All are obliged by one way or
otiier to maintain the Ministry. Some by nuking contributions in the meet-

TOQL. XXXYU. 15*

158 Edward Randolph. [Aprili

ing houses ; anabaptists & Quakers ; pay not under that notion bat are
rated in towne rates which is really for that intent. In Road Island is noe
meetinghouses built nor children Baptized nor in deed any Government
Juries in civill affaires, not swearing but professing to act according to Evi-
dence & the lawes of the Colony, and according to the directions of their
Own Conscience. (Their Lawes are not printed nor known to be other
than opportunity or Justice allows.) In all the Colonys there are by fiurr
more men, women & children unbaptized for ye reasons aforesaid. Since
my being amongst them of Boston I find them willing to admitt of a min-
ister to baptize & administer the Sacram^, which thing duely considered, its
not in their election.

ffor besides the many forfeitures of their charter (granted by Charles the
first) even to this day their settling & acting as a Grov^ in new England doth
absolutely destroy their charter ; for they were by that constituted a body
Politick & to act here in Eng^ (as for some yeares u|K)n y^ first grant they
did) as now the African and Bormodos company doe. All which they now
well understand & respect his Maj^^ will, Exert his Authority there by
his Governor : that power upon their staite being solely invested in j^
King a gov' will be well receive<l <& have an honorable subsistence from the
Country & noe charge to y* King. Butt above all its very necessary that
his Maj**^ subjects should be debarred the use of the sacraments, which
onely will be supplyed by sending over discreet gentlemen who will find
encourag' from many by Baptizing Marriing <& Burialls &c &c Butt that
they may not depend upon uncertaintyes its to be desired that his Maj*'
in Councill would order a survey of the money gathered in y* yeare 16^:
by a Patent & now managed by the Hon**** M' Boyle, Lord Alglicys Ac Ac
which did before the fire in London amount to yearly nigh 1000£ per an-
num but since to 500 or 600£. This is called the stock for Evangelizing
Indians But in truth the money is bestowed upon some in y* Magistracy
others in y* Ministry, Eather as pension then any other publick good woria
proceeding from that charge. Christians becoming heathens, whilst endea-
vours are pretended to convert y* Infidels. Its therefore for rectifiing so
notorious an errour humbly pray'd that y* Lord Anglycy &c doe ap-
prove of & allow two able Grentlemen at least recommended by my Lord of
London to be sent over & to have 100£ a yeare paid out of that stock, and
that M' Thomas Graves formerly fellow of the colledge in Cambridge ^a
man of great Learning & worth) putt out because he would not publickly
disown the Church of Eng^ be again restored by hiiTMaf*** Mandamus &
that an Exhibition of 30£ be yearely paid him (with the Charities of hii
Maj***' Divinity lecturer) out of L* Anglice's stock &c.

Ed: Randolph.

If it be directed from his Maj^* in Councill that none shall pay by rate
or otherwise to their Ministers who will not at least baptize their children
It will bring many about in remote places where their maintenance doth
yearly arise by rate or Composition. As to reducing the Boston Grent* to
his maj***' obedience, a writt of Quo. Warr** brought over ag* them by y*
atturney Gen* will soon bring them all to a full Complyants ; if that will not
doe his maj^^* declarmg them to be out of his protection will bring them in
with a witness.

May it please your Grace — August 23'* — 1 684

Such has been my continued zeale to settle his Maj*^*' afEaires in n Eng^
that I have thereby raised my selfe many enemyes here in LondoQi who by

1883.] Forgery in the Adams Pedigree. 159

their fiilse reports that I have gott a great estate id his Maj^^ service, have
inrited an Auabaptist at Deale to bring an Action of 1 2d£ principle money
ag* me for which I was engaged nigh 14 years ago ; and the plaintiff knew
that by fire I had lost above 1000£, and had the remainder of my estate
iiigfa 1130£ more swep^ away by being further engaged for a very unjust
brother in Law & never intended to sue me for it. It is not unknown to
your Grace that I was sent for by an Order of the Lords of y* Committee
for Trade (your Grace being present as I remember) to prosecute a Quo
warr*** ag*ye Boston charter: that Immediately I exposed myself toy* Dan-
gers of y* seas ; leaving my family and small estate in Boston to attend here
his Maj'^^ Commands. I have remaining due to me above 400£ upon ao-
Qoont in y* Treasury & hoped upon petition to have some money allowed
me ; bot wanting that supply I still lie under a very chargeable confinement :
which will speedily ruine me & overthrow his Maj***' intentions to reduce
that whole plantation to the rules of Goverm' in regard I have no visible
estate in Kng^ <& so cannot procure Bail to the Action as is expected. Yes-
terday a Gent" condoling my unhappy Condition offered me 50£ to be de-
posited in the hand of the Sheriffe as Caution for my liberty till y* next
Term begins ; and that loan will be then duely returned to those concerned.
I humbly submitt my selfe to your Graces favour intreating that your Grace
will please to promote so Christian a proposall that others of the Lords of
his Maj**** Councill being encouraged by your Graces Example may in a
few days make that money up 220£ & if your Grace think not fitt to have
your money in the sheriffs hands I shall desire M' Poney of the Plantation
office to reserve it in Bank for my liberty & your Graces use agaiuc. My
lord this present advance will l>e of greater beneiitt to me than above twice
as much given me at Mich* for this is the tyme of my extremity <& I shall
thereby be enabled to solicit the procuring my money in the Treasury. I
have desired D' Morice to lett me know your Graces intention herein and
hombly subscribe in all Duty your Graces most duty full <& most

obedient servant.

E**. Randolph.

THE FORGERY IN THE ADAMS PEDIGREE.

IN 1880, Prof. Herbert B. Adams, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, reprinted, in his Adams and Hastings genealogy, from
the Register for January, 1853, the pedigree furnished by one of
its contributors tracing the Adams family of Brain tree, Mass., to one
Ap Adam who came out of the Marches of Wales in the thirteenth
century. In the notice of this book (Reo. xxxiv. 4f32) the editor
stilted his reasons for putting no faith in this pedigree. In a sub-
sequent interview with Prof. Adams the editor recommended him to
write to Col. Chester, who had pronounced the pretended connec-
tion between the English and American families " utterly incorrect "
(See Register, xxxi. 333). Prof. Adams wrote to Col. Chester,
and received the following reply :

160 Forgery in the Adams Pedigree. [April,

124 South wark Park Road,
London, England,
Nov. 13, 1880.
Dear Sir :

I have your letter of the Slst of October. My inability to accept the
Adams descent [as printed in the Register, vol. vii. page 39, and reprint-
ed in the Adams and Hastings genealogy] arises from two causes :

1st, From being, for good and substantial reasons, unable to accept thi
testimony of Mr. in such mattera unless verified by other evidence, and

2ndly, From being unable, after the most persevering and exhaustifv
investigations, to establish a single oue of the facts stated in the latter por>
tion of the pedigree.

The early portion of the pedigree is all right, as it is a mere transcript of
the one recorded by the Heralds in their Visitation of Devonshire in 1564
This Visitation pedigree, however, ends with Nicholas, who stands in the
pedigree in your book, page 22 [and in the Register, vol. vii. p. 40, line
4], thus: "1574, Nicholas,"" by which you will identify him, who wil
then married and had issue. No brothers of this Nicholas are given, and
according to the construction of these records at the College of Armii
the absence of brothers is prima facie evidence that there were none.

The rest of the pedigree, beginning with John, brother of Nicholas, is an

addition by somebody, but whether by Mr. or some one elie

I do not pretend to say. All I can or choose to say is, that I have ex-
hausted every possible resource and have been unable to substantiate it in

any one particular. Mr. himself promised me over and over

again that I should have a sight of the origitial document, but he nevar
kept his promise, always having some excuse. I think I remem-
ber rightly that Mr. Henry B. Adams, son of Mr. Charles Francis Adami,
when the latter was minister here, experienced the same difficulty in obtain-
ing anything satisfactory from Mr. . At all events, I have in my po»»

session every Adams will and administration (I mean I have personally
examined them and have full abstracts of them) in the Principal Registry
of Probate in London (which covers the whole country), and also from the
District Registry at Exeter (which covers Devonshire), besides collections
from every part of the kingdom where an Adams is ever known to have
lived, and I cannot find the slightest corroboration of this portion of the

pedigree. Hence, with my knowledge of Mr. ^*s character and reputar

tion in such matters, I am unable to place the least reliance upon the later
portion of the pedigree. The construction of it is ingenious, but defective.
The end of the old pedigree was a most convenient place to which to attach
the New England descent, and my own opinion is that this was done, by
somebody, without the slightest authority. A precisely similar thing hai
been done with the Washington pc<ligree within the last year or two. I
have not yet received the copy of your book which you sent me, but I have
had a copy for some weeks sent me from Boston.

Very truly yours, Jos. L. Chester.

Though the readers of the Registeb have repeatedly been told
in its pages that no reliance can be placed in this pedigree, we are
sorry to say that it has since been reproduced several times. The
latest instance which has come to our knowledge is in a recent vol-
ume devoted to the biography of prominent New Hampshire men.

1883.3 Will of James Haines, 161

WUAj of JAMES HAINES OR HINDES, OF SOUTHOLD,

LONG ISLAND, N. Y., 1652.

Commanicated by A. M. Haines, Esq., of Oaleno, HI.

JAMES HAINES removed from Salem, Mass., to Southold,
L. I., about 1651-2, and was a cooper by profession. He is
deecribed in a deed made August 7, 1660, as *^ James Hajnes late
of Salem in the County of Essex," &c., which is of record at South-
old. Hts name is written on the Salem church records Haines,
Haynes* and Hindes. Hatfield, in his History of Elizabeth, N. J.,
states that John Haynes appears at Elizabeth among the first 65
settlers, Feb. 19, 1665. This John Hinds or Haines and his brother
Jtmes were sons of James Hinds, of Salem, Mass., and Southold,
L. I., and were bred coopers, &c. A John Hinds died at Elizabeth,
N. J., 1749, and John Dayton was one of his executors.

We have failed to trace the first James Hindes or Haines beyond
Salem, but he undoubtedly came from England.

I James Haynes beiog weake in bodie, but by divine Providence in
p*fect memorie do make this my last will and testament :

Inpris. I doe give and bequeath that small estate the Lord hath been
pleaflM^ to lend me to my loving wife Mary Haynes my children being
Smale for to bring them upp withall, only my tooles that belong to my calT-
iog I give them all to my oldest sonn John Haynes.

2^ my will is that my children continue with my wife till they be twen-
ty one years of age, th' older laboring to be a help to bring upp the young-
er, unless Providence order it otherwise that she shall dispose of herselfe
in marriage and then shall see or have cause to put any of them to some
booest trade or calliuge.

I leave it to her & my loving firiends M' John Toungs, Sen: & John
Herbert my overseers to dispose of, or in case she should not dispose of
lierself in marriage, that she finde not herselfe able to govern them, or that
it bee not advantagious to the family to keep them all at home, then I leave
it to her and my aforesaid overseers to dispose of them. — In testimony
hereof I have sett my hand the 1 March 1652. Southold.

James Hindes.
Signed and delivered in the p'sence of us.
Jo. Yongs John Herbert.

An Inventorie of the Goods & Chattels whereof James Haynes lately
dyed possessed taken uppon oath according to order in that behsdfe the 18^
of9«»ml655.

hpris. houses & lands appertaining, 3 Cowes & 2 Steers

It 1 Galfe, 3 hafers & 1 Steere

It. 14 goats & Kidds & 7 Swyne youn^re and old

It 1 debt £7. — 11 yds of Searge, 2 yds i n'g Searge .

It his wear'g cloaths, hatt, 5 pr Sheets, 12 Pillow cases

h. S Shirts — 7 table napkins, 9 table Cloths & lynin cloths

It iustian — ^pewter, wanning pan & frying pan

50.00.00
08.04.00

10. 12. 00
12. 02. 00

11. 14.00
03. 08. 10
03. 02. 00

162 Passengers and Vessels to America. [April,

It. a bedstead— feather bed k curtains OR. OO.'OI

It. a chest & bedstead & all other household goods . . 09.17.00

It. 10 bushel Is of Indian come & 7 hnshells of Wbcate . . 03. 01.08

It. 6 bushells of Pease— 3 loads of hay 03.04.00

123. 05. 01
Apprais"

Barnabas Horton
Thomas Moore

This will and inventory seems to have been recorded on the 5th
of December, 1655, in the Southold Town Records, liber B, page
91, from which volume this copy was made, October 15, 1881. Hii
widow Mary married in June, 1656, Ralph Dayton, at Southold.

The records of the First Congregational Church of Salem, Mass.,
show that this James Haines was a member as early as 25. 12.
1637, and the baptism of his eight children are also recorded as fol-
lows :

John,

80» of Broth 1

laines

28.

1639.

James

" Bro.

1641.

Benj.

U ((

26.

1643.

Mary

19.

1646.

James

8 "

((

27.

12.

1047.

Jona

} child "

Sarah

((

11.

1648.

Tho'

8 of James

Haynes

1651.

PASSENGERS AND VESSELS THAT HAVE ARRIVED

IN AMERICA.

[Continaed Oom vol. xzxiil. poiire 310.]

UNDER this head we propose to print lists of passengers and
documents and memoranda concerning the arrival of vessels in
America, and the passengers in them. Contributions to this seriei
of articles are solicited from our friends.

No. XI.
A Ship which Arrived at Boston, Dec. 1, 1673.

Commanicated by Hbnrt F. Waters, A.B., of Salem.

The Testiraoney of George Booth aged about 35 yeares.
Saith that he came from England in a ship with Henry Dispaw Sen': and
Henry Dispaw Jun': & knew them both to be servants to m*" John Gifford,
and that they did ariue at Bostone the first daye of December in the jeare
1G73: Herlackendine Simonds* testifieth to what is aboue and beneatk

* Mr. Symonds was then returning from England after a visit of more than fifteca
months, the most of whitrh time he claimed tliat lie had passed in waitlnf? for a pcwfr of
attorney from Henry Bennet, of Ipswich, to secarc a legncy of one handred pounds, be-
qaeathed to him by his brother, William Bennet, of London, vintner, whoso son-in-liw,

■ 1883.] Braintree Records. 163

writteD, belDg a passenger coming oner sea with them, to be truth to mj
\ml knowledg : Taken upon oath : 1 : 10™^ : 75 : by all pties :

W": Hathorne Assistant.

Likewise Alee the wife of George Booth abouesaid aged about 35
jeares : testifieth to the very same that is aboue written.

** Articles of Agreement indented and made this eleventh day of the
month of August Ann** Du*: 1673. & in the five & twentieth yeare of
tlie Reign ot our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second &° Between
John Wright of Writsbridge Esq'. John Giffard of New-Eugland merchant
ii Ezekiel Fogg citizen & Skinner of London of th' one part, And Henry
DUpaw Sen'. & Henry Dispaw jun' of Horsemeuden in the County of Kent
Potters of the other part," &c

Emux County Court Paper s, B. xxiv. L. 24 and 27.

No. xn.

Ship Nathaniel of Dartmouth, which arrived about 1662.

The deposition of Nicholas Bartlett and Damaris Phippeny, Sept. 2, 1706,
tbout this voyage, is printed in the Register, vol. xxviii. 378.

BRAINTREE RECORDS.

Commanicated by Samuel A. Bates, Esq., Town Clerk of Braintree, Mass.

[Continued from page 32.]

-> Belcher son of Moses Belcher & Mary his
nash daughter of ffrancis nash & Elisabeth

Bethia nucome daughter of John uucome & Ruth his wiffe borne 11'^
Bia 14. 73.

Rachell Mash daughter of Allexander Mash & Mary his wiffe borne 12
mo. 2. 73.

prodence Curtis daughter of Solomon curtis and prudence his wiffe borne
12 mo. 24. 73.

mary walsbee daughter of David walsbee & his wifie borne 1 1**" mo.

16. 73.

Sarah daautt daughter of John dassitt & hannah his wiffe borne lO^'* mo.
1.78.

EdwaSrd Lincford son of Edward Lincford & hannah his wiffe borne 1
mo. 21. 74.

Jonath peniman son of John peniman & hannah his wifie borne 2 mo. 5.
74.

hannah Savill daughter of Sam" Savill & hannah his wiffe borne 5*^ mo.
13. 74.

Abigail Belcher daughter of Sam" Belcher & Mary his wiffe borne 8*^
BO. 24. 74.

pmtience Belcher daughter of Joseph Belcher & Rebeca his wiffe borne
IqU mo. 5. 74.

Bsmy Jennings, also a vintner, liyed at tho White Hart, without Bishop^gate. Those in-
IsrHMd in the Symondn family may like to Icnrn that there is a deposition on file, in this
CMeyflflgned 19 Aag. 1673, by John Symond?, Esq., of Ycldham, which, he says, is al)oat
9ogtj mUm distant (h>m his, Jennings's, abode.

164 JBraintree Records. [Aprils

Beniamin Scott son of peter Scott & Abigail his wiffe borue 9^ mo. 24 '
74.

Sarah ffisk daughter of M' Moses ffisk & Sarah his wiffe borne 7^ mo. '
24. 74.

Sam^^ Allin sou of Joseph Allin & Ruth his wiffe was borne 1 2*^ mo. 5. .
74.

Beniamin niles son of Joseph Niles & Mary his wiffe borne 1 1^ mo. 2.
74.

John Witty son of G^rg Witty & Sarah his wiffe borne 1 1"* mo. 7. 74

Elizabeth peniman daughter of Sam^^ peniman & elizabeth his wifib j
borne ll'*'

Liddia Saunders daughter of Martin Saunders & Lidia his wiffe borne 12
mo. 19. 74.

Cornelius darly son of denice darley & hannah his wiffe borne 1 ma
23. 75.

Jonath hayden son of Jonath hayden & elizabeth his wiffe borne 12 mo.
17. 74.

Martha ffiske daughter of M' Moses ffiske & Sarah his wiffe borne No-
vemb. 25. 1 675.

John Bass son of Thomas Bass & Sarah his wiffe borne the 1 mo. 26. 75.

William & Twin sous of Samuell Thompson & Sarah his

borne 11'^ mo. 25. 75.

Jonath hayden son of Jonath hayden & elizabeth his wiffe borne 12 mOi
17. 74.

Stephen willis son of Stephen willis & hannah his wiffe was borne 12 mo.
14. 74.

Alee Man daughter of John Man & Alee his wiffe borne the 4*'' mo. 23*
75.

elizabeth neale daughter of henry neale & hannah his wiffe borne 4^ mo.
28. 75.

William Thayre son of Shadrach Thayre <& deliverance his wiffe bone
6'^ mo. 1. 75.

hannah cleverly daughter of John cleverly & Sarah his wiffe borne 5*^
mo. 30. 75.

Rebecca curtis daughter of Solomon curtis & prudence his wiffe borne 6*
mo. 3. 75.

Joseph Brackett son of James Brackett & Sarah his wiffe borne 9*^ mo.
5,75.

William harris son of Richard harris & Mary his wiffe borne 1 mo. 12.
74. 75.

Martha ffisk daughter of M' Moses ffisk and Sarah his wiffe borne 9^
mo. 25. 75.

ebenezer Mott son of nathaniel Mott & hannah his wiffe borne 10^ mOb
7^ 75.

Susanna Mills daughter of John Mills Jun' & elizabeth his wiffe borne
8**^ mo. 23. 75.

Abigail Webb daughter of Christopher Webb & hannah his wiffe borne
^ mo. 13. 75.

hannah peniman daughter of John peniman & hannah his wiffe borne
11<^ mo. 23. 75.

Mary harper daughter of Joseph harper & kithtine his wiffe borne 10*
mo. 19. 74.

1883.] Braintree Records. 165

deborah chapin daughter of Josia chapin & Mary his wiffe borne 12^ mo.
13. 75.

William veasey son of william Veasey & Mary his wiffe was born 10'^
August. 1674.

Simuell hayward son of Jonath hayward & Sarah his wiffe was borne
the 1 mo. 2. 75. 76. & dyed 6*»» mo. 4*** 76.

Jacob Aldridg sou of Jacob Aldridg and hulda his wiffe was borne the 3
mo. 7"» 76.

John Scott son of peter Scott and Abigail his wiffe was borne the 4^^
mo. 16. 76. the 9^ day of the month.

Mary Speere daughter of Georg Speer & Mary his wiffe was borne the
4* mo. 3. 76.

Sam'^ Lincford son of Edward Lincford & haunah his wiffe was borne
the b^^ mo. 13. 76.

John plumly son of Joseph plumly & Jane his wiffe was borne the 4*^
mo. 16. 76.

Mehe table Belcher daughter of Moses Belcher & mary his wiffe was
borne the S'^' mo. 12. 76.

James Penniman y* son of Joseph Penniman & waiting his wife born y*
16^^ February 1783. [Recorded in another hand— an error, 1683.]

Hoses Penniman son of Joseph Penniman & Waiting his wife born
Uarch 15. 1676. [By another hand.]
Joseph Baxter son of John Baxter & hannah his wiffe was borne the
y i'^ mo. A.^ 76.

I Sam^' p>enimaQ son of Sam^^ peniman & elizabeth his wiffe was borne the
1 mo. 15. 75. 76.

Beniamin hubl)ert son of Caleb hubbert <& elizabeth his wiffe was borne
the 2 mo. 13.1677.

Margritt daly daughter of John daly & elizabeth his wiffe was borne the
1 mo. 30. 77.

Abigail Twells daughter ot Robert Twells & Martha his wiffe was borne
the 5*»» mo. 28. 77.

Lidia chapin daughter of Josia chapin <& Liddia his wiffe was borne the
7* mo. 29. 77.

Sam'^ hayden son of Jonathan hayden & elizabeth his wiffe was borne
the 4'*' mo. 19. 77.

Joseph Aldridg son of John Aldridg & Sarah his wiffe was borne the 7*^
mo. 25. 77.

Anna ffisk daughter of M' Moses ffisk & Sarah his wiffe was borne the
6»^ mo. 17. 77.

Sarah Aldridg daughter of Joseph Aldridg & patience his wiffe was borne
the 8* mo. 29. 77.

Sarah hayward daughter of Sam" hayward & Sarah his wiffe was borne
the 8*^ mo. 29. 77.

banna darly daughter of denice darly and hanna his wiffe was borne the
4* mo. 1 4. 77.

elizabeth nash daughter of ffrancis Nash & elizabeth his wiffe was borne
the 9" mo. 9«' 77.

Trvall Steevins daughter of Joseph Steevius & Sarah his wiffe was borne
the 10*^ mo. 16. 77.

Jacob Aldridg sen of John Aldridg & Surah his wiffe was borne the 10'^
mo. 27. 77.

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166 Braintree JRecords. [Apnlt

hannah Sayill daughter of BeoiamiD Savill & Liddia his wiffe was borne
the 9*»» mo. 7* 75.

Sarah Ruggles daughter of John Ruggles & Rebeca his wiffe was borne
the 12 mo. 21.77.

Siivo}^ peiiiman son of Samuell penimau & Elizabeth his wiffe was
borne the 9*** mo. 5*** 77.

John penimau sou of John peniman and hannah his wiffe was borne the
IV' mo. o'^ 77.

flbenezer King son of ebenezer King & Mary his wiffe was borne the
6**» mo. 23. 77.

Abigail curtis daughter of Sollomon curtis prudence his wiffe was borne
the 1 mo. 28. 77. 78.

mehetal>ell fisher daughter of Sam^^ fisher & Melatia his wiffe was borne
the 1 mo. 14. 77. 78.

Elizabeth Belcher daughter of Sam^^ Belcher & marj his wiffe was bonie
the 4^^ mo. 22. 77.

John Mills Clarke records of deaths 6"«» 10'*» 1654.

Thomas Copeland the first sonne of Laurance Copeland and Lidia hia
wiffe was Buried the 11*** mo. 4"» 1652.

Thomas Smith servant to Thomas Gatlive dyed 4*** mo. 7*** 1 654.

atidrew Rounsimon servant to Gregory Belcher a scotish man dyed the
8*Mno. 31. 1657.

Bethia deeringe the wiffe of Samuell deeringe dyed the 11'* mo. 8. 1649.

Mary deeringe the wiffe of Samuell deeringe dyed the 5'** mo. 1. 1657.

John pimenter the sone of Robert pimenter and Leah his wiffe dyed the
9»^mo. 4"^ 1653.

hanna walsbee the wiffe of David walsbee dyed 12'** mo. 2. 1655.

Rachell Saunders the wiffe of Martin Saunders dyed the (15) (7) 1651.

Judith Saunders the daughter of Martin Saunders and Rachell his wiffe
dyed the 7**» mo. 5*^ 1651.

hanna Brackett the daughter of peter Brackett & prissilla his wiffe dyed
the (15) (4) 1657.

moses pavne the sone of Moses payne and elizabeth his wiffe dyed the
12 mo. 2. 1648.

Sarah payne the daughter of Moses payne and elizabeth his wiffe dyed
the 6»»*mo. 10'*^ 1651.

John Georg the sone of peter Georg and Mary his wiffe dyed the 9*^ mo.
2. 1653.

John Addams the sone of Joseph addams and Abigail his wiffe dyed the

(27) (11) 1656.

Joseph Saunders the sone of martin Saunders and Liddia his wiffe dyed
the (19) (3) 1657.

Josia AUis the sone of william allis and mary his wiffe dyed the (15)
(8) 1651.

edmond quinsy the sonne of edmond quinsy and Joanna his wiffe dyed
the 9"* mo. 11"* 1657.

hatma harbour the daughter of John harbour and Jael his wiffe dyed the
(30) (2) 1657.

Jane Niles the wiffe of John Niles dyed the (15) (3) 1654.

William Ames dyed the 11'^ mo. 1. 1653.

Thomas ffj-ench the sone of John ffrench and Grace his wiffe dyed the

(28) (8) 1656.

1483.} Braintree Records^ 16T

Bachell Thajre the daughter of Sidrick Thayre and mary his wifie dyed
the (23) (9) 1656.

Mary the wiffe of Sidrick Thayre dyed the 2 mo. 2. 16o7.

Blary ffackson the daughter of Richard fiackson and clizabeth his wiffe
dyed the (14) (7) 1657.

peter Shooter dyed the (15) (5) 1654.

Richard hardier dyed the (27) (10) 1657.

John dowiiam the soniie of John downam and dorathy his wiffe dyed the
8*^ mo. O*** 1 644.

mary chapman the daughter of Richard chapman and mary his wiffe dyed
the (15) (5) 1657.

Sarah Totnson the daughter of Samuel Tomson and Sarah his wiffe dyed
Ihe'J** mo. 11»* 1657.

Margrett fflynt the daughter of M' henry filynt and Margery his wiffe
dyed the (29) (6) 1618.

david fflynt the soune of M' henry fflynt and margery his wiffe dyed the
(21) (1) 1652.

cotton fflynt and John fflynt dyed the (20) (9) 1656 being the sons of
M' henry fflynt

John Saauders the sone of John Saunders and Mary his wiffe dyed the
10**^ mo. 2. 1657.

hanua the wiffe of William Savill dyed the (14) (4) 1650.

Sarah the wiffe of william Savill dyed the (13) (5) 1655.

Sarah deeringe the daughter of Samuel deeringe and Mary his wiffe
dyed the 7*»» mo. 4*»» 1657.

miriam Aldridg the daughter of Georg Aldridg and katheren his wiffo
dyed the 1 mo. 10^ 1651.

Samuel Speere the sone of Georg Speere and Mary his wiffe dyed the
4«^mo. 5.1654.

Sarah davis the daughter of Samuel davis and Sarah his wiffe dyed the

(29) (6) 1658.

John Helcher the sonne of John Belcher and Sarah his wiffe dyed the
12 mo. the 9''' 1658.

dorathy downam the daughter of John downam and dorathy his wiffe
dyed the (18) (1) 1657.58.

Isaac Thayre the sonne of Thomas Thayre and hanna his wiffe dyed the

(30) (5) 1658.

mariha Twells the daughter of Robert Twells and Martha his wiffe dyed
the (17) (1) 58,59.

mary Kingsly the daughter of Samuel Kiiigsly and hanna his wiffe
dyed the (26) (1) 1659.

Rose the wiffe of John ffrancis dyed (26) (2) 1659.

Gregory Bacster dyed the (21) (4) 1659.

Ruth the wiffe of david walsbee dyed the 8.

John payne sunne of Moses payne and elizabeth

Isaac Niles the sone of John uiles and hanna his wiffe dyed (30) (11)
1C59.

Nathaniel Mott the sone of Nathaniel Mott & hanna his wiffe dyed (13)
(1) 1660.

John pray the sonne of John pray & Joanna his wife dyed the 9"" mo.
25. 1658.

william hay ward was drowned the 3* mo. 1 0**" 1 659.

Mary Sheffeild the daughter of Edmond Sheffeild & Mary his wiffe
dyed 10** mo. 9^ 1660.

168 Braintree Records. [April,

Mary Brackett the daughter of peter Brackett & prissilla his wiffe dyed
ir»» mo. 12, 1660.

Sam'^ Kingsly the sone of Sam*^ Kingsly & hanna his wiffe dyed 11*^
mo. 19. 1660.
More, the wiffe of John More dyed the 1 mo. 26. 1661.

Edmond quinsy the sone of Edmond quinsy and Joanna his wiffe dyed
10"»mo. 22. 1661.

margrett backster widdow dyed the 12'^* mo. 13, 1661.

mistris Joanna Hoar widdow dyed the 10*** mo. 21. 1661.

Cheny the wiffe of John Cheny dyed the V^ mo. 20. 1661.

Joseph Brackett the sonne of Moses Brackett & prissilla his wife dyed
ll»^nio. 24. 1661.

Ruth hannun tlie daughter of Nathaniell harman & Mary his wiffe dyed
the 1 mo. b'^ 1662.

Cornelius Lfong Servant to Thomas ffackson senior dyed the 3^ mo. 12.
1662.

Tho ffackson Junior dyed the 3^ mo. 25. 1662. & his wiffe debora dyed
the 31 day of the same month.

Mary Sheffeild the wife of Edmond Sheffeild dyed the 1 mo. 30. 1 662.

ffreelove Thayre the daugliter of Shadrach Thayre & deliverance his
wiffe dyed 6*»» mo. 5*»» 1662.

dorathy downam the wiffe of John downam dyed the 7*** mo. 9*** 1662.

Cornelius darly the sone of denice darly & hannah his wiffe dved the 3*
mo. 11"' 1663.

Thomas Gatlive the miller dyed the 3* mo. 17. 1663.

Liddia ffackson the daughter of Richard ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe
dyed C«»» mo. 2. 1663.

John ffrizell a Scotchman dyed the 11*^ mo. 19. 1663.

Rachell Saunders the daughter of John Saunders & mary his wiffe dyed
the 12. mo. 10. 1663.

Charles Grise dyed the 9"» mo. 14. 1663.

elizabeth hardier widow dyed the 7*** mo. 4*** 1 664.

hanna pray daughter of John pray & Joanna his wiffe dyed 10^ mo. 12.
1664.

Robert parson servant to Martin Saunders dyed the 10'** mo. 26. 1664.

James peniman dyed the lO*** mo. 26. 1664.

ebcnezer ffackson sonne of Richard ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe dyed
1 mo. 29. 1 665.

old Thomas Thayre dyed 4*^ mo. 2. 1665.

Joseph Scant son of Will Scant & Sarah his wiffe dyed 10'** mo. 12. 1664.

Ruth poffer the daughter of James poffer & Mary his wiffe dyed 11*
mo 29. 1666.

John Bacster the son of John Bacster & Anna his wiffe dyed 3^ mo. 28.
1666.

mary the wiffe of John Randall dyed 6"* mo. 28. 66 & their daughter
mary dyed 7^ mo. 66.

quinton pray dyed the 4*"* mo. 17. 1667.

Shem chapin son of Josia chapin & mary his wiffe dyed the 4'* mo. 6**
1667.

hanna Speere daughter of Georg Speere & mary his wiffe dyed the 8*
mo. W^ 1668.

deborah chapin daughter of Josia chapin & mary his wiffe dyed 6*^ mo.
n^ 1668.

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John ffackson son of Richard ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe dyed 8*^ mo.
12. 1668.

M' henry fflynt Teacher of the church of christ in Braintree deceased the
2 mo. 27. 1668.

M' William Thompson pastor of the same church of christ deceased the
10^ mo. 10* 1666.

old Richard Chapman dyed the 6**^ mo. 2. 1669.

Samuel AUin dyed the 6»* mo. 5*»» 1669.

Susan Mills daughter of John Mills & elizabeth his wiffe dyed 6^^ mo.
(«^ 1669.

The widow Grise dyed the 1^ mo. 13, 1669.

William Savill dyed the 2 mo. 6<^ 1669.

Samuell Deering dyed 8'*» mo. 23. 1671.

elizabeth winter dyed the daughter of Timothy Winter S'*" mo. 13. 1671
k hester his wife.

experience Mott the son of nathaniell mott & hannah his wiffe dyed the
10*24. 1672.

Toary winter the daughter of Timothy winter & hesther his wiffe dyed the
10* mo. 2. 1672.

old ffarr dyed the 11"» mo. 22. 1672.

deerman downing dyed the 11'** mo. 30. 1672.

Margery Thayre dyed the 12 mo. 11"* 1672.

william muUiiigs dyed the 12 mo. 12. 1672.

elizabeth ffackson daughter of Richard ffackson & elizabeth his wiffe
dyed 2 mo. 3. 73.

Jonath Saunders Son of martin Saunders & Lidia his wiffe dyed the 5^
Bo. 10** 73.

Roth Bass the wiffe of John Bass dyed the 8'^ mo. 12. 1674.

Mary Speere the wiffe of Georg Speere dyed the 10"* mo. 7"* 74.

Richard ffackson dyed the 10"" mo. 20. 74.

david Thayre son of ffarthenando Thayre & hulda his wiffe dyed 6'^ mo.
1.74.

Sarah Thompson daughter of Sam" Thompson & Sarah his wiffe dyed
I0^*» mo. 2. 74.

Gregory Belcher dyed the 9"* mo. 25. 74.

John quinsy son of Edmond quinsy & Joannah his wiffe dyed the 6*^ mo.

14. 74.

martha ffiske daughter of M'^ Moses ffiske and Sarah his wiffe dyed 9*
{8. 1675.

John harbour senior dyed the 4"* mo. 1. 75.

Nath Mott kild by the Indians Feb. 23. 1675.

william Thompson son of Sam" Thompson & Sarah his wiffe dyed 4*^
mo. 2. io,

Ruth Belcher daughter of John Belcher & Sarah his wiffe dyed 4*^ 23.

mistris Ann Thompson dyed the 8*** mo. 1 1"* 75.

Susanna Mills Aged 80 years dyed the 10*** mo. 10* 75.

mary hubbert late wiffo to caleb hubbert dyed the 5*^ mo. 22. 75.

Rachell Neale daughter of henry neale & hannah his wiffe dyed 10^** mo.

15. 75.

Richanl chapman son of Richard chapman & mary his wiffe was kild by
[odians 2 mo. 24. 76.
mary chapin wiffe to Josiah chapin dyed 3 mo. 30. 76,

[To be continued.]
TOL. ZZXTII. 16*

170 Soldier » in King Philip' $ Wat. [Apifl,

SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIP'S WAR.

Communicated by the Rov. Oeoroe M. Bodob, of Dorchester, Mass.

Continued from page 76.

No, 11.
Capt. Samuel Mosely and his Men.
HE object of this series of articles is to gather the names of the

soldiers who served in the above mentioned war under various
commanders, and place them in definite and permanent form. I
believe, however, that many will be interested to know something
in the beginning of the remarkable character whose name stands at
the head of this company of " Volunteers." I am greatly indebted
to J. C. J. Brown, Esq., of Roxbury, who has made an exhaustiye
study of the Mosely genealogy, for many valuable papers and sug-
gestions, besides cordial and appreciative cooperation.

The family name was Maudesley, of Lancashire, England. In
the fall of 1635 Henry Maudeslcy came from England to Massa-
chusetts in the ship Hopewell, Capt. Babb, master, and in the sauie
ship came Isaac Heath (who settled at Roxbury), and fifty-three
others.

Henry Maudeslcy was granted '' about a quarter-acre of land " in
Dorchester "neere Goodman Munninge's," but lived at Braintree,
and had children born there — Mary, Sept. 29, 1638, and Samuel,
June 14, 1641. Had 12 acres of land at Mt. Wollaston granted
him "for three heads," February 24, 1639-40, was of Artillery Co.
1643, and freeman in 1646. In 1652 he lived in Boston, and had
the lot on the corner of Union and Hanover Streets. (See " Notes
on Book of Possessions," page 92.)

The ancient Records seem to indicate that nearly every individual
had his own way of spelling'" surnames, and the utmost care must
be exercised to avoid frequent mistakes in collecting data from dif-
ferent sources. Thus Maudeslcy appears in some of the earliest
records as Modsley, Mosley, Mozley, Mosseley ; finally settling
down to Mosely. Sanuiel's signature, in every case known to me,
is Mosley, while Addington, Rawson and other colonial officialsi
give it Mosely-

Samuel Mosely married Ann Addington (born March 10, 1647,
daughter of the first Isaac and sister of the Hon. Isaac). They
were married previous to May 30, 1665, for on that date Samuel
Mosely and his wife Ann sign a deed to John Conney, conveying a
piece of land in " Windmill Field," which land Ann inherited from her
father, who had died in 1653. Samuel is designated cooper, Con-

^ An illustrntion of this is an oversight in my former article in regard to Jona. Adder-
ton, whom I have found to be tbe same with Jona. Atherton of Dorchester.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 171

ney also was a cooper ; and I judge from an old receipt for a bill of
cooperage, signed by Conney and Mosely together, that they were
in company in that business in 1673.

In lt)G8 he was one of the commissioners sent by the Court to
treat with the sachems of the Narragansetts, in company with Rich-
ard Wayt and Capt. Wright, and in the record is called "Captain."

The author of ^ The Present State of New England," &c. , reprinted
in Drake's Old Indian Chronicle, says, ^ This Capt. Mosely hath been
an old Privateer at Jamaica,** an excellent soldier, and an undaunted
spirit, one whose memory will be honorable in New England for his
many eminent services he hath done the Public." This may have been
the authority upon which Mr. Savage bases his statement that Mosely
" visited Jamaica in the way of trade, and the adventurous spirit was
excited and schooled, perhaps by Sir Henry Morgan and his associate
Buccaneers ; the result of which was his bringing home to Boston two
prizes taken from some unmcntioned enemy." From these hints
and various other circumstances I am satisfied that he was in com-
mand of some ship previous to 1668.**

I have found, after a long search, the following old account of
Treasurer Russell's estate, presented by James Russell, Executor,
October 20, 1676.

The Country is Debtor to

the huire of y* Katch Salsbury, Samuel Mosely Commd' from March

16, 1673 to Aprill 27, 1674 at 24£ pr moneth . . . £:3:3 12s.

Pd for wajjcs to the Salsbury's JM** & 47 men . . 7(5 01

Pd (-'apt Mosely for disbiirsem** on the Salsbury . "lo 10

Pd Capt Mosely for Water biicketts for y« Katch Swallow 00 19

These two " Katches " with the ship Anthf)ny were fitted out and
sent fi>rrh by the colony to protect our commerce, and in this time
were engaged in cruising about Nantucket and vicinity.

He must have had notable experience from the facts of the affair
of tlic "two prizes," mentioned above, which from various materi-
als collected from the court files and archives, I am now able to ex-
plain. (This matter wjis fully set forth in an excellent paper read
before this N. E. H. G. Society by the late C. W. Tuttle, Esq.,
and upon the matter of that paper I am not willing to intrude save
in so far as it concerns Capt. Mosely.) For several years previous
to H>75, Boston merchants had been greatly troubled by "Dutch
Pirates," as they were called. The merchants had several times
petitioned the Court for a "commission of Order and Ileprisal,"
which that cautious body had steadily refused. Several times the
merchants had armed their vessels and taken the matter of " Repri-
aai " into their own hands, as in the matter of the Dutch ship " Ex-

• I nm nnahlc to find Mr, F. Bnylic*i*8 authority for saying that Mosc'y *' liad resided
at Jfliiiiiicu."

■ I noHrc that Imuic Addington, father of Mosely's wife, was commander of the ship
•* Ann and Joanc " in 1652.

172 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [April,

pectntion," and upon complaint made by the Dutch authorities these
merchants were called to account by the Boston Court. At last, ill
December, 1674, several small Enixlish vessels were captured at the
Eastwai-d by the Dutch, joined with some English renegades from
the Massachusetts colony. The place of the capture was "near
Mt. Desart Islles." One of these vessels belonged to John Freake
of Boston, the others to Waldron of Dover and Shapley of Kit-
tery- Upon the report of these depredations and the petition of
the merchants, a Commission of Reprisal was granted by the Court,
February 15, 1674-5, an expedition was immediately fitted out, and
by the request of the merchants C:ipt. Samuel Mosely was put ill
command. Sailing out, his ship fell in with a French vessel which
he impressed into his service, and soon met the Dutchmen. They
had three vessels, the "Edward & Thomas," principal ship, of whidi
the commander of the j)irates, Peter Roderigo, was captain. The
second was called in the apprais«al the " Penobscot Shallopp that
Roads went out in," and was commanded by Cornelius Anderson.
The third was the vessel captured from Mr. Freake, " The Shallopp
called Philipp," and now in charge of Peter Grant and its proper
skipper, George Manning, who had been wounded in its capture, and
was about to be turned adrift in his boat by the pirates, when in
consideration of his promise of good behavior he was reinstated and
allowed to sail his own craft in convoy of the others under Dutch
colors, and now when Capt. Mosely came to tho attack, Manning
at once turns his arms upon his captors and assists in their capture;
and in their defence before the Court the pirates complain bitterly
of the usage of Capt. Mosely in fighting them under the three col-
ors, English, French and Dutch all at once, and the treachery of
Manning. The pirates were captured, and were brought into Boston
April 2, 1675, Mr. Freake's vessel restored to him, and the others
confiscated by the Court for expenses. &c. The pirates were impri-
soned to await trial in May, 1675. The prisoners'* were Peter Rod-

•* In October, 1674, Capt. Jurinn Aronson (Amoiii'on'), cominnnder of the Dntch PriTi-
teer •* Flyin;x-Po^t-H'»rsL' " of CuiTassDW, letuniinir from the destruction of two French
forts and scttk'nicniH at th(! Eastward, viz., " PeiiaUskop" (Penobscott) and St. John, camt
to Boston and asked of the Governor permission to enter the harbor to "repairc," &€.
When ho sailed awny he left a part of his crew, viz : ** Peter Rodrigo, * Flanderkin* : Come
lius And«TSon, Dutchmnn," three Enu'iislimcn who had belon>:ed at Boston, John Rho;ideSy
Rand'ill .iudson. Peter Grant ; Rieiiard Fowler, who beloiipfcd at Musconirus, and a ** Cot-
nishnian" named John NViliiainx, who had been taken pri>onor by the Dutch and carried
to •• Ciirrisiw," and came liithcr with Capt Arnouson. Rhodes, "principal,** Fowler,
Grant and Judson. hired Tliomas Mircheil of M.iiden, and a vessel of wliich he was part
owner, f »r a " tradin;: voyaj*e to the Eastward ;" and also another, the Shallop. It would
peem that the vcs!?els went in at Casco, and the crew captured Fome sheep at " MoanV
joy's Island" (now PenkV). belon^'ir!^ to Mr. Monntjoy. (Fowler testified that Mitrli-
cli approved this action, hut he denied it. though confessing that he ** ate of the mntton.**)

Rodiiu'o commanded tlie '* Edward and Tliomas," and Anderson the *' Penobscott Shal*
lopp." llodrigo had some .«?ort of commission from Arnouson (which one of them testified
was " written at the * Beare ' and had three scales on it"). Anderson had a copv of thto
without seals. Mitchell testified that he opposed their acts of piracy. Edward Yooring
testified that he went out with Mitrhell and had no part in piracy, and both these were dii-
chargi-d under bonds forappeirance. John Tomas was a boatswain who had come to Boston
formerly in the ship *' Wdliam and Jane," and was with Anderson, and was accused of
bhootin'g u Frenchman, but denied, though admitting that he " shot at him." Tomas and

L883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 173

!iigo, commnndcr ; Comcliu8 Anderson, consort ; John Rhodes,
rhomns Mitchell, Randall Judson, Edward Tourings, Richard
Fowler, Peter Grant, John Williams, John Thomas (Tomas or
Tombs).

Great excitement prevailed in the colony during this trial. The
[>Dtchnicn made an able defence, producing their commission under
MTilliam, Prince of Orange (but which was found to be from their
brmer skipper Arnouson), and alleging the infringement of the
a«r of nations bj our vessels in trading with the French at the east-
rard with whom the Dutch were at war. There is evidence in the
rial, as in the subsequent action of the Court, of much popular
jmpathy for the Dutch prisoners, while the most bitter hostility was
xpressed against the English renegades. Five were convicted of
nracy and condemned to death : but under the stress of the opening
rar execution was deferred. Anderson was acquitted. Upon his
petition liodrigo was soon pardoned and released, and served faith-
Sally against the Indians. Fowler was pardoned in October. The
lenience of others — Rhodes, Grant and Judson — after several
months imprisonment, was commuted to banishment out of the
country on condition of giving security for prison charges and trans-
portation.

It will be easy to see that Capt. Mosely, the hero of this suc-
cessful enterprise, would naturally become at once the most popular
Bum in the colony, and when in the midst of his success the Indian
war broke out, he would be looked to at once as a popular leader.
But he held no military office, and not even his success and popular-
ity, and close family relation to Gov. Leverett, could prevail to break
tbe strict rule of official succession in the colonial militia; so that the
only course left him was, perhaps, that which suited him best, the
organization of an independent company of Volunteers. ** Within
Aree hours," says the old historian, "there were enlisted 110 vol-
unteers." Among these were many of his old "privateers,"'* i. e.

William? were taken in Anderson's vessel. Manninj^'s crew consisted of James Do Beck
(vho wsis n principal witness against tlie pirates, and tells a pitiful story of their abuse), a
Frrnchman and a l)oy.

Roderit^o (often written Odrijjoe), as will appear hereafter, served a long time under
Cip*. Sc-*ttow at Bla k Point and at the eastward. Anderson was the famous ** Cornelius
the Dutchman," of whom such wonderful stories arc told in the Old Indian Chronicle As
m itla>tnitir>n of the difficulty at^nding the collection of historiail data, notice the error
of that most *cnipuloaH, acute and patient histori in, Mr. S. O. Drake, who snys Ton the
tStb paf(i> of his Boole of Indians) that, until then, " the surname of Cornelius had never
been fmiud,*' but that now be ** was able to add that his name was Cornelius Consert."
for a lon^ time I was greatly puzzled to find Mr. Drake's authority for this statement, but
taally. in the Archives, found an old letter, written in Dutch, by Peter Rodrigo, put in
evidence favonilile to Cornelius, in which letter he calls him Cornelius Anderson, Consort.
The mistake was ca<y from the close resemblance of the former e and o, but the error is
■opAlrNiblc that I amled to doubt that the letter itself ever passed the test of Mr. Drake's
own pergonal scrutiny. In the Masssichusetts acrcount against Plymouth Colony is the item.
Dr. tf> ApfMirel to Cajit. Cornelius, Wastcoat, shoes and Stokins £00. lis. 00.

•■ In view of the above facts and the wrll-known explanations of many old writers, the
•olemn Hatcment of tlie writer on Philip's War, in the "Mi'morial History of Boston"
(that the n;inic ** Privateers " was used as '*a synonym for volunteers, and not because
the J b^id served at sea "), appears somewhat amusing.'

174 Soldiers in King Philip^a War. [Apiftj

those who had served with him in his expedition, and several
the released pirates.

From a close comparison of these following lists with the Bostoi
tax-lists for 1674, and from other sources, I find that many of Ysi
soldiers were apprentices or servants, and probably many boys not
yet enrolled in the militia, and therefore not subject to impressment!
Several of the names would seem to indicate a sprinkling of Frendl'
men, and a writer in Drake's '* Old Indian Chronicle" i*elate8 thil
the ten or twelve privateers had several dogs with them which rea*
dered valuable service in " finding out the enemy in their swamps.*
By reason of the loss of the first thirteen pages of the Journal, tbi
names previous to August 21 have to be gathered from the Ledgery
and therefore I had to make a close study of many of the names, bil
have no doubt of any set down below, with the possible exception of
Eph" Regeman and Moses Knap, and with these I deem the Cffr
dence sufficient to justify me in putting them in.

It will be noticed that only 75 men are credited below for sei*
Vices in this campaign. There is no doubt that more w^ent witfc
him, and we can readily see that many of the transient adveai'
turers, especially if sailors, would be gone before the Court got rOH
dy to pay them off regularly. On August 4th Capt. Mosely wai
paid £50 by the Court " for his souldiers," and November 20th £50
more ; while up to December 10 he had only accounted to the ttm*
tfurer by receipts from his men for £27, but in the mean time hid
made no charge for his own military service, and I judge that lio
may have paid off many who followed him in this brief service al
Mount Hope, as their occasion demanded or his convenience suitedy
without any formal "Debenter" or bill. Thus Cornelius Ander»
eon is not mentioned at all, and doubtless many others were settled
with by Capt. Mosely, and no account rendered. There is no iii«*
dication that he misappropriated the colony's funds, but was proba-
bly free-handed with his soldiers and careless in his accounts, and
when Capt. Gookin and others complained of his high-handed cm-
elty towards the Indians, there was no hint of any indirection in
regard to his conduct in money matters. I doubt that he had 110
men, as stated in the " Old Indian Chronicle," but think there may \
have been many more than are here set down. From some indi- '■
cations I am led to think that many of his men did not return with
him to Boston, but joined the Plymouth forces and remained in the
service there.

Names of those who were credited with military Service under Capt Mosdj

in June & July 1675 at M' Hope.

August 9. 1G75

£. 8. d. Robert Miles. 01 07 06

Robert Webb. 01 07 06 Thomas Austin." 01 07 06

Joliii Bordecot. 01 07 06 Moses Knap. 02 00 00

William Perry. 01 07 06 John Wilson. 01 07 06

}383.]

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

175

Bobert Street.
lliomas Tidj.

August 14.
William Pollard.
Joseph Pollard.
John Hands.**
William Harvey.
Simael Gold.
Jbaeph Souther.
Alexander Forbs.
William Green.
Joiieph Plaisted.

August 20*^
Ephraim Regiman
John Coke.
Jonathan Nichols.
Kchard Nevill.
Benjamin Pliillips.
fchn BraudoD.
Joseph Sexton.
Tiraothv Hortou"
hmea Lendall.
Samuel Lane.

Auo:uBt 21.
Plandian Decro.'*
Jacob Allin, Ensigne,
Thomas James, Sergt.
Aaron Stephens.
John Holman.
Samuel Peacock.
John Dniry.
Thomas Gross.

August
Bobert Foster.
William Dean.
Manoah Bodman.
Frands Burges.
William Jones.
Thomas Clark.
PhUlip Sandy.

7th

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September 3^.

Joshua Winslow, Lieut, 03 06 06

Cusbe Ebitt. 01 01 00

Edward Reade. 01 07 06

Thomas Woodmott." 01 07 06

Roger Kenicott. 01 12 00

September 14"*

Roger Jones. 01 07 06

Rowland Solej. 01 04 00

William Smallidg. 01 04 00

John Pemberton. 01 01 00

Robert Kenicott. 02 05 00

Josiab Hilman. 04 08 08

John Tombs. 03 06 00

John Steevens." 03 00 00

John Size. 01 12 00

September 21"*

Depon Frenchman. 01 00 06

George Burbeck 01 00 06

William Brookes 02 05 00

William Smith 02 15 06

William Pasmore. 01 07 04

September 28*^.

John Cross. 01 04 00

George Cray. 01 01 06

Sept 30"*
Jacob Bullard.

Oct W^

Timothy llorton 02

John Cross. 01

Rich** Bariiam, Corp^ 05

02 03 09

October 26** 1675

Richard Eyres
Robert Woodward
Derman Morris.
Robert Dawes.
Isaac Sheffeild.
Daniel Matthewes.
John Baker
Samuel Browne
Samuel Messey

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I find that several of the names are credited with service under
other captains. Thus, John Cross has credit under Henchman,
September 14. George Burkback (Burbeck, Berbeck), Septem-
ber 3 and October 19, under Lieut. Brattle. William Brooks
under Prentice, August 27. Several are credited as "guards," and
may have been in service as scouts and guides, and so credited
under the captains with whom each service was rendered. With

" In old Boston Tax-Lists, 1674, these names nppenras Alliston, Hums, IIortmnn,SpIan-
dj decro, Woodnct. A petition of John Stevens (Archives, vol. 67) states that he was ** shot
in the arm " in this service.

176 Soldiers in King Philip^s War. [Aprili

these exceptions I think the above, together with some others'*
whose names are now lost, undoubtedly made up the motley com-
pany of "Vohmteers" with which Cnpt. Mosely marched out of
Boston, probably early in the morning of June 27th, and ovei^
took the troops of Henchman and Prentice, waiting for them
at " Woodcock's," in the afternoon ; and then all marched on
and arrived at Swanzy, and quartered at Mr. Miles's Grarrison-
House, close to the bridge leading to Mount Hope. Gen. Cudwortk
of the Plymouth forces was commander in chief. The reports of
the events immediately following their arrival are somewhat conflict-
ing. Some account of the general movement of the troops has been
given in the former article. If any one reads only the ^ Old Indian
Chronicle " aforesaid, it will seem as if Cnpt. Mosely was the only
officer engaged, and that his men did all the fighting ; but the accounts
therein were the first undigested rumors that came back from the ar-
my, and are not confirmed by Hubbard, or Church, or Mather. He
action of the troopers on the afternoon of the 28th belongs to the next
article, on Capt. Prentice. The repulse they received greatly elated
the Indians, who appeared next morning shouting their defiant chal-
lenge to ours to come across the bridge and fight them. Taking
the several accounts, the following is probably near the truth : Capt.
Mosely with his volunteers charged across the bridge and pursued
the Indians to the woods. The regular troops followed and formed
in line to sweep the neck by marching with both wings of the lino
extended. This, Church says, was so clumsily performed that the
two wings encountered and fired upon each other, and Perez Sav-
age, Capt. Henchman's ensign, wjis wounded. Philip fled before
our troops, and with his people escaped across the Mattapoisett
River to Pocasset. The volunteers took a prominent part in the
scouting movements of the next few days, then marched, July 5th,
with the Miissachusetts forces, to the Narraffansett country, and
returned back with them on July 15th to Kehoboth, and when on
the 18th it was decided to withdraw all the Massachusetts troops
except Capt. Henchman's, they returned to Boston and were dis-
banded, probably about July 20th.

No further credits appear under Capt. Mosely until December 10,
yet during all the time from his return from Mt. Hope he had been
in almost constant service, which it mav be well for us to follow, as
it is probable that most of his men credited on that date had served
with him to the time. On August 7, with 60 dragoons he met
Capt. Henchman's tired troops marching towards Mendon, having

** In tlio Archives, vol. 6S, pn^c 198, there is a petition from Samuel Holman snying tint
his servant Edward Sampson went out to Mt. Hope under Cnptnin Mosely, and com-
plains that •* instruments of chirurgcry of his have l>cen prest for tlic uscof Mosely's chi-
rurgeon, and afterwards a whole box of the s^ime fur Doctor Wells when he went to Nerra-
ffansett, which are now delivered to Ur. Gcrrish/* Then himself prest to go out under Capl.
Wadsworth, had to scud his said servant, costing hiui £U, and then his servaut was pot
under Capt. Turner.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. Ill

been sent to them with supplies. (Capt. Thomas's letter in Ma-
ther's Brief History says, "We met Capt. Mosely marching from
Providence up after us.") AVhen Capt. Henchman went next day
to Boston for orders, Mosely was left in command at Mendon, and
most of Henchmen's men were left with him. Within a few days
he was ordered to march to Quabaog (Brookfield), where he con-
tinued awhile scouting, &c. In a note endorsing a bill of Wil-
liam Locke, chirurgeon of the Massachusetts forces in the Mount
Hope campaign, Mosely says that after Capt. Henchman went to
Boston, " he took s"^ Locke into his company, and from Mendon
marched to Malbury and thence to Quaboag." Capt. Lathrop be-
ing senior officer, withdrew Locke to his forces ; and I find a Court
Order (vol. 67, Archives) to Dr. William Hawkins, August 17,
1675, " to join Mosely at Malbrow."

On August 16th he wrote a letter to the Governor, which explains
his movements, situation, &c.

ffrom Nasbowah Allies'^ Lankestor 16^ August 1675.

Honored Sir

Yesterday I spayred Capt. Beeres 26 our men to march with him to
Sprinkefeild & it was with Major Willard ordder and I have also Accord-
inge to my orders from Major General Denisoii Sentt to Dunstable fort to
Inlearge there gard 18 men &to Groatton 12 men & to Chelmsford 12 men
cot of those y* ware under Capt Hinksmans & of those y' Caime with me :
Also last nightt about Seaven A clocke we martched into Nashowah wheare
we are Att present butt shall as soon as the Constable haith prest us a doz-
en Horses proseed for Groatton & so to Chensford : according to the or-
der Major Willard gave me yesterday Att Quoah-bawge ; The day before
I caime from Quoahbaugh — I martched I(n) company with Capt Beeres &
Capt Laytrop to the Swap where they left mee & tooke theire martch to
Sprinkfilid and a soone as they ware gon I tooke my martch Into the woods
about 8 mills beyond the Sw&pe where Capt Huttcheinsou and the rest ware
7* ware wounded & killed & so returned to follow the enemy as above saide ;
also we did find A prsell of wigwoms beyond the Swaim[> about 20 which
we burnt &c our Maj' having a Seartayne Intelligence of a considerable
party of Indians y^ have gathered toogathcr a lit tell above Chensford which
I hope wee shalbe up with this night or toMorrough at furthest & if it pleese
God I come up with them God assisting me 1 will cloosely ingadge with
them & God spearing my life I shall as oppertunity gives leave Acquaint
yonr honor of my Actions ; I have with me butt 60 men at present ; so de-
tiring your prosperity & y* it may please God to preserve your Honour in
good health and humbly beseach your prayers to God for my Good Suckses
in this my undertaking with My Humbell Searvis &c in all dcuttyfullness I
Mibscribe myself your Respective kinsman & Humble Searvantt

Samuell Moslet.

my Cosson Leveret t ppresents his
Deuty to yo' Honour & my Antt.

Mr. Sheldon of Deerfleld laggests AJiaii as the meaning, which is doubtlefs oonrect.
TOL. XXXVII. 17

178 Soldiers in King letup's War. [April,

Between Aug. 9th and Kkh he had marched from Mendon to Brook-
field, where he distributed his men as above. On the 17th he probably
marched towards Chelmsford as proposed, but on the 22d some of the
Nipinuck Indians fell upon Lancaster and killed seven or nine inhabi-
tants, and the next day the people sent for Capt. Mosely and told him
of their suspicions of the Hassanemesit Indians (friendly or Praying In-
dians) then living under supervision in a sort of fort at Marlborough.
Capt. M. hastily marched to the fort and seized 11 (or according to
Maj. Gookin*s account 15) of the Indians, "pinioned" them and
bound them neck to neck and sent them down to Boston for trial.
Of the 15 only 11 were accused ; all were finally found innocent &
acquitted, and Capt. Mosely's proceeding severely criticized by the
Court and his superior officers. Maj' Gookin believed that the people
instigated suspicions " in order to secure the land of the Indians.**
After sending these prisoners down on August 30th, Capt. Mosely
marched up the Merrimac as far as Pennacook (Concord, N. H.) to
the home of the peaceful Wannalancet, where he was prepared to
repeat the late transaction ; but the Peunacooks had quietly with-
drawn and eluded him. He burnt their village and stores of food,
and marched back. Capt. Mosely 's course was not approved, and
the Court immediately sent messengers to win back the friendship of
Wannalancet.

The next we hear of Capt. M. is on September 14, when he
marched into Iladley with 60 Bay soldiers, and thence to Deerfield,
where he was quartered and scouting on the 18th, when hearing the
guns of the attack on Capt. Lathrop at Bloody Brook, he hurried
with 70 men to join the fight, and though too late to prevent tlie ter-
rible disaster, he and his men attacked the great body and
" charged them throujjh and throuo^h " several times, chasing them
seven miles or more. Lieutenants Savage and Pickering'* espe-
cially distinguished themselves for their daring. Finally, after long
and severe fighting, but strangely enough, with a loss of only two
killed'^ and eight or nine wounded, they were being forced slowly
backward by great numbers, when Major Treat with a force of Con-
necticut troops and Indians came up and joined them, and before
these united forces Philip retreated in haste.

The English retired to Deerfield for the night, and next morning
returned to the battlefield and buried their dead.

It was thought best to abandon the garrison at Deerfield, and so

M It Bccms the highest presumption to correct both Iliibhard and Drake In one note; bat
Huirs Joiiniiil says that rickering was Appleton's and not Mosely's Lieutenant.

^^ John Gates, Peter Barron, and ]>erliap9 one besides. John Oates was credited £2 under
Capt. Ilcnchmun Aug. 27i 1675, and under Mosely July 24th, 1676. Peter Barron nowhere
appears in the Journal. But see Colls. Essex Inst vol. ii. — ** Will of Peter Barron of
Marblohead, Fisherman, prest to goc against the Indians," gives his property to his master
EHuM Hendlv, &c. Inventory of said Peter Barron deceased was made Nov. 26, 1675. Of
the wounded, in the Archives I find the following in a petition of Richard Uuss to the
Court praying for relief. " I was just out in the Country's Service under Capt. Mosely,
when Capt^ Lawtrop was slayne, and in that fight received a shott in y« bottom of my
belly the bullet carryin in with it y* ring of my Bandoleer."

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 179

all removed to Hatfield, and Capt. Mosely was garrisoning that
town on October 5th, when he writes the Governor. Major Pyn-
chon, with Capts. Appleton and Sill, were on the opposite side of
the river at Hadley.
This letter is in another hand, bnt dictated and signed by Mosely.

Hadfieldy«5. of8»»'M675
Honoured Sir.

Yoor kind letter I have received bearing date y* 30'** of y* last month, for
which I render you many thanks and takes it very kindly, I confess y' I
have written some things to that purpose as Concerning the hangeing of
those Indians of Malbery, I desire to be Excuse if my tongue or pen has
out run my witt being in a passion and seeing what mischive had beene
done by die Indians which I have beene eye witness to, would make a
wiser person than I am, willing to have revenge of aney of them, but not-
withstanding what I have writen there as to that purpose it is fare from
my heart to Doe, for I am willing to undertake aney commands Imposed
upon me to serve the country as farr as my life, wee discover severall In-
dians about all these tonnes, which causes AUarm, and wee have mett ne*er
of theire myne body as yett Butt wee Doe Dayly Expect them wee never
seuded aney skoutes but weould mett them onely last night they could not
discover them although they have beene about Hadly mill which is the
other side of a great River Contrary to my quartes, Springfield Indians is
thought of Certain to bee ready att any times when the enemy comes to
appose y* toune to fall upon the English along with Enemy c, my service
pray presented to your Lady and not forgetting yourselfe and all the fami-
lye wishing you and all of them much prosperity, health & happiness being
idl att present from S' your Most Humble & Heady Servant

and loving Cousin Samuel Moslet.

Last night we received some news from Springfield which gives us an
aoct. J* Phillip with 500 men Laid in Springfield forte & resolved to fall
upon the toune this day, and to prevent his designe Major Piuchon is gone
with Capt Apleton and Capt Sill, with a company of 190 Soulders, two
Quiniticate companeys leaft att Hadly to gard that toune I and my compa-
ny heare wheare I doe expect them every houre and att uightt as well as
in day for they have faired upon y* Sentinell at night.

The blow fell as threatened, and Major Pynchon and troops came
only to find the town in flames, and the Indians fled. Mnjor Pyn-
chon, stricken sorely by this heavy loss of his beloved town, begged
earnestly to be relieved from the chief command, and the Court re-
luctantly and very tenderly granted his request, appointing Capt.
Appleton major in his stead. The Indians retired to Coasset,
about fifty miles above Iladley, and on the 12th Major A. marched
firom Springfield and quartered his lYoops at that place. The next
few days we spent in scouting and searching out the enemy, and on
the 16th Capt. Mosely writes the following letter to the Governor.
The postscript is written in his hand on the margin of the letter. It
Seems to us too horrible to be conceived of as the act of christians.
The captive was the squaw taken at Springfield. Nothing further

180 SoUier$ in King Pkaip'9 War. [April,

is known of the affair. Some special act of outrage or treachery on
her part may have drawn upon her this fearful sentence.

Hatfield 16"^ October 1675
I hai-e skarse aney Strang news to acquaint y' Honn' withall at present
yesterday wee thoaght to go in parsait of y* Enemies at Hadly side of the
nver and as wee marcheii oat from Hadly Some Theinge better than a nule,
the Skoates ¥* was send from this cowne Did Speye some Indians and there-
apon we came this side of the nver and did march oat last night y* whole
body or strensht of men that we have heare : but at Last we took it to Con-
sideration that it was very Dangeroas to leare the townes impteye without
any Souldiers. This Day being a very blustroas and yerj high winds, I
have sent out some skoates au«l thev discover some Indians, some three
miles of. And last ui^ht I have send of mv men 4 to Deerfield and some
two mile^ from the towne w heare thare was some railes ye enemy have
weaged them ap anii maiie them very fast. I know not whether it be to tn-
pann the skoutes or else to faight there if we go in porsaeth of them ; bat I
intend to bourn all their rails up, please God to grant me life and health.

Wee are told by an Icdian that was taken at Springfeeld y* they in-
tended to set upon these 3 townes in one Day. The body of them y* waitei
this exploite to do is about 6lh) Indians, as wee are informed by the afore-
said Indian : and farther wee are informed that they are making a fort some
60 miles from this Place up in the wixxis. Pray sir be pleased to present
my humble service to your lady and all the rest of the family.

I make no question bat the enemy s will make an tempt within a short
space of Time upon those Tonnes, having nothing else skarse worth your
reading I remaine Sir y' most Humble db

Ready Servant, whilst [?]

Samuel Moslet.

^* This aforesaid Indian was ordered to be torn in peeoes by Doggs tnd
she was soe dealt with all."

On the 10th Philip with hi;* whole force fell upon the town, but
was soon "beaten off without doing much harm.** Just before the
ficrht seven of Moselv^s men and three others were sent out to scout,
and seven of the number were cut off and killed. The Indians made
no further general attack after this repulse, and withdrew to winter
quarters. Capt. ilosely's forces, however, still remained in the west-
em towns with other troops, under Major Appleton, until as late te
November 20th, for on the lOth the Court authorized a letter to
Appleton directing the withdrawal of the main force, and urging
especially the dismissal of the troops of Capt. Mosely. The United
Colonies were now in full preparation for the ^rand movement
against the Xarragansetts ; and the Privateers with their dashing
leaders were needed. The western and outlying towns were garri-
soned as securely as might be, and all available ^ veterans ** hurried
in to swell the army of the three colonies to 1000 men for this spe-
cial service to Xarragansett. Much of great interest in the organi-
zation of this army must be passed over here.

The quota of Massachusetts was to be 527 men, Plymouth 158t

883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 181

id Connecticut 325. Rhode Island was not ^counted in," for
lasons best known to our dear old Puritan fathers. Josiah AVin-
ow, £sq.. Governor of Plymouth Colony, was made Commander-
-chief of the army, and under him Major Samuel Appleton com-
anded the Massachusetts forces, consisting of six companies, viz. :
apt. Appleton's own, Capt. Mosely's, Capt. Joseph Gardner's, Capt.
athaniel Davenport's, Capt. James Oliver's, and a troop under Capt.
homas Prentice ; and Major Robert Treat the Conn, forces, 5 com-
mies, under Capts. Siely, Gallop, Mason, Wats ; and Major Wil-
un Bradford 2 Plymouth companies, his own and Capt. John Gor-
im*8. The Massachusetts forces mustered on Dedham Plain, where
I Dec. 9 Gen. Winslow assumed command. There were then *' 465
^bting men," besides Capt. Prentice's troop. It seems from the Jour-
il that no settlement had been made with Mosely's and Appleton's
oops for the campaign in the west, and on December 10th, 27
igee of the book are entirely devoted to their accounts, and few, if
ijj other items are given under that date save such as relate to
lem. The captains had paid out small sums at different times, and
le towns of "Hadly," '^ Malbrow," " Mendam," "Lining"
Lynn), and many constables,'* merchants and others are credited
f cash, clothing, &c., to these troops, and on that date Treasurer
!ull pays them the balance of their accounts. Among the few pre-
DU0 lists of names preserved in the Massachusetts Archives is the
[oBter Roll" of Capt. Mosely's company, " taken at Dedham the
^ of Xber, 1675." I have arranged this list and the credits of
«cember 10-20 and January, alphabetically, and tested them care-
lly otherwise, and find that the greater part of his company were
8 ** veterans."

" The town of Danstable, per Constable Jona. Tyng, brings in a bill of about £100 for
Jecing Mosely's men, ammanition, &c.

Billeting 18 men from 13th Aagnst to 10th Sept. 1676 . . . . £16 16 00

" 29 *• " 11th Sept. " 17th January 1675-6 . . 47 18 00

" 6 •« " 18 Jan'y " 25 may 1676 . . . . 25 03 00

" 8 " "3 may " 14 July " ... . 08 08 00

25 lbs Powder and 250 bullets, &c 01 15 00

2 horses 3 days to Pennacook 00 01 06

ko Aodidng Committee Questioned the bill, but he was paid £20 on account, October
, 1976. (Archives, vol. 68.)

* Thia Mnster-Roll was published ante, vol. viii. p. 241. From this wo learn that Dennis
ij (not Siky, as given in the Rboistbk) was Company Clerk, and his list will be found a
mderful production in the way of misspelling names. The transcril)er might well doubt
arola'a ability to spell liis own name, since the m^oritv of the others are incorrect; but
b always 8ihy or Syhy in Hull's accounts. Some of the names are hardly recognizable,
{ive a few of the worst cases :

Tjrmochy Amane, should be Hortman or Horton.

Amell is probably Amell. (Savage thinks Arnold is meant.)

Hackerberry should be Ockerbv (or Ogleby later).

Bolthomy Flag, Hull has Bartholomew Flegge.

Pninder should be Provender.

ToochwiU should be Twichcll.

Hugh Collobanc should bo Hugh Collohuo, (^ollihu, and finally Oolloway (see below).

r think that there are not more than fifteen on the old roll that do not appear in Hull's
edits sometime within six months, and it is plain from the hitter, and the list of killed.
It others |oine(i his company after this roll was made and before the fight.

VOL. XXXVII. 17*

182

Soldiers in King Pkilip*s War,

[April,

Credited with Military Service nnder Capt Mosdj.

December 10* 1675

John Rice.
William Blake.*
Jonathan Freeman.
Samuel Guild.
John Bockman.
Richard Brine.
John Cooper.
Thomas Bull.
John Rol)erts.
Edward Weston.
Perez Savage, LxeuL
John Ireson.
John Brandon.
John Fuller, Corp^.
Benjamin Dyer.
James Johnson, Sert/t.
Zachariah Crisp.
Peter Lane.
'John Turner.
Richard Rust.
John Leech.
Jonathan Nichols.
John Plimpton.
Tho' Region.
John Cross.
Thomas Green.
Thomas Harris.
James Dickenden.
Richard Scott.
William Bateman.
Richard Adams.
Thomas Warren.
John Ramsey.
John Stebins.
Jonathan Wales.
Timothy Wales.
Jeremiah Stokes.
Joseph Twichell.
Samuel Veale.
Andrew Johnson.
Mathew Thomas.
Francis Siddall.
John Dunbar.
Edward Weeden.

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Samuel Kemble. 04 19 04

Timothy HortmaiL 02 16 00

John Corser. 04 19 02

Daniel Magenis, CorpL 05 10 00

James Updike, Ser^. 04 09 04

Daniel Mathews. 07 09 00

Mathias Smith. 04 1 6 00

John Williston. 04 16 00

John Sherman. 04 13 06

William Phillips. 04 19 OS

James Frankling. 05 04 06

Bartholomew Flegge. 04 19 04

Benjamin Allen 02 08 00

John Cantelberry 04 16 00

Hugh Collohue*^ 04 19 04

Jacob Willar 13 11 00

Valentine Harris 02 14 00

James Mathews 01 18 06
Daniel Johnson Trumpeter Q^ 12 00

Dec. 20th

John Mayo. 04 17 00

Thomas Okleby 04 10 00

John Casey 01 15 06

John Langbury 01 10 00

Richard Jinkes 07 04 00

Joshua Silverwood 04 12 06
John Morse Commissary 02 15 06

1 675-6 Jan'y 25.

Benjamin Norden 04 16 00

Jonathan Gay. 02 03 08

George Manning. 01 00 06

Joseph Porter. 01 00 06

Josias Hillman. 01 00 06

Thomas Jones. 01 14 OS

Edward Read. 00 10 04

Robert Parris. 01 10 00

John Langbury. 01 10 00

February 29, 1675-6

Daniel Canada. 02 14 00

James Franklin. 02 14 00

Jonathan Wales. 02 14 00

George Grimes. 02 14 00

John Provender. 02 14 00

John Leech. 02 14 00

^ Variations not noted above are, Blackc (W™ Blake, jr. for whose release bis fktber,
Wm Senr, petitions the Court), Bricn, Wesson, Ayrson (for Ireson), Dayer, Leane, Rufli
Leigh, Plimton, Dichetto, Btcbence, Weals, Stockcs, Consier, McKcnnyee, WillingstoOi
Canterberry, and other minor changes.

*> Angast, 1676. Oeorge Nowell petitions for the release of his senrant *< Hagfa Gallo-
way that went as a Volanteer under Mosely neere the beginning of ye warrCy and is novia
y« garrison at Hatfield under Capt Sweane."

Soldiera in Sing JPhilip'a War.

183

olliha (CoUohue)

14 00

Peter Leane.

BatemaD.

04 01 00

William Smallage.

Silverwood.

00 00

Richard Gibson.

icknum.

14 00

Thomas Ockerby.

Weston.

03 00

Jonathan Wales.

n Dyer.

14 00

Richard Randall.

March 24^ 1675

-6

Joseph Wakefield.

^fathews.

16 00

William Blake jr.

Colebourne.

14 00

John Essery.

ebbius.

00 00

Thomas Warren.

andon.

00 00

Philip Keane.

1 Freeman.

14 00

Edward Weason.

illiston.

14 00

Joseph Douse.

^latthews.

05 00

Stephen Fielder.

ohnson.

10 00

Joseph Pratt.

Gibson.

17 00

Thomas Bishop.

irmer.

12 03

Joseph Deers.

.nterbery.

03 00

Richard Addams,

oper.

14 00

James Couch.

Jpdike.

14 00

John Ramsey.

April 24^»» 167C

Thomas Webb.

iinge.

14 00

Daniel Clow.

lepard.

12 00

John Wilkins.

Davis.

14 00

Matthew Thomas.

uile.

04 01 00

Samuel Leman.

lollard.

17 06

Richard Cowell.

Sihy.

02 09

Daniel East

Bull.

03 00

Thomas llitchborn.

Randall.

15 04

Samuel Fosdike.

Brian.

14 00

John Hawkins.

ly.

14 00

David Landon.

Weston.

11 00

Seabread Taylor.

Gibson.

14 00

John Long.

Welch.

04 08 02

Peter Bennett, Lieut.

imsey.

14 00

John Wensteed.

Furbush.

18 00

Edmund Chamberlain.

osse.

14 00

Jacob Cole.

Philips.

14 00

Edward Walker.

ice.

14 00

Joseph Low.

^hadwick.

04 04 00

Joseph Graves.

Weeden.

14 00

Roger Brown.

June 24»>» 1676

Thomas Bull.

Forbs.

12 00

Joseph Douse.

emerton.

03 00

James Smith.

3ech.

14 00

Dennis Sihy.

1 Maderill.

14 10

02 14 10
08 15 06
02 14 10
02 14 10
02 14 10
02 02 00
02 14 10
02 14 00

04 10 10
02 14 10

02 02 00

03 02 00
02 14 10
02 14 10
02 14 00
00 18 06
02 02 00

05 08 00
02 14 10
02 14 10
02 02 00
02 08 00
02 14 10
02 14 10

02 14 10

03 02 00
02 14 10
02 14 10
02 14 00
02 14 00
02 14 10
02 02 00
02 14 10

06 15 00

02 14 00

00 12 00

03 00 00
02 14 00

04 10 10

01 04 00

02 14 00

03 03 00
02 14 00

05 08 00

04 00 00

ill be remembered that the credits for service were given at
se of such service, or at regular monthly or bi-monthly set-
ts. It often happened that the men would be separated from
'Beers, at garrisons on special duties, and so waiting the offi-
nature the bill would be delayed sometimes for a year. Many

184 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [April,

•
who were in the Narraganeett campaign were not paid off till the
general settlement, June 24th, 1G76. And though many of the
credits represent later service, yet I judge the oft-repeated amount,
£02 14 00, represents the "Fort" campaign. This will hold in
nearly every case, though not all. Thomas May was in that cam-
paign and received no credit until September 23, 1676. The credits
in other companies confirm this theory.

I can only briefly sketch in outline the chief events of this cam-
paign, and refer the reader to the very full accounts of the march
and battle given in Hubbard, Church, Mather, &c., and Mr. Drake's
Book of Indians.

The forces under Gen. Winslow marched on the afternoon of De-
cember 9th to Woodcock's Garrison, and December 10th to Sea-
conk. From thence Capt. Mosely and his men sailed with Mr.
Richard Smith^' across the bay, and then marched to his Garrison-
House at Wickford in Narragansett, arriving in the evening, having
taken a party of thirty-six Indians on the way.

Gen. Winslow with the other forces ferried over to Providence,
and marched through " Pomham's " territory, in hopes to capture
that sachem, to the rendezvous at Smith's Garrison , on the evening
of Dec. 12th. Mosely had captured one Peter, an Indian, who
betrayed Philip, and becomes invaluable to the army as a faithful
guide, actuated probably by desire of revenge. On December
14th the General marched out with his forces to explore the surround-
ing country, and Sergt. (John) Bennet,*' with thirty men of Capt.
Oliver's company, went out scouting, and killed two Indians and
captured eight more.

On the 15th occurred a skirmish at a certain stone-wall, where
twenty or thirty Indians discharged their guns at Capt. Mosely at
once without effect. On the same evening the Garrison-House of
Jireli (Jerry) Bull at Petequanscut was destroyed, and seventeen per-
sons killed, of which news was brought next day by Capt. Prentice's
troop, and on the 17th the Connecticut forces, 300 English and 150
Mohegans, arrived at the same place, and on the 18th the whole
force of Massachusetts and Plymouth met them there about 6 P.M.

Bull's Garrison had been intended for the general rendezvous, and
its loss was severely felt, as the army was forced to spend the entire
night without shelter. At 5 A.M. the next morning, December

*• Mr. Chnrch relates that he went across to Wickford with Mr. Smith, bnt omits any
mention of Capt. Mosely and his company, and their capture of 36 Indians in the march to
Wicliford, but tells of 18 that himself toolc with the " Eldrid^os and some other brisk hands."
Church never omit<« to tell of his own exploits at full length. Mosely was the most popu-
lar officer of the army, and undoubtedly excited Church's anger and perhaps jeaIooi7
by ignoring and opposing him. Mosely, the snccessfnl captain at the head of a strong com-
pany of veterans, would not readily accept commands fVom one without title or company,
whose best service hitherto had l)een only in scouting and skirmishing with small irregular
parties. Church writes his own adventures. Mosely's can never 1)c known fully, but what
we have shows him to be brave, popular with both the army and at homo, and wonderfully
SBocessfnI.

^ Doubtless John Bennet the scout, who had been among the Narragansetts in the sum-
mer with Hutchinson. A John Bennett is in the list of slain at Bloody Brook.

3.]

Soldiers in King Philip^s War.

185

b, they took up the inarch towards the Fort, and waded fifteen
» through snow two or three feet deep, and came about 1
f . to the swamp, which by reason of the intense cold was frozen,
hat they could march without breaking through, and our forces
ting Indians at the edge of the swamp, began the attack at once
pursued them furiously and without much regard to orders, even
he sides of the Fort/^ Mosely*s and Davenport's companies led

van.

^he fortification was strong and bravely defended, but nothing
Id resist the intrepid assaults of our forces, and after heavy losses
several hours' fighting, the Indians were either driven out or
)d, the immense fortress and its huts and stores destroyed
>lishly it seemed to some at that time) , and in the evening our
ly troops were forced to march back through the snow, carrying
r wounded, to head quarters, whence they had marched in the
ning. The suffering was incredible ; and I believe that if the
)le history of that 19th day of December, 1675, were known, no
/er day would stand in our country's annals for heroic daring and
ering. Six of the captains were killed — Davenport, Gardner,
DBon and Lt. Upham (mortally wounded) of Massachusetts ;
»t8. Gallop, Siely and Marshall of Connecticut. Further ao-
Qt of the Massachusetts officers is referred to future articles of the

es.

?he following list of " Wounded and Slayne " in Capt. Mosely's
ipany, is in the Archives, vol. 68 :

6 men
Slayne

((

John Farmer, Boston

Richard Barnam,

Jerre Stockes,

W"> Bourle,** Charlestown

Edmund Chamberlain, Maulden

Richard Updick, Narragansett

9 Wounded
men are
on 6 Jan*ry,
at Rhode Island
with 5 Souldg" ^
to attend
the
wounded men
there [

Samuel Fosdick.

Lieut Perez Savage Boston
John Brandon <^

John Sherman, Watertown.
James Updick, Boston.
James Chadwick, Maiden.
John Fuller, Dedham.
John Shepheard, Charlestown.
Rich^ Addams of Sudbury.
Jacob Coole, Charlestown.

lliomas Weales.

James Digheuton. (Dichetto)

Joseph Low.

Joshua Silverwood.

To attend^

This Fort was apon a sort of island or rising ground containing about 5 or 6 acres in
iii<l5t of the swamp. Tho place wiis situated in what is now South Kingston, R. I. For
ription of the Fort and the fight, see Hubbard's Narrative, and Church, &c.
Doabtless means Wm Burt.
Daniel Weld, chhmrgeon, is credited £10 ; is probably the Dr. Wells referred to in

186

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

[Apfil,

Mr. Hubbard states the number of Moselj's men killed to be nine,
wounded ten. Whole number of English killed, above 80, and 150
wounded that recovered. He puts the number of Indians killed at
1000 warriors, and many of the aged and women and children.
The troops returned to Smith's Garrison that night, and cared for
their wounded ; and Church relates that Mr. Andrew Belcher*^ ai^
rived that evening at Wickford with a vessel laden with supplies,
without which there must have been great suffering.

The troops remained mostly inactive during the rest of the winter,
seeking to bring the Indians to terms of a permanent peace. Then
was some scouting and frequent captures, but no general action. Jan.
10, new forces were sent down from Boston, and the army was re*
cruited to 1600 men, and on Jan. 27th began to move in pursuit of the
Indians, who had now renewed their depredations. At last, in the
early part of February, having pursued thom around as far as Marl-
borough and Brookfield, they were forced to leave the pursuit for
want of provisions and rest, and marched into Boston. On the 5tli
of February the Major was ordered to dismiss his soldiers to th^
several homes to await further orders. On February 15th Capt
Mosely was ordered to march with his company to Sudbury, ioA
there to abide till further orders.

These credits cover various services from Dec. 10, 1675.

01 05 08
03 03 01
00 19 03

00 15 00

02 12 02
02 08 00

01 14 OS
00 12 10
00 19 08

02 U 10
00 18 10
00 12 10
00 12 10
00 12 10
CO 12 10
00 12 10
00 10 OS
00 10 03
00 15 00

00 12 10

01 12 OS

petition of Holman above. He was " Cliirurgcon General," and was of Salem. There fat
credit to George Tiiomas, Dec. 10, for " Cliyrargion Instnimcnts for I)r. Weld and Dr.
Knott " (Richard Knott of Marl)lcliead). Tliesc were with the wounded probably, cod
also Dr. Fhilip Read, of Lynn, and Dr. William Hawkins, Boston.

<7 In a bill pi:e8ented by Capt. Benjamin Gillam, dated Jan. 19, 107*5, is the item, "To
charges on men to cat out Andrew Belcher's Sloop to goe to Narragansctt, 14s."

July 24th 1676

Jacob Allin.

Henry Swaine.

13 00

Samuel Clark.

Richard Bennett.

08 08 00

James Couch.

Gilbert Endecott.

05 08 09

John Hands.

John Day.

14 09

John Dunbarr.

Sam^ Colborne.

14 10

Benjamin Lathrop.

Samuel Guild.

02 00

John Salter.

Gilbert Forsith.

02 00

Ezekiel Ilamblin.

Perez Savage, Lieut.

16 00

Roger Prosser.

Samuel Measie.

13 00

Andrew Johnson.

John Gates.

12 00

Jonathan Sprague.

William Wainright.

14 10

John Pitcher.

Jeffery JeflTers.

09 06

John Harrison.

Richard Silvester.

18 00

John Auger.

Armstrong Horner.

14 00

David Langdon.

John MousalL

14 00

John Sibly.

August 24.1676

Francis Earle.

Roger Prosser.

02 00

Nathaniel Badcock.

Peter Mellardy.

10 02

John Goff.

John Gilbert.

12 10

Joseph Wakefield.

Joseph Saxton.

12 10

Perez Savage.

Soldiers in King Philip's War. 187

ids. 00 18 10 James Marshall. 00 12 10

»wen.*« 00 10 02 Samuel Davis. 00 15 00

utler. 00 10 02 William Bassly. 01 16 10

and. 02 14 10 Thomas May. 02 14 00

jptember 23*, 1676. Archibell Forrest. 02 14 10

scott. 00 10 02 John Gilbert, Senior. 00 12 10

dg. 02 14 10 James Wamsly 02 14 00

Sudbury he soon after marched to Marlboro', where he
> have remained several weeks, taking a large part in the ne-
ts concerning the redemption of captives, regulating ( ?) the
r the friendly Indians, &c. It is evident that he was always
t of commands from his superior officers. The "seniority"
recedence was strictly adhered to in the colonial army, and in
rvice we find him constantly either disregarding or avoiding
3 evident, even from Church's own account, that at the Fort
n. Winslow was only nominally in command ; for when by
I advice he had resolved to hold the fort and remain, " a cer-
ttain " threatened to shoot his horse under him if he attempt-
ntcr with his troops, and "in a great heat" declared that
had "lied" to him about the situation, and then a certain
" brusled up " and supported the said captain. There is
ubt that this captain was Mosely. The exploits of Mr.
in this campaign seem not to have been known to any of the
itorians except himself. It is plain that the Massachusetts
especially Mosely at the head of his veterans, flushed with
I victory in which Church had no part, would regard his in-
^ as that of an insolent upstart. As an evidence of Capt.
\ great popularity may be noticed the large commission
him by the Court, May 5, 1676 (see vol. vi. Mass. Coll.
), and the wide margin left to his own interpretation. This
ty with the army and the violent party of Indian-haters, te-
nth his eminent success in the field, and probably his near
hip to the Governor's family, supported him in many noto-
ts of insubordination and insolence towards his superiors,
1 the Council. The hanging of Indians, referred to in his
as probably his " tying up " of the two Indian captives and
; their evidence against the eleven seized at Marlboro'. The

Job Kattenanit, a tried and faithful "praying" Indian,
for his faithful service, Gen. Denison, by the advice of Ma-
ge, had given liberty to seek out his family held as captives
p*8 allies, shows Mosely 's influence, for he came to the
8 head-quarters and denounced both officers, and raised such
of indignation that they were obliged to send forthwith to
lb back ; and although members of the Council were very
;t at his insolent conduct, he was not even reprimanded,
r this act or his high-handed proceeding at Concord, where

^ Sometimes called Howell.

188 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Apiilf

he entered the congregation on the Sabbath and harangued the peo-
ple against the peaceful Naehobah Indians, whom the Council had
placed in the charge of Mr. Hoare, and then seized the Indiaiu,
allowing his soldiers to plunder all their possessions in spite of Mr.
Hoare*s remonstrances, and marched them down to Boston, whenee
the Court was constrained to send them to Deer Island, where with
many other friendly Indians they were subjected to fearful privadons.
A full account of all these transactions may be found in the Histoij
of the Praying Indians by that upright and noble man, Gren. Danid
Gookin.

Capt. Mosely marched with Major Savage from Marlborough to
Quaboag, April 2, 1676. They were there joined by the Connecticut
troops, and all moved on towards Northampton, and he was engaged
in the succeeding campaign in the west. On May 5th he received
the independent commission referred to above, and it will be noticed
that the wages of his soldiers were to he raised by popular subscrip-
tion, and besides they were to have all the profits accruing from the
plunder or sale of captives, and if these resources failed the Couit
was to make up the balance ; and this irregular way of settling may
be the reason that no larger credits appear in the later months, ik
June, Mosely and his men were* sent in company with Capt. Brattk
and his troop to assist the people of Plymouth Colony, and were
Btill there after July 22d ; and they there took part in the capture of
the 150 captives, and probably soon after returned to Boston. The
faithful services of the friendly Indians in the later campaigns had
caused a reaction of popular feeling towards them. The fame
of Church, who succeeded in destroying Philip at Mount Hope,
August I2th, somewhat eclipsed that of Capt. Mosely, and we heir
no more of his military service thereafter, if he performed any. Oi
August 24th, at a great sale of Indian captives, he is charged with
" 1 boy and girle 6£ ; & 13 sqawes & papooses 20£ " ; and this ii
the last notice I find of him throwing light upon his succeediog
career.

The date and circumstances of Capt. Mosely 's death are not, m
yet, definitely known. Savage says he died January, 1680.
The " Inventory of the Estate of Cap*" Sara^ Mosely " deceased wai
taken Jan. 26, 1679 (N. S. 1680), and may have been Mr. Sav-
age's authority. In Judge Se wall's Interleaved Almanac Diary (BlO'i
ISTER, vii. 208) this item appears: "1677, Oct. 20, 7, Capt S.
Mosely." But we are left in doubt as to its meaning. His Stti\
account as found in Hull's 3d Ledger (the 2d Ledger is lost), nfrj
dcr date of July, 1678, credits him with military service, £67 05 06,i
which I presume was in full for his whole service. Sometime aftefj
September, 1678, £1 credit is given "per. Isaac Addington," toj
balance Mosely 's account with the government. He died insolvent-
The careful inventory, rendered by Sewall, of the worldly possefj
sions as produced by Ann Mosely the widow, who was admitted ad*j

1883.] The Bacons of Virginia. 189

miniBtratrix January 30, 1679-80, makes no mention of any arms
or clothing except an old musket and sword in the ^^ Garret."
This circumstance, with some others, and a lack of any official ref-
erence to his death, would seem to indicate that it happened away
from home.

Ann Mosely, thrown upon her own resources for maintenance,
was granted a license by the town authorities, in 1681 and 1682,
'*To sell wine and stronge liquors out of dores." That she pros-
pered is proved by the deed of trust to her brothers, Isaac Adding-
ton and Penn Townsend, 1684, in favor of her daughters, "her
only living children," just before she married Nehemiah Pierce,
* eet-work-cooper." He died in 1691, leaving her again a widow.

The eon Samuel died young, doubtless. The daughter Kebecca
nuurried January 22, 1694, James Townsend ; and Mary married
William Webster, November 25, 1696. Kebecca married again
in 1708, Jonathan Williams, who in 1733 appears as the Narra-
gansett claimant in the " right^of his wife's Father Capt Maudesley."

Capt. Mosely's descendants were quite numerous in the second
md third generation, through Rebecca's children by Townsend and
Williams.

THE BACONS OF VIRGINIA AND THEIR ENGLISH

ANCESTRY.

By CHA.RLB8 Herybt Townshend, Esq., of New Haven, Ct.

GRIMBALDUS, a Norman gentleman, it is said, came into Eng-
land at the time of the Conquest in company with William de
Warren, Earl of Surry, to whom he was related, and was granted
lands at Letheringsete,* near Holt, in the County Norfolk, and had
ifsue three sons, Radulph, Edmund and Ranulf, and here he found-
ed a church, appointing for its parson his second son Edmund, f

His younger son Ranulf, or Reynold, resided at Thorp, Norfolk,
and took the name of Bacon ; and as there were several Thorps, this
pboe was called Bacons-Thorpe, | as Reynold was Lord of the town,
and firom him sprang this illustrious family, many members of it
bring distinguished for talent and brilliancy of mind. This Ranulf
father of George, whose son Roger Bacon released to his own
Agnes all the lands belonging to this family in Normandy,
and from him down through many generations descended the Bacons
of Drinkstone and Hessett in the County SuiFolk.§

r * See Note I. at the end of this article.— Editor 1

t See Blomefleld's Norfolk, Kimlier and Johnson s Baronetage. The history of Orim-
Wdat and hia Immediate descendants, which wc here repeat, needs investigation.

BSee Note II.— Ed.]
See Note m.-ED.]

TOL. ZZZYII. 18

190 The BaeoM of Virginia;, [April,

Of this (the Hessett) family » we find a John Bacon, who mar-
ried Cecilly Hoc, sister of John Hoo or Howe, perhaps of Hessett,
who with his brother in law John Bacon were probably the builden
of the beautiful church there, as proved by evidence still extant on
the exterior and interior of this edifice, as shown in heliotype by tin
Bev. Canon Cooke in his introductory history of Hessett, published
in the ^^ Proceedings of the Sufiblk Institute of Archaeology and Ni^
tural History."

He had sons John and Nicholas Bacon. Nicholas was chaplain of
Hessett. John of the same place married Hellen Gkdding, and had
issue another John Bacon, who married for first wifeHellena, daugh-
ter of Sir George Tillotts, of Kougham, and secondly, Julian,
daughter of Bard well. From this first marriage came Sir Nich-
olas Bacon (the Lord-Keeper and father of the great Lord Bacon),
and from the second marriage the Bacons of Hessett, who flourished
there more than five hundred years, when the male line ended in
Henry Bacon, the son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Comwallys) Ba-
con, who died without issue there in 1651, and the estates were aD
parcelled out among his sisters, viz. : Elizabeth, wife of Calibnt
Walpole ; Frances, wife of George Townsend ; Katherine, wife
of William Coleman ; Susan, wife of Henry Lamb ; Anne, wife of

John Aldrich ; Cordelia, wife of Harris, of Maldon, and Alo-

gail, wife of John Grigbye.

His father Edmund Bacon, son of John Bacon of Hessett, and
grandson of Edmund Bacon by wife Elizabeth, daughter of John
Page of Westley, Suffolk, of which family perhaps Philip Page,
father of Robert Page, Lord of the Manor of Gedding, and whose
marriage to Alice Hoo is recorded at Hessett, July 21, 1545, is in-
teresting to note. This John Bacon, son of Edmund and Elisa-
beth (Page) Bacon aforesaid, married first, Barbara, sister of Sir
Ambrose Jermyn of Bushbrook, Knt., and secondly, Katherine Pe-
riente, sister of Elizabeth Periento (Lady Style) mother of Henry
Townsend of Bracon Ash, Norf. and Godding, Suff., and by her had
a son CaptainRobert Bacon, who married the Lady Cordilia, daugh-
ter of John Gyll or Gill, and widow of Sir Thomas Harris, Knt.*

We now return to John Bacon, son of John and Helena (Tillotts)
Bacon, who married Margery Thorpe, daughter and heir of John,
son of William and grandson of Sir William Thorpe by the daugh-
ter and heir of Sir Roger Bacon, a celebrated commander in the
wars, temp. Edward II. and Edward III., and lineally descended
from Grimbald, the patriarch of this family.

The said John Bacon was father of Edmund Bacon of Drinkstone,
whose son John by wife Agnes Cokeficld had son Robert Bacon who
was buried at Hessett with Isabella his wife, daughter of John Cage
of Pakenham in Suffolk, and by whom he had three sons and two

* These families, the Drnrys, Bacons, Page, Townsends, How or Hoo. were all oonMCl^
ed and interested in early settlements in Virginia and New England, as tbe records shoir.

1888.] The Bacons of Virginia. 191

danghten, viz. : Ist, Thomaa Bacon of Northaw in Hertfordshire,
who married the daughter of Mr. Brown, but died without issue.
Sndy Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper. 3d, James Bacon,
Eaqnire, Alderman of London, who died June 15, 1573, and was
baried in the Church of St. Dunstans in the East, London ; and
had by first wife Mary, daughter of John Gardiner of Grove
Place, county Bucks, an only son and three daughters, all dying
young except Anne, wife of John Revetts,* Esquire, of Brandiston,
who died 1616, aged 77. His second wife was Margaret, daugh-
ter of William Rawlins, of London, and widow of Richard Gould-
aton, Salter, by whom he also had issue, William Bacon, second son,

of , Essex, and a son and daughter who died young, also his eldest

son Sir James Bacon, of Friston Hall, Suffollc, who was knighted
at White Hall in 1604, and died at Finsbury, London, January 17,
1618, and buried in St. Giles Church on the 11 February, 1618.

This worthy Knight, by Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Anne
(Druryf) Bacon of Hessett, had two sons, Nathaniel and James ;
and three daughters, the latter all dying young. The eldest son,
Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., of Friston, "son and heir and of full age,"
January 17, 1644, by Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Le Gross of
Crostwick, Norfolk, Knt., had a daughter Anne who died unmarried,
and alao Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel, second son of Sir Nathaniel
Bamardiston of Kelton, Knt., also a son Thomas Bacon, who by
first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Brooke of Cockfield
Hall, Yoxford, Knt., who died January 2, 1647, aged 25, and was
boned at Friston, Suffolk, had issue Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Hov-
ener of London, and a son and heir, Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., who
emigrated to Virginia as early as 1670, where his father's cousin, ^
Colonel Nathaniel Bacon (the governor §) resided, being possessed
of large landed estates in York, Nanceymond and other counties
bordering on the James River. The first Nathaniel Bacon became
■o notorio'ns in Virginia history on account of the conspicuous part he
took in opposing Governor Berkeley that he acquired the cognomen
of *'The Rebel.'*|| A quarrel between the settlers and natives
caused the former to choose Bacon their general, and disregarding the

pedime In The Brights of Saflblk, where Uiis gentleman oonnecu with nomeroai
Hew BngUnd fBunllies.

t Sec pedigree of the Drnrj fanillv of Rongham, co. SnfT., in CuUam's History of Haw*
MhkL John newgite's (of Bocton, N.E.) grandfather Walter Hoo or Howe, leased from the
Orarra Bougham Hall, and of this family was William Drnry, LL.D., whase widow Mary
Sooth well marrted Robert Forth, LL.D., grandfather of Thomas Townsend. See Towns-
hend family of I/nn, in Old and New England.

rt_Sce Koto I v.— Ed.J

Be may haTe held the conrtesy title of governor, as an English pedigree has it. He
I of the Coandl, and in 1688 was its presiding officer and acting governor. His cousin
Radianlel Bacon the general was a delegate fh>m Henrico Plantation, where he hold an
eHaie near the Falls of the James River.

I Ocnt. Mag. Oct 1816, vol. Ixxxvii. p. 124 ; Burke's Hist. Yirg. vol. 11. ; Barber's Hist.
OoU. Virg.: Ctoipbell's Hist. Virg. As early as 1663 we And Nathaniel Bacon, ** a hopefhl
Tooag gcideman," one of the companv of Ray, who sets out on his travels in foreign parte
m eompAny with Mr. Willoaghby and Sir Philip Skippon. Ocn. Bacon's father seems to
ddecled to hli marriage to Elizabeth, a sister of Sir John Duke of Benhall Lodge, near

192 The Bacons of Virginia. L^pnl,

orders of the governor, who refused him a commission, he put himself
at the head of a company of colonists and punished the Indians. For
this act the governor in May, 1676, proclaimed him a rebeU and soon
after arrested him at Jamestown, where he was tried before the Gover-
nor and Council, but acquitted and promised a commission, which the
governor refused to sign. Bacon therefore raised a regiment of six
hundred men and compelled the governor to grant the commission.
After prosecuting the Indian war with success, he was again pro-
claimed a rebel. He then turned his forces against the governor,
whom he defeated, and burnt Jamestown, and was following up his
advantages, when he died suddenly, October 1, 1676. He was
very popular in the colony, and subsequent historians seem to jus-
tify the part he took as " rebellion in a good cause."

General Bacon was a gentleman of good rank, and a member of
one of the Inner Courts of London (Gray's Inn, entered Nov. 22,
1664). He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward, son of Ed-
ward and grandson of Ambrose and Elizabeth (Calthorpe*) Duke, of
Benhall, SufF., whose mother was Dorothy, daughter of Sir Ambrose
Jermyn, of Rushbrook, Knt. By the said Elizabeth Duke, who was
baptized at Benhall, December 17, 1650, he (the General) had an

Saxmundham, co. SafT., and so he emigrated to Virginia where his cousin Col. Bacon n-
slded. After Oen. Bacon's death his wife married second Mr. Janris, a merchant, and
thinily Mr. Mole. Some writers say Ba(X>n died of brain fever, others of a disease contxttct-
ed in the trenches before Jamestown. There was another Nathaniel Bacon who has ofkeii
been confounded with Col. Bacon the Councillor and Gen. Bacon the " Rebel," or •• Prt»
riot," as called bv some. He was Recorder of Ipswich, co. Suif., and wrote several books.
His work, ** Of the Uniformity of the Governments of England," published in 1647, wM
far in advance of liis time, and his publishers were prosecuted and fined, and hundreds of
copies seized and burnt.

These three Nathaniel Bacons had also a cousin Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Cnlford, Saff,
who excelled in land^cape painting (whose uncle Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Nor-
f<»lk, who died Nov. 7, 1622, had daughter Anne, wife of Sir John Townsend of Raynhtm,
Knt., who was also buried the same day as her father Sir Nathaniel, in Stiffkey Church

tsee Stiffkey Register], who died 1627), and gave his estate to Lndy Jane his wife, who was
turied at Culford, May 8, 16o9, aged 79. His son Nicholas Bacon died sans issue, 1680,
and this property went to his half brother Frederick Lord Comwallys, son of Lady Jans
by her first husband, Sir William Comwallys, and ancestor of Charles Earl Comwallys,
who by wife Elizabeth Townshend (aunt tu George Marquis Townshend, to whom Quebec
capitulated upon the death of Gen. Wolfe) was father of Charles, first Marquis Comwallis,
whose surrender of his army at Yorktown, Va., to General Washington, brought to a dose
the straggle for American independence.

There was also a Nathauicl Bacon living in New England as early as 1661 (sec Savage),
and in the New Haven Records there are three depositions, taken October 17, 1661, and rs-
corded by the secretary', James Bishop. The first by John Fletcher of Milford, second by
Mary Fletcher of Milford, and the third by Joim Ward of Branford, which last we copy
verbatim, and print at the end of this article. The first two mention the family of Baooa
living in Stretton, and moving to Clipsam, co. Rutland.

Michael Bacon, of Dedham, Mass. (see Will, Register, vol. vii. p. 230-1), and ances-
tor of the late Leonard Bacon, D.D., LL.D., of New Haven, came from the neighborhood
of Ipswich, CO. Suffolk, Eng., perhaps Barbara, Suffolk. Tradition says he held the office
of captain of a company of yeomanry there.

N. B.— Monument in Barham Church says Ellen, daughter of Thomas Iiittle, married
Edward Bacon, third son ot the Lord Keeper. Thev are said to have had 19 sons and 18
dausrhtcrs. TSeo Note V.— Ed.1 This family held 22 manors, besides lands in 19 parishes
in CO. Suffolk. This Edward Bacon's daughter Jane married Francis Stoncr, whose
mother Mabel was daughter of Roger Harlakendcn, whose family were also interested
in New England settlement. — Bury St. Edmunds and Environs, p. 81.

♦ Sister of Anne Calthorpe, second wife of Henry Townsend, Esq., of Brecon Ash, Norf^
and of Gedding, Suff., who by wife Margaret Forth (a cousin of Mary Forth wife of Gov.
Winthrop) had son Thomas Townsend. (See Townshend Family, Rboisteii, toL xxix.
p. 101.)

1863.] The Bacons of Virginia. 193

only daughter and heir Mary, wife of Hugh Chamberlain, M.D.,
and physician to Queen Anne. The second son of Sir James Bacon
aforesaid was the Bey. James Bacon, Rector of Burgate, SufF.
His will* is dated September 24, 1647, proved January 23, 1649^
50y having died November 9, 1649, and he was buried in the chan-
cel of the Church of Burgate. By his wife Martha, daughter of

Honeywood, who died August 25, 1670. This Martha Hon-

qrwood married secondly the Rev. Robert Peck, preacher of the
gospel in the town of Old Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., who was bom
at Becdes in Suflfolk in 1580, and graduated at Magdalen College,
Cambridge, with degree of A.B. in 1599, and A.M. in 1603, and
was inducted over the Church of St. Andrew, Hingham, aforesaid,
January 7, 1605, and held the rectorship there until 1638 ; but be-
ing persecuted by Bishop Wren he moved with many of his parish-
ioners to New England, and settled the plantation of New Hingham
on the south shore of Boston Bay, where he was granted lands and
ordained teacher of the church there, November 28, 1638, and re-
mained until the Long Parliament or the persecution in England
had ceased, when he returned to England and resumed the rector-
ship at Old Hingham, October 27, 1641, and diedf there in 1656,
when his funeral sermon was preached by Nathaniel Joceline, A.M.,
pastor of the church of Hardingham, Norfolk, and published by him,
being dedicated to Mr. John Sidley, High Sheriff, Brampton 6ur-
don and Mr. Day, Justices of the Peace, and Messrs. Church,
Bamham and Mann, Aldermen and Justices in the city of Norwich.
His daughter Anne remained in New England, having married
Major Jdhn Mason, the noted conqueror of the Pequot Indians of

Connecticut.^
Betoming to Martha Honey wood's first husband (the Be v. James

Bacon, of Burgate, Suff.) we find she had by him three daughters
and a son Nathaniel (of whom hereafter). Elizabeth the eldest was
married at Burgate, September 16, 1647, to Thomas Burrowes,
Esq., of St. Mary's Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Martha,
the lecoiid daughter, was married to Mr. Smith of Colchester, Es-
sex, and had a son and heir George Smith, aged 14 in 1668, and a
younger daughter, Anne Bacon, baptized at Burgate, November 18,
1681 » the wife of Mr. Wilkinson, of Burgate. The before men-
tioned Nathaniel Bacon, Esquire, was born and baptized in the par-
ish of St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds, August 29, 1620. He was
a gentleman of good education, and probably a graduate of Cam-
hndge, and is mentioned in his father's will§ in 1647 as then re-

* His Will, Barjr St. Edmands, co. SqITm En^., Lib. ARhton, Put. i. fbl. 279.
t Wni dated Joly 24, 1051. Proved at London, April 12, 1S58. '* Item. I give to the
cUdfen of Anne Miuoa, my daughter, the wife of Captain John Mason of Sea Brooke on
te Biver Ooonecdcat in New England, the Sume of 40£ to be divided equallv unto them,
~ 10 be tent to my Sonne Jotm Mason to dispose of it for their use within two yeare
rpydesth."
1 See Btomefleld History of the Coun^ Norfolk, vol. ii. pp. 424-5.^
f Itta. ** And whereM 1 hare undertaken to pay the sume of Fivs Hundred Poonds

TOL. xxzyh. 18*

194 The Bacons of Virginia. [April,

siding in France, and for whom he has undertaken to pay five hun-
dred pounds by sale of lands. Soon after his return to England it
is probable he married Elizabeth Kingswell, who accompanied him
to Virginia, where she died in 1691, aged 67 years. CoL Bacon
arrived in Virginia about the year 1650, when by purchase and other-
wise he became largely interested in landed estates, slaves, ships and
other values, and was early elected a member of the Council, which
position he held for more than forty years. Ilis prominence and
administrative knowledge made him often the presiding officer of the
Council and acting governor in 1688, when Lord Effingham return-
ed to England. In his will, which we append, he makes numerous
bequests to relatives and friends in England and Virginia. He
died at Hampton, York County, Virginia, March 16, 1692, a. 72.

Will of Col. Nathaniel Bacon.

In the name of God, Amen. I Nathaniel Bacon, of the County of York
in Virginia being sick, and weak of Body but of perfect sense and memory,
do make this my last Will and Testament as follows. First I give mj
body to the Earth to be decently buried and my soul to God that gave it
me hoping for a joyful resurrection thro' the merits of Jesus Christ mj
blessed Saviour and redeemer. As for what worldly good it hath pleased
God to help me with my will is — Impr. After my just debts are paid I give
to my loving Niece Abygall Burwell wife of Lewis Burwell of Gloucester
County in Virginia the Plantation whereon I now reside and all other
lands in Hampton and Benton parishes in York County by me purchased
with all my rights or pretense of right and after her death to her sod Lewis
Burwell Junior and his heirs forever. Then I give- to every one of Major
Lewis Burwells children now living Fifty Pounds sterling to each of them
Viz — Nathaniel, Lewis, James, Joanna, Elizabeth, Lucy and Martha.

Item — I give unto my niece Elizabath Sherry sister of aforesaid Abigail
B urwell Thirty Pounds sterling. Item — I give and bequeath all my lands
lying in Isle of Wight and Nancymond Countys in Virginia to my Nephew
Lewis Burwell Junior and his wife Abigail Burwell and after their de-
cease to Nathaniel and James Burwell sons of the aforesaid Lewis Burwell
and to their heirs forever. Item — I give unto my Nephew Major Lewis
Burwell all my lands lying and being in New Kent County to be managed
sold and disposed of to the best advantage and the proper use and benefit
of the said Lewis Burwells four daughters viz. Joanna, Elizabeth, Lucy
and Martha now living. Item — I give unto my brother in law Thomas
Burras (Burrows) of Berry [Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk] in Eng-
land Twenty Pounds Sterling. Item — I give unto my brother in law
Wilkyson [Mr. Wilkinson of Burgate] in England Twenty Pounds Ster-
ling and Thirty Pounds to the said Wilkynsons wife. Item — I give unto
Frances Lady Berkeley my riding horse Watts and Ten Pounds Sterling.
Item — I give to Colonel Philip Ludwell Ten Pounds Sterling. Item — ^I
give to the right Honorable the Lt Governor Francis Nicholson Esquire :

lawfal money of England to Mr. Richard Tomes marchant of London for Nathaniel Baooa \
tny Sonne who is now in France^ and have sold certain lands lying and being in Stemeflekl {
in the said Connty of Sufllblk, which were valacd to be clerely worth Twenty and fift
poands per Annum unto the said Richard Tomes for Four Hundred Pounds p. coll of tha j
said Snme of Fiv« Hundred Pounds and have paid to the said Richard Tomes the other I
Hundred Poands residue of the said Fire Hundred Poands."

1883.] The Bacons of Virginia. 195

Tirenty Foands sterling. Item — I give to my secretary Cole Ten Pounds
Sterling. Item — I give unto the Parish where I was born* Twenty Pounds
Sterling to be paid into the hands of my brother Burrus [Burrows] and to
be disposed of as he sees good. Item — I give Hampton Parish in York
County in Virginia Twenty Pounds Sterling to be disposed of as the Vestry
ihall see ^L Item — I give to the Mulatto Kate her freedom at my de-
oease, it being formerly promised by my deceased wife. It is my desire
that Mr William Bassett be forever acquitted and discharged from the pay-
ment of any Bills, Bonds, Contracts or Debts whatsoever that there shall
be foand due to my estate at my decease, he giving to my executors
hereafter named a full discharge and acquitance from all Debts and
draaands whatsoever he have or may have against me as I was Guardian
and Executor in Trust of his Estate, he giving liberty to my Executor to
remove what Estate shall be known to be mine on his plantation called
** Mate-heart" Item — My desire is twenty pounds be laid out in Rings to
be given to several friends according to the direction of my executor here-
after named. Item — I give unto Dr. Henry Powers as a legacy Five
Found Sterling. Item. I give unto Will Davis my Servant Ten Pounds
Sterling per annum for what time he has to serve after my decease to an
•isistant to my Executors. Item — I give unto my nephew Major Lewis
Burwell and to my loving niece Abygaill Burwell wife of said Lewis Bur-
well all my personal Estate and debts due to me either in England or Vir-
guia or elsewhere as also all my ready money : ships or parts of ships and
all my goods and Chattels Whatsoever to me belonging in any part of the
world not already expressed in this Will to be disposed of by the said
Lewis Burwell and Abygaill his wife to the real use and behoof of the
children lawfully begotten of the said Lewis Burwell and Abygail his wife
and to no other extent and purpose whatsoever and to be divided between
them according to the discretion of their said father and mother or the
longest survivor of them. Item — I do make Major Lewis Burwell and his
wife Abygaill Burwell sole Executors of this my last Will and Testement,
hereafter revoking all other Wills and Testement whatsoever, to the true
performance of which I have here unto set my hand and seal this 15^^ day
of March 1691-2.

Signed Nathaniel Bacon, -j Seal. {•

Memorandum

That if Elizabeth Peters daus^hter of Mr Thomas Peters — if she shall

happen to live to the age of Twenty One Years or be married my will is
that she be possessed with a negro girl named Moll now about ten years of
age now living on the Plantation Tower belonging to the said Peters.

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us the word
mm^fmond and sold first interlined.

Witness William Cole Joseph Ring

Stephen Fourall Hen Povi^ers

York County March 24*»» 1691-2 Presented in Court by Major Lewis
Burwell one of the Executors of the within written Will and was like-
wise then and there proved by the oaths of the Hon^^' Colonel William
Cole and Joseph Ring two of the Witnesses there unto and is ordered to
be admitted to the records which is accordingly performed.

William Sedoewick Clk

• St Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, England.

196 The Baeons 0/ Ftfyinui. [April,

Dnly recorded in presence of an order of the Genend Court
Dated December 26'*" 1692

William Sedoewicx CS.C.
Miles Caret 6.C.C.
A Copy— Teste ;

Pettoh Drew CG.C

Deposition of John Ward of Brandford. — [N. Hav. (Ct) T. Recs.]

Know all men whom it may concern y* I John Ward of Brandford in ye
Colony of New Haven in New England and aged about thirty Six yearei
doe declare & npon my knowledge testify on oathe; that I well knew for ya
space of six or seven yeares one Henry Bacon of Clipsam in ye County of
Kutland within ye realme of England & One William Bacon brother to ye
sayd Henry Baodn in the t-ame coonty of Rutland abouvesayd. and I never
knew or heard of any brother or bretheren more y' they had by ye fathers
side ; and I doe further testify y^ I well knew Thomas Bacon sonne of Hen*
ry Bacon & Nephew to Sayd William Bacon & I never knew or heard the
sayd Henry Bacon had any other child but only the sayd Thomas Bacon
whoe I have heard went to the Barbadoes and died there ; and further I
the sayd John Ward upon Certaine knowledge doe testify, y' I well knew
Nathaniel Bacon to be the eldest son of William Bacon, brother to the sayde
Henry Bacon, and the sayd Nathaniel Bacon is now liveing in New En^
land & was p'sent at my attesting hereoff and further say th not.

Witness John Ward.

This is a true record of the originall P' James Bishop, secret

Nom BT John GomN Jonbs Brown, Esq., of Boston.

Note I. — Letberingsete was not granted to Grimbaldos, bat was one of the many
manors granted to the veteran Holdier Walter Gi&rd, formerly Lord of Longae-
ville, afterward first Earl of Buckingham, and one of the commiasioners who snper*
intended the oompilation of the Domesday Boke.

The name of Giffard Oomes firom ** fat-cheeks," and, in the slang of the Normans,
oooks were called *' Giffardi " in reference to their popular representation as fat and
rubicund.

Grimbaldus^ was undoubtedly an earl}r tenant, and the history of his denoendants
furnishes a key to the method of obtaining patronymics, if a chanseable family
name could be so styled. Edmund,' who is usuallv called the thircTson, took the
name of his abode for a surname, and so did Ranulph,' whose son Gilbert' de La-
ringseta had a son Jordan^ de Laringseta, whose son Adam,* in accordance with
another custom, signed his name as Adam- Fits-Jordan (or Adam, son of Jordan),
while his son PeteP assumed again the name of the location, and in 1268 held an
eighth of the fee, of the Earl of Glare, into whose possession Vr alter Giffiird's fiunily
estates had passed.

Note II. — The word Thorp is Saxo^ for village. Bocuns-Thnrp means Beacb-tres
Village ; and in such a one the remaining son of Grimbaldus undoubtedly located,
and was knovm by his place of residence as Ralph' de BaconS'Thorp. The early
monumental brasses of the family have eflSfies under trees, an evident allusion to
the origin of the name. A Sir William mcon or Sir Roger Bacon is taken notice
of, among knights bearing banners, as well Norman as of other provinces, in the
reign of Philip III. of France, and bore for his arms a bc^ch-tree. Roger^ de Ba^
consthorp, son of Ralph,' was father of Robert,^ who assumed the name of Bacon;
and to make bis identity clear, during the change of patronymic, was styled Rob-
ert-Fitz-Roger. He was a person of great power and cousin of Jeff. Ridel, Bisbop

1883.] The Bacons of Virginia. 197

of EXy in 1 174. Ho ^las father of Reginald,^ who was father of Richard,* who hay-
ing bye sons, one ot them, the fiflh son, Sir Henry ^ Bacon of Z<e/Aeri7t^56/6, a justice
itinerant, or Circuit Judge, would seem by the affix to his name to be in possession
of the estate of his distant cousin Peter* de Letberingsete.

ISoie III. — Mr. Townshend has giyen attention to the later part of the family his-
tory. The early history is in a state of bewilderment, which is hardly worth clear-
ing up for general readers. Joseph Foster, one of the most eminent genealogists of
the world, says ** the early descent of this family, which was yery widely spread
through Suffolk, is variously set forth, as may be seen on reference to Dayy's MS.
Collections relating to the County, in *' Collectanea Genealogica '* he has giyen a
kmg \wt of the MS. pedicrees in the British Museum, which are of importance
to students of this family history. To show the yariety in pedigrees the best guide
woald be the Quapladde quartering, of which the family is proud, deriyed from
Margaret Quapladde, an heiress ; in Dethrick^s Grant of 1568, presenred Jby the fam-
i^, fthe ifi stated to be the wife of £dmund Bacon, about the time of Edward II.,
tod eifht generations are given between her and Sir Nicholas, the Lord Keeper,
while Flayiair finds that she did not marry a Bacon direct, but was wife of William
Tlmp, a grandson of Roger ( 12th generation from Grimbaldus) Bacon, and that
her grandchild Margaret Thorp was the wife of John^' Bacon, of Drinkston, the
great-great-grandfather of Sir Nicholas, Dethrick giving eight generations between
them, while Playfair gives but five. Piayfair gives the line of descent from George'
la foUowfl : Roger ,^ Robert,^ Reginald/ Richard^ (he was the first to bear the arms,
Gu. on a chief. Ar. two mullets sa)^ Reginald," Richard,' Sir Henrv,^^ Sir Henry'^
(he married Margaret Ludham, who lK)re 3 inescutcheons) , Sir Roger^' (whose
nughter Beatrix" was wife of Sir William Thorp, their son William^* Thorp,
married Margaret Quapladde, whose arms, harry of six or. and az. a bend gules ^ are
geneially quartered with descendants of the Drinkston line — John^^ Thorp, whose
qaagbter Alargaret^' Thorp married John Bacon of Drinkston. He was the John^
of Mr. Townshend^s pedigree, which begins with John,^ married Cicilly Hoo.

The Heesett line from John,' by his second marriage with Julian Bardwell, bore
different arms, viz. : Ar. on a fesse engrailed between three inescutcheons ^u. three
mullets or. I think these inescutcheons came from Margaret Ludham, wife of Sir
Henry^' Bacon, instead of the D*Ayiliers, to whose connection with the Bacon fam-
ily they have sometimes been attributed.

Ao/e IV.— It will be seen in Mr. Townshend's article that the great-grandfather
of Nathaniel Bacon of Virginia, the rebel, was first cousin to the celebrated Lord
Bacon, whoae father, Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper, had a brother James^
Bacon, from whom Nathaniel^ Bacon, the leader of the rebellion, was fifth in descent
tbiuuffb Sir James,^ Nathaniel,' and Thomas^ his father. Sir Jamcs^ had another
no, Ker. James,' who was father of Col. Nathaniel* Bacon of Virginia, who, I sup-
pOBe, may, in Mr. Shattuck's nomenclature (Reg. 1. 355-9), be termed the cousin-
vocfe of his namesake.

The numbers indicating generations in this and the following note, begin with
the Lord Keeper Nicholas and his brother James.

NoU v.— Foster, in the *' Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1881,"
p. 8U, states that Edward^ Bacon ** was one of five sons, who with his five sons were
all members of Gray*s Inn." The first NathanieP of the family wa.s his brother.
Sir Natbuiiel' Bacon of Stiffkey, Knight, whoso first wife was .\nne, daughter of
Sr Thomas GrcRham of London, Knight, the founder of the Royal Exchange. Ano-
ther brother. Sir Nicholas^ Bacon ot Redgrave, Bart., was the first Baronet ever
created in England, May 22, 1611. The cost of this honor was £1095. Simple
knighthood had become a pretence for the exaction of penalties and fees, yet the
title was eagerly sought for by men of wealth, and conferred so generally tliat per-
lons of high charact<? preferred the payment of fines for non-acceptance of the non-
or! The names of Bacon and Townshend can be found in such a list. James I.
knighted 840 while on his way from Scotland to England, July 23, 1603 ; ho knieht-
ed 400 in one day, 900 the first year, and 2333 during his reign. This Sir Nicholas'
Bicon, Bart., was father of NathanieF Bacon, the artist of Culford. Edward's'
half brotbers were Anthony' and Sir Francis' Bacon, the Pliilosopher — usually
styled Lord Bacon, but whose real title was Fnincis, Baron Vcrulam and Viscount
St. Albans. These were the five sons of Sir NicholaH^ Bacon, the Lord Keeper.

Edward' Bacon *s third son Nathaniel' was recorder of Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
Bonds* and was the distinguished republican writer of Cromweirs time, whose
principal work is referred to Dy Mr. Townshend. lie left in MS. a valuable Histo-

198 Names of Oaptives at LanooiieTf 1676. [April»

ry of Ip0wieh, 800 pag^es folio, which has never been printed, bat is aaiefolly
presenred. nis ddeet son Nathaniel^ was admitted to uray*8 Inn, May 3, 1851.
Edward' Bacon's younsest son Nicholas* also had a son Nathaniel/ who was ad-
mitted to Gray's Iiin, November, 1055.

Of the eight Nathaniels mentioned in these two notes, six were members of
Gray's Inn between the dates of Dec. 15, 1503, and Nor. SO, 1004— the ezoeptions
being the Culfbrd artist and the Virginia Colonel.

NAMES OF CAPTIVES AT LANCASTER, 1676.

Commanicated by Hbitbt S. Noubsb, Esq., of Lucaster, Mass.

I DESIRE to call the attention of genealogists to certain errors in tha
names of captives taken by the Indians at the destruction of Lan-
caster, February 10, 1676, which have been copied unquestioned in yart-
ous historical publications. The chief source of information for the inci-
dents of that massacre is the Narrative of the Captivity & Restoration of
Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, that unique literary production, of which sixteen
editions extant prove an enduring popularity, distinguishing it over all the
books of its period in New England. Unfortunately that account gives
but two family names of the fifty-five sufferers in the oilamity — Kettle and
Joslin. We however ascertain from it that an elder sister and a brother-
in-law of the authoress were among the slain, and another sister of hers
captive to an Indian who '< was hanged afterward at Boston " — also
that this sister was ransomed at the same time with *< Groodwife Kettle."

In *'News from New England," printed at London, August, 1676, we
read that of the captured and killed at Lancaster, ** the Minister of the
Town's Relations made no less than 17, viz. Mrs Rowlonson the IVIinister^s
wife and three of his Children, her Sister and Seaven Children, and her
Sister Drew and four Children." Joseph Willard and other historians
since his day, have copied this authority, and Mrs. Drew — ^and a Mr, Drew
— figure on historic pages. Yet this family name never occurs in Lan-
caster records, and I can safely say no person of like name lived there in
the seventeenth century.

Rev. Thomas Cobbet, in a letter to Mather (No. 76 of the Mather MSB.
in the Prince Library, now deposited in Boston Public Library), contrib-
utes to this history as follows :

May the 12th Goodwife Diuens and Good wife Eetle, upon ransom paid came in to
Concord, and upon like ransom presently after John Moss of Groton and Liefkeft-
ant Oarler's daughter of Lancaster.

Thus what was Drew in London becomes Divens at Ipswich. Bat IJUf
name, like the former, never entered Lancaster, though a Divens family
was at that date in Essex County.

We find one more contemporary reference to these captives in a posl-
script to a letter which Sagamore Sam sent to Gov. Leverett by his met*
senger Tom Nepanet . . . <* Mr Rowlandson your wife and all your Child
is well, but one dye. Your sister is well and her 3 child. John Kittell your
wife and all your child is all well, and all them prisoners taken at Nashua
is all well.

'< Mr Rowlandson, se your loving sister his hand Hanah."

1883.] Nates and Queries. 199

Tnmiiig now to the Lancaster reoords, we discoyer that John ^ Deaall "
was married, 23-10-1668, to Hannah White, sister of Mrs. Rowlandson,
and that four children were bom to them :

John, Sept 28, 1664.
Hannah, June 12, 1667.
Josiah, Sept 27, 1669.
WUIiam, Oct 2, 1672.

Harrington, in his centary sermon (1753), gives eleven names of those
killed in the massacre. Of these, are Ensign Divoll and Josiah DivoU.
The name Divoll has never been absent from Lancaster history. Ensign
John in 1676 died in defending the minister's garrison, and his descendant
private George W. Divoll gave his life for his coontry in 1864, And Han-
nah White DivoU, the widow of Ensign John and mother of Josiah, was with
her three surviving children captive of Sam, Sagamore of the Nashawiis,
who was hung at Boston, September 26, 1676, and she shoold receive that
plaoe in our annals which '' Sister Drew " and " Goodwife Diuens '' osurp.

It may be noticed also that the quotation from Gobbet differs from the
copy given on page 217, vol. viL of Register, in that " Lieftenant Car-
ter's £iughter " is here made Carlers. This is a correction demanded both
bj Gobbet's MS. and the facts. It has been rightly printed by Dr. S. A.
Green in an address at Groton, Feb. 20, 1880. Henry Kerley was lieu-
tenant of the Lancaster company in 1 675. His name was very commonly
written Carley, and three of his daughters were captured by the Indians.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Notes.

Mb. Bodob*s AincLB oh ths Soldixbs in King Philip*s War. — ^The Boston
Etemina Transcript for Janaary 9, 1883, in a notice of tho last number of the Rbq-
Bna, ttins speaks of the first of this series of articles :

** The next artiele which attracts our attention is, par excellence^ the most vala-
■ble« from the fact that its materials are new, and have been worked from a mine
tlmort onknown and entirelv neglected. It rescues from oblivion what without

GwX labor, patience and study might have been forever lost. From the journal and
mr of the old Measurer and mintmaster, John Hull, the Rev. George M. Bodge,
of Dorcboster, has constructed rolls of the companies that took part in the military
operationii at one of the most thrilling periods in the early histoid of New England,
King Philip's war. Ho gives the names of the Narragansett soldiers with their
efioara; and the local historian will be able to cull, from his familiarity with the

euiy settlers of his own town, those who were heroes in the year 1675 We

do not wish to leave the impression that this article of Mr. Boage's is merely a list
of names. It would be valuable were it that alone, for they are not found elsewhere
tieept in a ficogmootary way. The aocounts of Hull are wells that have never been
dmwB opon, but Mr. Bodge has rummaged through that ' million of marvellous
mum ' known as the Massachusetts Archives, and tias copied the correspondence
ofthooe in power during King Philip's war, on which the records of the colony are
sflentt throwing a clear white light upon the events of the period. The compiler
Im had a labonoos task ; no one unfamiliar with such work can realize the detail
of the labor of placing these men in living companies from the cold page of a yellow
nderambling volume. He will receive the thanks of all lovers of New England his*
to^fp for he MS added by severe labor a new page to it."

Savakt.— Tho writer of the article at page 30 of the January Rigistkr may bo
ieltieited to know that tJio name Savary comes into some Blaquiero notes of mine.

200 Ifoies and Queries. [April,

One handred and thirty yean ago, Jean Savary mm of Greenwich with four chil-
dren by his wife Mary (first couriin of the firat Lord Biaquiere), daughter of John
Blaquiere (will proTed 7 May, 1753) by Mary filiabetb, daughter of a Hognaiot
Refugee, Peter de Varennes, who set up as a bookseller in the Strand about 1721.
13 Half Moon St., London, W,, Enyland, Ubnrt Wagnii.

Spinning Itims. — In 1749 eleven girls spun for Rer. Jedediah Adams of Stoo|^
ton, 451 knots of yarn. In 1782 one hundred girls ^Min two hundred skeins, ud
Mr. Adams preached a sermon. D. T. V. Uuntoov.

Sir Nathaniel Rich (ant^., p. 59). — B. Beedham, E^., of Ashfield House, nair
Kimbolt<in, England, writes to the editor of the Register, that there is a long an-
togmph letter in the possession of the Duke of Manchester, addressed to Sir Nathan-
iel Rich by William Bedell, bishop of Kilmorc, whom Cbleridge styles '* the moflt
faultk>s8 character in all ecclesiastical history." By the Duke*s permission Mr.
Beedhnm copied this letter and communicated it to the Cambridge Antiquariaii
Society, who printed it in their ** Proceeding." Subsequently he lent bis tran-
script to Dr. T. Wharton Jones, who also prmted it in a Life of Bedell, iasued by
the Camden Society in 1872.

Queries.

Phelps, New Tore. Its Genealogies. — The following are some of the naniM
of early settlers in the town of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. x ., together with time of
death and ages. Information respecting the place from where they emigrated and
their ancestry is requested from town historians and genealogists. Joshua Abbot
died 1813, a. 66 yrs. ; his wife Azubah died 1827, a. 79 yrs. Thomas Ashley died
1843, a. 80 yrs. John Brooks died 1837, a. 56 yrs. Qeorge Beale died January 9,
1833, a 83 yrs. Thomas Brown died 1855, a. 94 yrs. Thomas Bennett, t>om Sept.
22, 1777, died 1851. Arthur Burtis, born July 12, 1778, died 1833. Isaac Bige-
low died 1843, a. 63 yrs. William Burnett died 1S70, a. 80 years; Mary Cmtoh-
man, his wife, died 1870, a. 74 yrs. John Burnett died 1824, a. 85 yrs. Thomai
Burnett died 1835, a. 87. General William Burnett died 1823, a. 57 yrs. ; his wifis
Phebe Granger died 1BB8, a. 90 yrs. ApoUos Baker died 1823, a. 58 yrs. William
Calking!i< died 1849, a. 79 yrs. ; Anna, his wife, died 1848, a. 71 yrs. John Chap-
man died 1832, a. 80 yrs. ; Dorciis, his wife, died 1821, a. 63 yrs. Enock Crosbv
died 1841, a. 77 yrs. ; his wife Rhoda died 1849, a. 79 yrs. £nos Case, bom Maren
24, 1788, died 1857. John Crawford, born Feb. 9, 1789, died 1851. Caleb Gue
died 1853, a. 80 yrs. Samuel S. Cross, born August 16, 1785, died 1829; Nancy,
his wife, born March 36, 178H, died 1807. Capt. Seth Deane died 1808, a. 62 yrs. :
Sarah, his wife, died 1812, a. 66 yrs. Augustas Dickenson died 1808, a. 43 yrs.
Asa Dinsmore died 1838, in his 66th yr. Pbincas Flt)wcr died 1856, a. 77 yean;
Rebecca, his wife, died 1803, a. 82 yrs. Nathaniel Field died 1803, a. 75 yean;
Experience, his wife, died 1834, a. 95 yrs. Joseph Griffith died 1839, a. 90; Mary,
his cunsort, died 1842, a. 96 yrs. William Graham died 1853, a. 69 years. Elisha
Granger died 1821, a. 77 yrs. Mtyor Elihu Granger died 1842, a. 71 yrs. Oliver
Gerow died 1877, a. 83 yrs. John Ilildrcth died 1838, a. 50 yrs. Leman Hotoh-
kiss died 1826, a. 42 yrs. David Harmon died 1838, a. 67 yrs. John Haywarddied
1839, aged 69 yrs. Jeduthan Humphrey died 1853, a. 64 yrs. John Halldied 1823,
a. 50 >TH. Bergamin Heartwell, i)orn in Heartwellvillo, Vermont, Dec. 24, 1787,
died 1873. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Joseph [parents of Beryamin?] died 1844, a.
99 yrs. 6 mos. William Hutchinson died 1822, a. 74 yrs. Michael Musselmaa
died 1852, a. 73 yrs. Lackey Morrow died 1840, a. 63 yrs. Gilbert Mead died 1838,
in his 89th yr. Asa Moore died 1841, a. 54 vrs. David McNiel died 1841, a. 53 yrs.
Roswell Mills died 1854. a. 84 yrs. Hosea Marsh died 1859, a. 83 yrs. ; Lydia, his
wife, died 1862, a. 83 yrs. John Newhall died 1810, a. 48 yrs. Abraham Nelson d.
1851 , a. 70 yrs. William D. Norton died 1837, a. 40 yrs. Jonathan Oaks d. 1802, a.
62 yrs. Israel Pardee died 1866, a. 84 yrs. ; Thirza, his wife, died 1842, a. 53 yrs.
Thomas Paddon died 1856, a. 59 ^rs. Abigail Palmer d. 1838, in her 101st yr. Jesse
Parshall died 1&14, in his 65th year. Roswell Ranney died 1848, a. 65 yra. ; Irin-
da, his wife, died 1844, a. 64 yrs. Ebenezer D. Redfield died 1852, a. 66 yrs. ; Ms-
bitable, his wife, died 1851, a. 57 yrs. Joel D. Redfielddied 1825, a. 43 yn. Tiift-

1883.] Ifotes and Queries. 201

othy Ray d. 1852, a. 95 yrs. David Fitz Randolph, born Oct. 14, 1770, died 1852 ;
hifl wife Lenah, bom April 12. 1780, died 1831. John Spellman died 18*20, a. 51
jn. : Liicy, his wife, died 1815, a. 45 yrs. Joel Sterns died 1849, a. 83 yrs. ; his
wife Sally died 1819, a. 51 yrs. Aretus ISadlcr died 1818, a. 30 yrs. Gen. Philetas
Swift died 1828, a. 65 yrs. Jesse Sevcranoe died 1849, a. 65 yrs. ; his wife Sophia
died 1831, a. 55 yrs. Walter Sessions, bom at Union, Ct., July 22, 1768, died 1856.
Micha Scager died 1847, aged 83 yrs. ; Lois, bis wife, died 1818, a. 83 yrs. Darius
Seager, a soldier of the revolution, died 1845, a. 94 yrs. [ firob. came from Simsbury,
Conn.] ; Eunice, his wife, died 1840, a. 92 yrs. John 11. Swift died 1850, aged 79

SB. ; L]fdia, his wife, died 1855, a 78 yrs. Enock Saver died I860, a. 90 years :
ary, his wife, died 1864, aged 87 yrs. Charles Sku8e died 1852, a. 81 yrs. ; Mary,
his wife, died 1864, a. 86 yrs. Stephen Salisbury died 1818, a. 84 yrs. ; Rhoda, his
wife, died 1833, a. 64 yrs. Isaac Sheriff died 1849, a. 69 yrs. Justin Scott died
1897, a. 65 yrs. Widow Mnry Trumble died 1815, in her 80th yr. Weils Whit-
Bore died 1835, a. 70 yrs. W'illiam Young died 1822, a. 53 yrs. ; Nancy, his wife,
died 183S2, aged 63 yrs. Ebencier Woodward died 1832, a. 83 yrs. Jesse Warner
died 1634, a. 86 yrs.

Oiee Crittenden died 1843, a. 84 yrs. Isaac Curtis died 1817, a. 40 yrs. Silas
Bijeelow died 1822, in his 48th year. Albert Van Zile died 1825, a. 75 yrs. Jacob
linJer died 1813, a. 76 yrs. ; Ann, his wife, died 1806, a. 66 yrs. William Otlev
died 1815, a. 62 yrs. William Salisbury died 1821, in hie* 90th year. Darius Peol^
died 1814, a. 50 yrs. Caleb Phillips died 1829, a. 68 yrs. John Wheat, bom*
Kept. 17, 1768, died 1844. Benjamin Wheat, born March 25, 1781, died )840 ;;
Unny, his wife, bom Feb. 18, 1784, died 1859. Ebenezer Spra^ue, bom Jan. 18,
1753, died 183H; Mary, his wife, bora Oct. 26, 1757, died 1834. Uenry Bag-.
gerly died 1831 . in his 83d year ; Mary, his wife, died 1828, in her 5dth year. Ar-.
Bold Warfield died 1859, a. 83 years.

Oorre^pondence invited relating to the foregoing. Information iVeely exehanged..
WeifmatUk, Mass, Rev. Anson Xitjus.

GoLsr .^Samuel Coley was one of the first settlers of Milford, Ct., 1639. ^V"ant~
ed the plaoe he came from in England, and other partioul.-irs concerning him before
he fieitled at Mitford. Could he not have been the Samuel Coolo who was admitted
freeman of Maraachusetts, May 18, 1631 ? Joon £. Coley.

Wesiport, Ct.

[Savage in hu Genealogieal Dictionary, vol. i. p. 429, states that the freeman was
8unael Cole, a member or the church at Boston, who opened the first house of en-
tarlainiiient in that town in 1633.— Ed.]

TacfMAn MmtDocK.— Can any one give the place and dat&of birth of Thomas Mur-
dock [Moredock], who came about 1766 to Norwich, Yt., probably from the vicinity
ef Predion, Coon., was an active and useful leader in the af£iirs of the New llamp-
ahire Grants, and died in 1803.

Abo of Hon. Daniel Buck, M. C. 1795-9, who came to N(»rwich about 1785, having
loit an nnm in revolutionary service, and died in Chelsea, Vt., 1816, aged 62.— Lan-

— g>» .^ M. E. GODDARD,

iWfMICll) Vt,

LcTALLKT. — Can any one give me any information as to when and where Peter
Lifalley or Lavallee first landed in America? I find record of him in Marblehead
»1W7. Benjamin VV. Smith.

14 Westminster St., Providence, R. I.

Wimim.— Joaiah Willard Oibbe^ of Boston, married p}lizabeth Warner of the
— town, October, 1779. What is^ known of this Warner family? Q.

Mmijki— /yJ5/ofy of Barnstable by Amos- Otis, Esq.— "SU. Otis published in the
BumstMe Patriot in 1861 and several years following, with the alwve title, a series
«f Kenvnloffical articles on Barnstable families, nrrangnl niphahetically. A set of
*---» articlee was cat by him from the newspapers and prepared in book form for
YOL. ZZXVII. 19

202 Holes and Queries. [April,

the New England Historic Genealogical Society, to whom he had promised soch a
Tolume. Before delivering it to the society he loaned it to the Rev. Henry M. Dex-
ter, D.n., and subsequently to another person. The name and address of this pe^
aon were foreotten by Mr. Otis, and his letter requesting the loan could not readily
be found. Before his death Mr. Otis endeavored to find the volume fur the society,
but was unsuccessful. The librarian has since made inquiries with no better sue-
cess. Anv aid in finding the volume will be thankfully received by the society.
It can be fdentified. It is not that on Messrs. Robert Clarke & Co.'s late catalogue
(Bibliotheca Americana, 1883), No. 3966.

Greex.— Who were the parents of Rath Green, who married Thomas Whittier,
at SnliMbury, Mnss., about 1646? Was he her first or second husband, and was she
related to the Roife family of Newbury ? Charlss C. Wnrrrm.

Boston, Mass.

[From the evidence given by Mr. Henry Rolfe in the Rigistkr, xxxvi. 143-4, it
would seem that a wife of Thomas Whittier was either a sister or half-sister to Hen-
ry and John Rolfe of Newbury. — £d.]

Frazier. — Information is solicited respecting the family of Col. Nathaniel Fra-
iler, formerly of Boston, Mass., whose daughter, Anne Neebith Frazier, was mar-
ried to Gen. William King, the first governor of Maine.

Portland, Me. John F. Anokrsov.

Waterman. — The Capt. Nathan Waterman, mentioned in the query in the hit
July numl>cr of the Register, had a brother Neriah. Was Mary Waterman a daogh-
ter of this Neriah Waterman? W^illum Ubnrt Watuuum.

t(ew Bedford,

Familt of Clat. — A numerous family of this name resided in the counties of Der-
by and Nottintrham at the close of the seventeenth century. Notices of them will
bo found in Jewitt^s *' Reliquary,'* vol. x. 145,253: xi. 64; and in subseqaent
volumes. No notice, however, has been taken of one Francis Clay, who it appean
emigrated to Vir;;inia, and probably died there. I give the following note made,
some time nince, when 1 examined the wills proved in the Peculiar Court of Mant*
field, a local court of probate now extinct, but the ancient records of which are df
posited in the office or the Court of Probate at Nottingham. These records are in
a truly lamentable state of decay, having for many years previous to their remoral
to Nottingham been kept in the church of Mansfield, where they were allowed to
remain exposed to damp and decay, without any adequate means being taken for
their protection.

** Bond of Daniel Clay of Mansfield, Joyner, to administer goods of Francis dajt
late of C'hicknhomene, in Virginia, dated 3 March. 1691.*'

One William Clay was at this time steward of the manor of Mansfield, and gniiV
ed the administration ; and the bond is sealed with his arms, A chevron engrmki
between three trefoils, Joseph Clay was one of the witnesses to the bond. An in*
vontory of the goods of Francis Clay is with the bond, and bears date 11 May, 160t
lie is there described as ** son of Richard Clay deceased."

I shall l)e very pleased to correspond with any of the name of Clay in Ameritt
interested in tracing the family in the counties of Derby and Notts, and to affon
them such information as I am able, and also for any notes tending towards thi
identification of the above-named persons. Qkorqk W. Mabshill.

60 Onslow Gardens, London, England,

Marriagb or a Widow. — ^I have found lately in the records of Warwick, KM |
County, R. 1., the following entry :

** These are to signify unto all ministers of Justice that heniy Strait Jiff
East Greenwich in y« Colony of Rhoad Island & Providence plantations Took M
Webb of y« Town of Warwick in y* Colony afores^. Widow, in onely a shift,
no other Garment, in y* Presen* of Avis (xorton, Mary Collins and Presilah Gri^j

1883.] Kotes and Queries. 203

dall witnesses, and was Lawfully Married in s<^ Warwick, y« first of Au^iruflt, 1725,
\q me cToBN Warner, Justice.

Recorded y« 5th of Noveinb% 1725, pr John Wickks, T. C."

Why was the widow married ** in her shift onely " ? Wa« it in compliance with
the old English custom that by so doing^ she would saddle none of her old debts
OD her husband ? Was there ever a law in America to that cfifecb ? Was there ever
•Qch a statute passed in England, or did the courts there ever sanction the custom?

Naiick, R, I. J. Q. Adams.

Pabksr, Billings, Ac. — Who was Mercy, wife of Samuel Parker of Dedham,
who was son of Samuel Parker and Sarah (Holman) Parker? Samuel and Mercy
Purker had children — Thankful, 1704; Jabez and Release, born at Ded ham, and
Samuel dies in 1723 ; and in his will speaks of sons Samuel and Jaliez, daughters
MaiT, Betbiah and Thankful. Thankful married John Alden, of Ncedham, 1728.

Who were the parents of John Parker, who married Mary Parker in Dedham,
1709? Who were her parents ?

Who were the parents of ** Mary Billing, of Dorchester,*' who married in Mil-
ton, "John Whitinff, of Wrentham?" — married by Rev. Peter Thacher. (Reg.
vol. xxzvi. p. 20.) Was she the daughter of William Billings, of Dorchester, and
his wife Mary? They went to Stonington in 1713, and his will has been taken
away and not returned.

Can any one giye its contents ? a.

IVoy, N, Y.

Mstcalt—Fales. — Information is desired as to the parentage of Martha Me^
ealfy whom Jabez Hills married at Wrentham, Jan. 31, 172B-7 ; and of Hannah
Fkles, who was bora April 16, 1745, somewhere near Wrentham, and married Da-
Tid nUlfl in 1772. f. n. h.

Chicago^ lU,

Locks. — Joseph Locke, son of Deacon William, of Woburn, Mass., born March
89 1M4, had wife Mary. (See Book of (he Lockes, pages 16, 18, 19.) What was
Mr maideD name ? t.

Watsoh. — Can any of the readers of the Register inform me who were the child-

■ of Thomas Watson, who was in Salem, Mass., in 1645?

Pm-tUmd, Me. S. M. Watson.

PASTOKBor Ghukcbes — ^Thiir Portraits and Publications. — A movement which
nramisca to be socoessful has lately been made by the Old South (First Presbyterian)
Gborch of Ncwburyport, to procure portraits of all its pastors. This is a praise-
vortfay effort.

Has any charch endeavored to collect all the published writings of its pastors?
Bneh aeollection, besides presenring mental portraits of the pastors, would be ser-
vieeabla in writing the history of tfaiat church.

Replies.

Cailt Biuj or Massacbubetts (an/e, xzviii. 176; xxzvii. 46).— Deo. 18, 1683.
Ooounittee of Town of Weymouth contracted with Lieut. Jacob Nash to build a
■ew meeting boose, and among other things he was to ** hang the bell in the
Bel-eony." J. W. Porter.

Bangor^ Me.

AidiHonal Chimes in Massachusetts, — As the in^icriptions, weights, cost and
ather detaib eoncerning eleven different chimes of bells hi iMassachuHcttM have been
fifcp in theRioiSTKR (an/«,vol. xxviii. p. 176, and vol. xxzvii. p. 46), the following
■irtieolara are given ot four other chimes recently cast and placed in towers in West
Bloekbridge, Dedham, Worcester and New Bedford, making fifteen chimes now in
■M ia Uatfaehoaetts.

204 Notes and Queries. [April,

Hon. David Dudley Field, in 1878, gave a chime of nine bells to the town of WesI
Stockbridjce, weighins rcepectively 2071, 1404, 982, 826, 611, 468, 365, 315 and 255
poundri. Total, 7297 pounds. They are in the key of F, were cast by the Meneely
bell Foundcry of West Troy, N. Y., and the following: inscription is on the largest
hell : ** Presented to the town of Stockbridgc, Mass., oy David Dudley Field, A.D.
1878." Mr. Field also gave the stone tower in which the chime is hung, and a
clock for the same. Co8t of tower, $15,000.

The chime in Dedham con.vists of ten bells, coetinc $5,000. They were cast bj
the Meneely Bell Foundery, West Troy, N. Y., and have a total weight of 11,073
pounds. On the largest bell is the following in»nription : '* Presented to St. Piiurs
(Episoopal) Church, Dedham. Mass., by Ira Cleveland, A.D. 1881." £iich bell
weighs as follows : E6 3050, F 2028, Q 1514, Ab 1281, B6 888, G 655, Dd 564, D
463, E* 377, and F 253.

The chime in Worcester wns cast by the Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company, and
consists of ten bells, with a total weight of 10,433 pounds. On the ** tenor ' hell
is the following inscription : ** In Memoriam. This Chime of Bells is presented to
Plymouth Congregational Society, Worcester, Mass., A.D. 1881, in memory oC
Catherine B. Goodnow, by her husband Edward A. Goodnow. ' Let him that
heareth say. Come.' " Weights of bells : E6 2986, F 1973, G 1490, Ah 1206, Hb
801, C 509, Db 438, D 405, E6 360, and F 265. This chime was set in the tower
the day President Garfield was shot.

The chime in Grace Church, New Bedford, was cast by the Meneely Bell Foundeiy
of West Troy, N. Y., and consists of ten bells, weighing 11,259 pounds, each one as
follows: E6 3140, F2112, G 1527, Ab 1316, B^ 909, C 611, Dh 525, D 483, Bft
367, and F 269. The cost was $5,000, and the inscriptions are as follows : 1st. This
Chime of Bells, the gift of Stephen G. Driscol. First run^ Christmas Eve, 18891.
** Ring out the darkness of the land. Ring in the Christ that is to be." 2nd. *' Ring
out the old, ring in the new." 3d. ** Ring out the false, ring in the true." 4th.
"Ring out the feud of rich and poor." 5th. *' Ring in redress to all mankind.*'
6th. ** Ring out the want, the care, the sin." 7th. ** Ring in the love of truth and
right." 8tn. ** Ring in the common love of good." 9th. ** Ring out the thousand
wars of old." 10th. *' Ring in the thousanayears of peace."

Melrose y Mass, E. H. Gossu

Thb Autographic Puzzlk (Reg. xxxv. 385, xxxvi. 221). — The extraordinary sijj-
nature to the letter which Governor Winthrop, the receiver, endorsed ** Mr. Ash-
ly," is identified, and the Governor's endorsement verified, by the seal. This is
heraldic, with the crest of Ashley, viz. : On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine,
a plume of five ostrich-feathers argent, out of a ducal coronet or. On the plume is a
mullet for difference. W. S. ApPL£Toar.

[Note by the Editor. — When I first sent a fac-simile of the autograph to the lata
Col. Chester, with a request that he would decypher it, he wrote inquiring if thert
were not a seal which would help him in the matter. I replied that there was a
seal, but the impression was very indistinct, and those whom I had consulted
thought that the device was not heraldic. On showing it since to Mr. Appletoii«
who has had much success in such matters, his keen eye detected the ciest which bs
describes above.]

Historical Intkllioencs.

Town Histories in Preparation. — Persons having facts or documents relating to ;
any of these towns are advised to send them at once to the person engaged in writr ^
ing the history of that town. I

Framingham, Mass, By the Rev. J. H. Temple, of Framingham. — ^The new his-
tory of Framingham, on which the Rev. Mr. Temple has been at work for several
years, is now going through the press. It is a volume of 700 to 800 pages octavo,
printed on superior tinted paper. The annals of the town are brought down to
1830. The Genealogical Register will contain an account of every family (so fitf
as is known) that has held estate in the town to 1860.

Medway, Mass, By the Rev. E. O. Jameson, of £ast Medway, Mass. — ^The bit*
tory of this town is now being prepared for publication. The sons and daughtera of
this ancient town, resident in other places, are Invited to cooperate with those lif-

1883.] Jfotes and Queries. 205

ing within its boandaries by farnisbing any facts of history, biography and gcne-
wgy in their knowledge which might properly have a place in this history. All
oommanications addressed to the autnor at above address.

Portland, Me. — Hon. William (joold, of Windham, Me., will publish, if suffi-
cient encouragement is given, a volume of local history Cimcerning tho five towns
which formerly constituted old Falmouth — Portland, Cape Elizal^th, Falmouth,
Weetbrook and Deering. It will contain about 500 paees, and will serve as an ap-
pendix to Smith and Oeane's Journals. Mr. Goold nas from an early age been
interested in such matters, and has noted in writing much unpublished history ob-
tained from his seniors. Those willing to subscribe to the work will send their
names to William Senter & Co., 51 Exchange Street, Portland, or to the author at
Windham.

Shiriey. Mass. By tho Rev. Seth Chandler, of Shirley. — This work, upon which
the Her. Mr. Chandler has been many years engaged, is now in pre»s, and about two
thirds of it are printed. It will be a very thorough history of the town, and par-
ticularly full in its genealogies. It will be published during the coming summer.
The town contributes towards the expense of printing.

Wesifard, Mass. By the Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, of Westford.

(iBRXALOGin IN Prkpaeation. — Pcrsons of the several names are advised to fur-
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other
laformation which they think will be useful. We would suggest that all facts of
interest illustrating family history or character be communicated, especially ser-
vice aader the U. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation from
eolleffe or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates of oirth, marriages
residence and death. When there are more than one christian name thev should all
be given in full if possible. No Initials should be used when the full names are
known.

Ciojf. By A. E. Trabue, P. 0. Box 291, Hannibal, Missouri.— He has one
tiionaand names.

Coley, By the Rev. James £. Coley, of Westport, Ct.— Ho has very full records
cf this iamilv.

DuBuy. By A. E. Trabue, Hannibal, Mo.— He has 2500 names.

Fsli. By Levi L. Felt, 72 Jefferson Street, Hartford, Ct.

Herriek, By Dr. L. C. Herrick, 295 Hunter Street, Columbup, Ohio.— This gcn-
ealof^f was announced as in preparation in October, 1873 (Rko. xxvii. 421). We
are informed that the author is now preparing the work for the presH, and expects
to place it in the hands of the printer in a few months. The book will contain more
fhwi three times the matter in the volume by (ien. Jedidinh Herrick, published in
1816. Persons interested should lose no time in sending in their records.

Hoiluter, By Lafayette W. Case, M.D., 374 North Market Street, Chicago,
U.— This ffeoealogy will be devoted to the descendants of Lieut. John Hoi lister, of
Wetbermld, Ct., 1642. Dr. Case has collected the names of about 2500 descend-
•BtBof Lieat. Hollister. Members of the family are requested to furnish informa-
tkin.

PkU0, PMiUeo, 4re. By D. H. Van Hoosear, of Wilton. Ct.— Mr. Van Hoosear
it preparing a genealogy of the Philo, or Philleo, or Phillow, or Fillow family.
Tradition says that tho ancestor of this family (John) came from France. John Fel-
Ww (w spelled) appears on record as a landholder in 1700 in Norwalk, Ct. Mr.
van Hoosear has records of his descendants. He would like earlier information
cooccming him.

T^liMno.— M V book under the title, ** Thwing, a Genealogical History of theFam-
Uj," will be placed in the hands of the printer early in May. All those interested
«• requested to send me what further records they may have before May first.

Waltxr £liot Tuwikg, Box 3324, Boston, Mass.

7V»hitf. By A. £. Trabue. Hannibal, Mo.— He has the names of three thousand
«r this family.

Van Hoosear. By D. U. Van Hoosear, Wilton, Ct.— The genealogy is devoted
tD the dcecendantB of Reyneer Van Hoosear, who removed to Connecticut from Long
Uaod aboat 1760. The compiler wishes earlier information about his ancestorSy
lad desiici alco to know tho origin of the name.

TOU XXZTL 10*

206 Societies and their Proceedings. [April,

SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS.

Nkw-England Historic Gknialooical Sochtt.

Boston^ Mass., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1883. — A stated meeting was held this after-
noon at three o*clook at the Society's House, 18 Somerset l^^treel, the president, the
Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., in the chair.

The Rev. Edmund F. Slaf^r, the corresponding secretary, annoonoed imporlaot
donations. After exhibiting the books and engraving, and pointing oat their
special Talue, he called attention to the fine old arm chair, occupied at that moment
by President Wilder. This chair had been the property of Otoj, John Uancocky
alter whose death, in 1793, it remained in the possession of his widow, who died in
1830. She gave it to Miss Mary Davb, who died in 1866, and at her request it then
pas8cd to the Rev. Mr. Slafter, who now presented it to the societr. It is stufled
and covered with a straw-colored woolen oamask. which is undoubtedly the same
covering that vras on it in the days when Hancock owned and sat in it. Presidoit
Wilder thanked Mr. Slafter for the appropriate gift, and after remarks by the Re? .
A. B. Muzsey, thanks were voted for this interesting relic.

Gilbert Nash, of Weymouth, read a paper entitled, *' W^ymoath in its Elrst
Twenty Years, with some Facts and Queries concerning its Church and Ministers.'*

Remarks were made by several members, after whidi thanks were voted to Mr.
Nash for his paper.

[The paper is printed in full in the supplement to the WeynunUk Gazeite, Feb.
83, 1883.1

John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported 36 volumes and 158 pamphlets, as do-
nations in November.

The Rev. Mr. Slafter, the corresponding secretary, reported letters accepting tbs
membership to which they had been elected, from the Rev. Charles Hawlev, D.D.,
of Auburn, N. Y., as a corresponding member, and the Rev. Edward J. xoong, of
Cambridge and Seth A. Ranlett and Charles F. Farlow, of Newton, as resident
members.

The Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., the historiographer, reported memorial
sketches of six deceased members, namely, William Duane, honorai^ vice-president,
and Gen. John S. Smith, Hon. Hcnrv C. Murphy, LL.D., Hon. James S. Pike,
Samuel W. Thayer, LL.D., and Royal Woodward.

Mains Historical Society.

Portland, Saturday, Dec. 23, 1883. — ^The winter meeting was held this day in
honor of the veteran secretary of the society. Prof. Alpheus Spring Packard, D.D.,
of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. , it being the eighty-fourth anniversary of his
birth. The meotmg was held in the society *b rooms. City Building. Back of the
president's desk was placed a large photograph of Prof. Packard, surrounded 1^
the couplet from Dryden :

*' Tet unimpaired with labors or with time,
Your age but seems to a new youth to climb."

And underneath, from Longfellow's '* Morituri Salutimus," the stansa :

'* Honor and reverence and the good repute
That follow faithful service as its fruit,
3e unto him whom, living, we salute."

Afternoon itfee/ini^.— The librarian, Hubbard W.Bryant, presented hisaonnil
report, after which

Prof. J*. W. Putnam, of Cambridge, read a paper on ^<The Shell Heaps of
Maine."

Rev. M. C. O'Brien, of Bangor, read a paper entitled, " A Grammatioal Sketch of
the Ancient Abnaki Language."

Hon. William Goold read a paper on the Chute Family.

£. H. £iweU« editor of ihe Portiamd Transcript, rttid a paper oo *' Our Foot

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•

Govemor,'* being; a sketch of the Hon. Enoch Lincoln, gorernor of Maine and au-
thor of •* The Village," a poem.

John T. Hull, of Deerinff, presented a paper on the " Records of York County at
Alfred."

Durin|^ the reading of Prof. Patnam's paper, Prof. Packard entered the hall and
was received with great enthusiasm.

Evening Meeting.-^The society met at 7.30. The hall was well filled with the
■dmirers of Prof. Packard, assembled to do him honor.

Hod. James W. Bradbury, president of the societv, made an introductory ad-
dress ; James P. Bfuter read an original poem, and Uen. J. L. Chamberlain, presi-
dent of Bowdoin College, followed with an address ; after which the president in-
troduced, in words of congratulation and welcome, the honored guest of the society.
Fh>f. Packard made an appropriate reply. ReniarKS followed from the Hon. Qeorge
F. Talbot, the Hon. William Qoold (whose daughter, Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson,
had sent at his romiest an original sonnet, which was then read^ ; the Re?. George
D. B. Pepper, D/D.. president of Colby University; Prof. Henry L. Chapman,
the Hon. Joseph Williamson, Gen. John M. Brown and £dward Gould.

Congratulatory letters were then read from former pupils and other friends and
admirers of Prof. Packard.

An ode, written by Edward H. Elwell, vras then sung, afler which Prof. Packard
was presented with a portfolio containing the congratulatory letters as a souvenir
of the occasion.

At the dose of the public exercises a reception was given to him.

Old Colony Historical Socistt.

Taunton t Mass,, Monday, January 8, 1B83. — The annual meeting was held this
•veninfl: in the City Hall, Mr. William £. Fuller in the chair. The secretary, Mr.
C. A. Iteed, read the new constitution. Under it the fees for membership are one
doOar a year, or ten dollars for life membership. The following officers were elected :

President, — Hon. John Daggett, of Attleborough.

Vifie- Presidents. — Rev. Mortimer Blake, D.D., and Hon. Samuel L. Crocker.
Bicording and Corresponding Secretary. — Charles A. Reed.
Treasurer, — Dr. E. U . Jones,
iiftrarton.— Ebenezer C. Arnold.
ihstortographer, — William £. Fuller.

Directors. — Hon. E. H. Bennett, Hon. John S. Brayton, Rev. S. Hopkins Emery,
James H. Dean, Qtea. E. W. Pcirce, and Capt. Timothy Gordon.

Mr. Arnold, the librarian, reported the receipt of forty volumes and pamphlets
the last year.

The officers were instructed to take measures for obtaining the valuable historical
papers left by the late Hon. Francis Baylies.

Rhods Island Historical Society.

Promdence, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1882. — A stated meeting vras held this evening,
tliapreaident, William Gammell, LL.D., in the chair.

The Rev. Qeorge £. Ellis, D.D., of Boston, read a paper on *< The Word and
Idea of History." [An abstract is printed in the Evening Bulletin, Nov. 22.]

December 19. — A stated meeting was held this evening. Mr. Alexander Farnum
lead a paper on " The Public Lite and Political Services of Alexander Hamilton."
[An abstract is printed in the Evening Bulletin^ Dec. 13, 1862.]

Dklawarb Historical Socixty.

Wibmngton^ Friday, Dec. \, 1882. — The annual meeting vnis held last evening
tt its House on Market below Tenth Street, President Wales in the chair. The iol-
lowing officers were elected :

President. — Hon. Leonard E. Wales.

Tke-Presidents.'-Uon. J. P. Comegys, Rev. T. G. Littcll, and Hon. T. F.
Bmrd.
Recording Secretary and Historiographer. — Joseph R. Walter,
C&rrtqfondh^ aKretary.^L. P. Bosh, M.D.

208 Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [April,

Treaturer. — H. R. Bringhurst.
Librarian. — R. P. Juhnson, M.D.

Director s.—deoTffi H. Biites, Caasor A. Rodney, FraDcia N. Back, J. P. Wal«,
U.D., RD(i VVillard il. Porter.

The donations during the year reported were 152 bookn, 374 pamphleta, 160 newB-
papers, and L80 slips, maDUSoripts, relics, &c. Total, 775.

Monday, December 18. — A stated meeting was held this eveDiDg, the presideDt in
the chair.

CsDsar A. Rodney read some letters of his father, written while consal at Ma-
tanzas.

The president announced that he had appointed the following etaoding commit-
for the year :

Library —Dps. R. P. Johnson, J. P. Wales and D. W. Harlan.
Biography.--^, R. Walters, Re?. T. G. Littell and CsDsar A. Rodney.
Donatwns.'-Ur. L. P. Bash, W. D. Dowc, W. H. Porter.
Pubications.—dvoT^e H. Bates, C. A. Rodney, J. R. Elliott.
jpin<z/ice.— ii. R. Bringhurst, E. G. Bradford, Jr., Elwood Garrett.

VlSGINIA HiSTOSICAL SoCIETT.

Richmond, Friday, January 19, 1R83. — A meeting of the executive oommittee wu
held at the society's rooms in the Westmoreland Club House, William Wirt Ueniy
in the chair.

Resolutions on the death of Thomas T. Giles, a valued and efficient member of
the committee, were pa»ied.

The lion. Alexander li. H. Stuart, of Staunton, vras requested to prepare a hit-
tory of the events of 1869, which led to the restoration of Virginia to its place in
the union, in which ho himself bore a distinguished part.

Febniai'ij 2. — A meeting of the committee was held in the 80cioty*8 rooma, Hon.
A. M. Keiicy in the chair.

A lari[ro number of donations were announced, including valuable and intereating
autographs and relics.

Several letters were read, among them one from Mrs. M. A. Dinwiddle, of Lon-
don, Kn«rliind, transmitting information regarding Gov. Dinwiddic: and another
from Hoii. A. ii. U. Stuart, accepting the invitation given at the January meeting*

NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Prepared by the Rev. Increase N. Tabbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Society.

TiiK historiographer would inform the society, that Uie sketches pre-
pared for the Registkk are necessarily brief in consequence of the
limited space which can be appropriated. All the facts, however, he is
able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the Society, and will aid in
more extended memoirs for which the ** Towne Memorial Fund," the gift
of the late William B. Towne, A.M., is provided. Two volumes, printed
at the charge of this fund, entitled " Mkmorial Biographies," edited by
the Committee on Memorials, have been issued. They contain memoirs of
all the members who have died from the organization of the society to the
close of the year 1855. A third volume is in press.

Hon. Otis Norcross, a life member and benefactor, chosen May 11, 1808, wasbwD
in Bj«ton, Nov. 2, 1811, and died in the same place, Sept. 5, 18^.

His father was Otis Norcross. born in Hopkinton, Mass.. April 30, 1785. Hie
mother was Mary Cunningham Homer, bom in Boston, April Si, 1700, and daogb*

3.] Necrology of^Moric Cfemealcffical Society. 209

TEleazar and Mary Homer. His eiriiest Amenean aneesior nas Jeremiah*
7088, who came from Eo^Uod in 163S, and settled ia Watertown as early as

fle returned to England on a Tisit and died there in 1657. Richard* (:»n of
miah), resident at Watertown, was bom in 1G31 and died 1709. Richard' (eon
iciliard), resident of Weston, Mass., was born 1660 and died 1746. Peter^ (son
icbard Jast named), who liFed in Mend-Mi, Mub., wm bjrn in 1710 and died

Daniel* (son of Peter), residing in Meodonand Hopkinton, was bom in
and died in 1805. Otis* (eij^hth son and child of Daniel), was bora at Hop-
cm, Mass., April 20, 1785, and died in Boston, Not. 23, 1827. The .««ound chiid
eldest son of the last named was Dtis,^ mentioned abore, the snt^ject of this

r. NorcrosB received his edacation in early life at the High Seho;^ in Boston,
at private schools, and at the ace of foaiteen entered his lather *s store to en-
( in the crockery bosiness. A few years later, after the death of his father, he,
I coming of age, sacoeeded as the head of this house, associating himself with
Eliphalet Jones, his fiEtther*s partner, the name of the firm being Otis Noreross
o. He retired from active business in 1867, but the boose in its suootssion is
known as that of Jones. McDuffie & Stratton.

r. Noreross was united in marriage, Dec. 9, 1835, with Miss Lucy Ann Lane,
I Oct. 13, 1816, and daughter of Mr. (^eorse Lane, of Boston. From this mar-
s there were eight children, five sons and uree daughters. Four of these child-
including a son named after himself, died in comparatively early life, and a
in early manhood. A second son Otis, a graduate of Harvard OoUege in the
I of 1870, and another son, GrenviUe Howmnd, also a graduate of Harvard, in
alass of 1875, are lawyers in Boston. One daughter is now living. The wife of
Noreross survives.

iie following extract from an article in the Boston Transcript (Sept. 6. 188S)
dhow to what a liurge extent Mr. Noreross has given time ana thougnt and
ejr to the public interests of the city of Boston.

Although takins an interest in politics as a citizen, Mr. Noreross never sought
), accepting such as he did through the earnest persuasion of his friends. In
\ he served as a member of the Bcnrd of Aldermen, and was also connected with
board during the two years following, being chairman of the board in 1864.
ieclined a renomination. In December, 1866, he was elected mayor of Boston
lie following year. . . .

Mr. Noreross has always been closely identified with the interests of Boston,
lias held many positions of trast. He vras a director of the House of Oorrec-
, a member of the school committee, president of the Water Board, treasurer to
Overseers of the Poor, president of the New England Trust (Jompany, for
years one of the trustees of Mount Auburn CTemetery, president ot the Old
8 Home, chairman of the executive committee of the Old Women's Homo, a
iber of the governor's council for one year, 1869, during Qoveraor Claflin's term
Bfice, a director of the Dwelling House Insurance Company, trustee and treasu-
tf the Young Men's Christian Union, treasurer of the Summer-street Fire Fund,
tee of the franklin Savings Bank, a member of the commission to revise the city
ter, a valued member of the board of trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, vioe-
ident of the Board of Trade in 1867-69, and executor and trustee of a number
osportant wills. He took a strong interest in the philanthropic measures with
oh he vras connected, and several of them wero begun by nim. The sahiry
oh be received as mayor of Boston was given to oharitaole institutions."

k^, WiLUAM Albxrt Parkkr, U.S.N., of £ast Boston, a resident member, ad-
ted Feb. 6, 1873, was bom at Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 1*2, 1816.
"he name of his father was William Bennet Parker, who was born also at Ports-
ith. N. H., April 17, 1787, and died January 5, 1870. His mother vras Eliia-
b Marshall, bom at Portsmouth, N. H., May 17, 1787, and died Dec. 30, 1863.
I grandfather was John Parker, who was also bom at Portsmouth, Jan. 15, 1761,
I who died in Savannah, Geo., in 1793. He married Elizabeth Bennet, of Ports-
nth, who vras bom April 39, 1763, and died April 15, 1836. His great-grand-
ier was Noah Parker, born in Portsmouth, March 17. 1734, who died SSept. 5.
7y who was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Cate and his second
)ecca Noble.

lie subject of this sketch enjoyed a good common school education at Ports-
itb, and at the age of fourteen entered the Military Academy at West Point a*

210 Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [AprQ,

a cadet, where be remained one year. He wan appointed, July 3, 1832, midship-
man in the U. S. Navy, and attended the Naval School, at the Navy Yards id Nor-
folk, Va., and Brooklyn, N. Y. Afterwards he patased through the ascending grades
of Passed Midshipman, Lieutenant, Commander, and Retired Captain.

Capt. Parker served through the Mexican vrar under Commodores David Conner
and Matthew C. Perry, and was preRcnt at the capture of Tobaaco. For his serviees
in this war he received the thanks of his native state, New Hampshire.

He was in service through the whole of the War of the Rebeiiioo, without leave
of absence, from Sept. 1861, to Jan. 1865. He was in the North Atlantic Block-
ading Squadron under Rear Admirals L. M. Goldsborongh, S. P. Lee and David D.
Porter, and was himself Commander of the U. S. Steamers Cambridge, Tuscarora,
and of the Monitors MahopMic and Onondaga. While in command of the Cam-
bridge he towed the U. S. Frigate St. Lawrence into action with the Rebel Ram
Mcrrimac, and afterwards was put in charge of the fifth division of the North Block-
ading Squadron on the James River, with about twenty-five vessels ander his com-
mand.

Capt. Parker was not married. He died at East Boston, Tuesday, October S4,
1882, and was buried from St. John's Church, of which he was warden.

Gen. John Spbar Smith, of Baltimore, Md., a corresponding member, admitted
May 11, 1855, was horn at Montcbello, Baltimore County, Md., Nov. 37, 1785, and
died at Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1806, aged 80.

His enrlicst American ancestor was Samuel Smith, a staunch Scotch Preebyterian
from the north of Ireland. He, with his wife and son John, was connected with a
little colony which came to this country in the year 1731, and settled in the coun^
of Lancaster, Pa. This son John in due time married Mary Buchanan, of Carlisle,
Pa., and when he and sevoml others of the colony had acquired wealth, they re-
moved to Baltimore in the year 1760. and became the founders of the 'First Presby-
terian Church in Baltimore. This John Smith was not only a successful merchant
in Baltimore, but was also a man largely connected with state and national afiain.

One of his sons was Samuel Smith, born in Carlisle, Pft., July 27, 1752. He wis
an officer in the revolutionary army, and was in seveiul very important actions. In
testimony of his services he received from the Continental Congress a vote of thanks
and the present of a sword. He was afterward for forty years a distinguish^ mem-
ber of Congress, serving both in the Senate and in the House. Lanman, in his
Dictionary of Congress , says of him : *' He was a distinguished merchant of Balti-
more, and con tribu tod largely to the advancement of that city, of which he was
once mnyor. He rose from the rank of captain to that of brigadier-general in the
revolutionary war." He died in Baltimore, April 25, 1839, in nis87th year.

This man was the father of the sutn^^ ^^ this sketch, tie was united in mar-
riage, December 31, 1778, with Miss Margaret Spear. Their son, John Spear Smith,
having enjoyed the aid of the best preparatory schools, was graduated at William
and Mary College in 1806. After studying law in Baltimore ne went to Europe in
the suite of John Quincy Adams, who was going Minister Plenipotentiary to Ros-
sia. He was employed in important posts in Europe until the breaking out of the
war of 1812, when he hurried home and was appointed by his father aide on bis
staff, which place he held until the close of the war. On the 1st of December, 1814,
he was united in marriage with Caryanne Nicholas, of Virginia. He, like his father,
was very prominently connected with public affairs in the city of Baltimore, in tlM
state of Maryland, and in the national councils. Our limited space forbids the de-
tails of these services. In the preparation of this sketch we have been greatly
assisted by bis son Col. Robert Carter Smith, who has furnished a more extended tr-
ticle prepared for a future Memorial Volume. The family consisted of four suoi
and two daughters, of whom three sons and one daughter remain.

Samuel Whitb Thater, M.D., LL.D., a corresponding member, admitted Marflh
4, 1848, was born at Braintreo, Vt., May 21. 1H17, and died at Burlington, Vt.|
Nov. 14, 188*2, aged 65 years, 5 months and 23 days.

Ilis father was Dr. Samuel White^ Thayer, of Thetford, Vt., who was born June
26, 17b3, and died Dec. 19, 1863. His mother was Ruth Packard, of Bridgewater,
Mass., who was born Sept. 19, 1786. and died in May, 1873

His firnt Americ*an ancestor was Thomas^ Thayer, of Braintree, Mass. (some re-
marks on whose English ancestry will bo found in Register, zxzvii. 84), and who

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came from finsjand about 1645, with his wife Margery and three sons, Thomas,
Shadrach and Terdinando. A son of Shadrach^ was Epbraim,' who married, Jan. 7,
1692, Sarah, youngest daughter of John Riss, a descendant of John Alden, of Ply-
mouth. From this marriage there were fourteen children, eight sons and six daugh-
ters, all of whom lived to enter the married state, and to become fathers and moth-
ers of a numerous race. One of the sons of Ephraim was Shadrach,^ born April
18, 1701. A son of the last named was Uriab,^ who died in Braintree, March 10,
1797. A son of Uriah was !:^muel White* Thayer, born June 4, 1757.

The subject of this sketch was therefore of the eighth American generation. lie
WB8 fitted at Thetford Academy to enter Dartmouth Collefi^e, but was hindered from
taking the college course, though he afterwards attended the medical department
of the college, and had his degree of M.D. in 1838.

He was united in marriage, Jan. 6, 1811, with Miss Sarah Louise Pratt, born
March 29, 1821, daughter of John A. Pratt, of Woodstock, Vt. From this mar-
riage there were three children, two sons and a daughter. The daughter and one of
the eons died in early life. The other son, Dr. Charles P. Thayer, and the mother,
sorrive.

Dr. Thayer has been one of the most honored and useful public men of Vermont.
He was among the best known physicians of the state. He was appointed by Go?.
Fairbanks, at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, chairman of the Board
of State Examiners. He was afterwards appointed Surgeon General of the state.
He was also made United States assistant army surgeon. He has wrought also
untiringly in connection with the medical department of the University. He re-
ceived the degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1866, and the degree of
LL.D. from the University of Vermont in 1877.

Royal Woodward, Esq., a life member, constituted Dec. 24, 1879, was bom in
Ashford, Conn., Nov. 13, 1815, and died at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1882, aged 66
years, 11 months and 19 days.

His fother was Abner Woodward, bom in Ashford, Conn., January 10, 1762. His
mother was Eunice Fuller, born July 1, 1769. His ^ndfather was Joseph Wood-
wardy who was born in 1725, married Elizabeth Perkins, May 19, 1748, and died in
1815, at the age of 91 nearly. He had eleven children and sixty-eight grandchildren,
eat htq^red and Jive Kreat-grandchildren, and two great-j^reat-grandchildren.

The earliest American ancestor of this branch of the VVoodward family was Rich-
ard Woodward of Watertown, who was made a freeman in 1635, and his name
is on the earliest list of its landed proprietors. Through his mother Mr. Woodward
was descended from Richard Mather of Dorchester. Elcazer Mather, son of Rich-
srd, was the hrst minister of Northampton, and his daughter Eunice married Rev.
John Williams of Deerfield. Through this channel the blood of the Mathers flowed
in this line of the Woodward family.

Mr. Woodward received his education in the Connecticut district school and from
the village Academy, as also from his experiences as a district school teacher. In
1810 be engaged in the silk business, which be followed till the day of his death.

Mr. Woodward did not marry till somewhat late in life. In 1858, June Hth, he
was united in marriage with Mias Charlotte Minerva Smith, daughter of Capt. Wil-
lard Smith. From this marriage there were three children, viz. : James Otis, born
Oct. 1, 1803; Royal, Jr., born Feb. 17, 1867, died May 24, 1871, and Franoke
LeoDsrd, bora Feb. 7, 1872.

Perhaps the most characteristic feature of Mr. Woodward^s life has been his pas-
ikm for nooks, and his perseverance in gathering an immense private library. Upon
this snbject, his son James Otis Woodward writes as follows : ** His^rcat recrea-
tion was to buy books. He possessed the largest private library, outside of New York
dl^, to be found in the state, and that portion of it composed of religious works is per-
hi^ the largest of any in existence in this country. He was once asked if he thought
it ^ood economy to buy so many books. His reply was, that as he used neither tolxio-
00 in anv form, nor any beverage but water, the money thus saved was all he ex-
pended for his books. From boyhood, beginning with IJumboldt^s Cosmos, hardly
t single day has passed without his adding new volumes to his library. It has been
Id him the pleasure of a life-time. He was a large subscriber to both newspapers
tod magnsines. Two years ago his subscription list amounted to nearly two hun-
dred newspapers and mngazines I have begun the work of making a cata-
logue of the library, and hope to have it ready for publication in a few months.
Until the catalogue is finished it will be impossible to make any exact estimate of

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the nnmber of the books, although I do not doabt that it contains in the Ticinity of
30,000, more or less."

Ashbel Woodward, M.D., of Franklin, Conn., a corresponding member of the
society, is brother of the foregoing.

Hon. James Shepherd Pike, of Calais, Me., a resident member, admitted Jane 5,
1878, was born at Calais, Sept. 8, 1811, and died in Boston, Nov. 30, 1882, aged 71
years, 2 mos. and 21 days.

ills father was William Pike, bom in Portland, Me., August 18, 1773. Hh
mother was Ilannah Shepherd, bom in Jefferson, Me., No?. 24, 1785.

His earliest American ancestor was John^ Pike, who was born in England, and
died in Salisbury, Ms., May 2G, 1654 ; and his descent from him was through Rob-
ert,* born in England in 1615, came to this country with his father, and died in Sal-
isbury, Ms., December 12, 170G, at the age of 91 ; Moses,' bom in Salisbury, Anril
15, 165A, and died there March 4, 1742, nearly 84 years old ; Timothy,^ bora in Sal-
isbury, Ms., May 30, 1701, and died in Newburyport, Ms., in the month of Mareh,
1767 ; Timothy,* bora in Newburyport, Ms., October 2, 1734, and died in Saooarap-
pa. Me., August 1, 1818, nearly 84 years old.

This Timothy* was the fother of William* mentioned above, and the grandfather
of the subject of this sketch, who was therefore of the seventh generation from the
American founder. His early life was passed in Calais, Me., the place of his birth.
In a record which he himself prepared, he sa^ of his early life : " Had no edooa-
tion,— a little schooling at intervals in Calais, when the population was under a
thousand. Not worth mentioning." And yet this man, with such scanty opportu-
nities for early training, became a prolific writer and a man of official eminence. In
1844 ho was whi^ candidate for State Senate in his district in Maine, and in 1846
and 1850 was whig candidate for member of Compress. In both instances the dem-
ocrats prevailed. From 1850 to 1861 he was employed as a writer for the New York
Tribune. From 1861 to 1866, covering the period of the war of the rebellion, be wu
our Minister at the Netherlands.

Ho ¥rrote three pamphlets on the national finances, one in 1867, one in 1868, and

Robert Pike.*' Besides these various occupations in a long and busy life, he
for ten years a merchant, and for five years a bank cashier.

Mr. riko was twice married. His first wife was Charlotte Otis Grosvenor, daofl^
ter of Lemuel Putnam Grasvenor, of Boston. This marriage took place in VssJ,
From this marriage there was one child, Mary Caroline, born Oct. 8, 1841.

His second wife, to whom he was married in 1855, was Elizabeth EUicott, daosb-
ter of Thomas Ellicott, of Arundale, Pa. From this marriage there were no cEil*
dren. His wife survives him.

Rev. Henrt Olcott Sheloon, of Oberlin, Ohio, a corresponding member, admit-
ted May 15, 1815, was born in the town of Ilartland, Hartford County, Conn., Sept
15. 1709, and died at Obcrlin, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1882, aged 83.

He was the son of Joseph Sheldon, born in Tiverton, R. 1., March 6, 1776, and
Catharine, daughter of IVathaniel and Katharine (Holden) Olcott, bom in Hart-
ford, C'onn., July 30, 1776. His ministerial ancestry is shown in the fact that bif
father Joseph, a lay preacher, was the son of Rev. Jonathan Sheldon, a Baptist
minister, wRo was the son ofKev. Ber\jamin Sheldon, pastor of the Baptist Churok
at Pawtuxet, R. I. The wife of the last named was Sarah, daughter of Rev. John
Greenwood, who was son of Rev. Thomas Greenwood, who together, father woA
son, in their succession, filled the ancient church of Seekonk, Mass., sixty-three
years. It is a curious circumstance that from his grandmother, Katharine Hol-
den, there was brought into his family the peculiarity of extra fingers and tooB,
which has been continued among some of the children in three successive genen-
tions.

When the boy Henry Olcott was only two years old, in 1801, his father rem o ved
to Milton, afterward Genoa, N. Y. IJcre he was united in marriage, March 15,
1820, with Ruth, daughter of Miyor Lewis Brndle^', of Genoa. From this marriage
there were twelve children, of whom three died m early life. The others lived to
the estate of men and women. One of his sons was the Rev. Henry Bradley Shel-
don, of the Methodist Church in the California Conference.

1883.] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. 218

The Bubjeot of this sketch was lioenscd as a Methodist preacher, January 17, 1825.
Afler preaching for several years ho fouoded the Norwalk Seminary in Ohio, the
finct literary institution belonging to tho Methodists in that state. In 1836, with
two other men, he bought a tract of land which they named Berea. It was a joint-
stock company to promote moral, physical and mental education. This plan mis-
earried, bat for many years he oontinued to labor to promote plans of culture and
edacation.

In 1857 he published four quarterly numbers TJannary, April, July and October)
of The Sheldon Magazine, a periodical devoted to the genealogy of the Sheldon

fiunily.

His wife died March 15, 1859, and April 20, 1860, he was a^^in married to Mrs.
Eleanor Uoeston Kobiason, of Hamilton, Ohio. This second wife dying after a few
yean, be was married the third time, August, 1867, to Mrs. Pamelia Tower Hall,
of Oberlin, Ohio. His labors in behalf ot education and religion were prosecuted
in different portions of the western field, but he returned some ten years ago to Ob-
erlio, Ohio, where he has since resided, and where he has been editor of the Oberlin
New£ra.

Hod. UnntT Csusb Murpht, LL.D., of Brooklyn, N. T., a corresponding mem-
ber, admitted March 38, 1855, was bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 3, 1810, and died
in the same phuje, Dec. 1, 1882, aged 73 years, 4 mos. and 28 days.

He was a graduate of Columbia College in the class of 1830. From college he
went to his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1833, and establishea him-
self in the profession of law in Brooklyn. He was soon made City Attorney, and
was elected Mavor in 1842. From 1843 to 1849 he was a member of Congress. In
1646 be was chosen a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He was
American Minister to Holland from 1857 to 1861, owing his appointment to Presi-
doDt Baobanan. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1853,
■od was in that bodjr a prominent candidate for the presidency, but Franklin Pierce
leoeiTod the nomination. After his return from Holland he served in both branches of
tbe New York legislature. He was a man of fine beUes-lettres taste, and has employed
hiamlf mach as a writer. In bis earlier years he contributed articles for the North
ABarican Beriew. He was the tnuudator of De Vries's '* Voyages from Holluid,
1109-^44/' and *' Broad Advice to the United Netherland Provmces." He wrote
also ** Aiithok)gy of New Netherland, or Translations from the early Dutch Poets
of New York, with Memoirs," 1865. He also left in manuscript, partly finished, a
folania <m cany maritime discovery on this continent.

Il will be noticed that he came into public life at a very early age, having finished
Ua law stndiea when tweniy^hree years old, and soon after rising to public trusts and
isqwnaibillties. At the time of his death he was president of the East River Bridge
TmrteoB. The Svening Transcript of December 1, in a brief notice of him, says :
** Ha was alao ooonsel &t large corporations, and was closely connected with Brook-
IjD rmilioads. Ail the courts in Brooklyn, on hearing of his death, a^joomed, and
paUic boBiiMM was almost suspended."

The frand&tber of Mr. Murphy, whose name was Timothy, educated as a physi-
caa, eame from Ireland in 1766, and settled at Middletown, in Monmouth County,
Hew Jeiaey. He married, after coming to this country, a young woman named
Msiy Ganwon (granddaughter of Richard Hartsbome), and followed the life of a
kamtr, A son of bis was John Garrison Murphy, who was bom January 3, 1783,
vbo ■wrried ClarisBa Runyou, of Princeton, N. J., and moved to Brooklyn, N. Y.,
sbsat 1806. His son, the nibiect of this sketch, after finishing bis law studies in
Ihi oAoa of Peter n . Raddiff, of Brooklyn, married in 1834 Miss Amelia Green-
VQodf danghter of Richard Greenwood, of Haverstraw, N. Y. A fine portrait of
Urn in aim may be foand in the second volume of Stiles's History of the City of
iNnUyOp p* 360.

[AneaM^by Henry R. Stiles, M.D., with a portrait, appeared in the iV. Y.
' «M Bici^apAtca/ /2ecar J for January last. — ^Ed.J

CbL Jom Miutm FnsiNniN, a resident member, just elected (admitted Jan.
1M661). waa boraat Warren, R. I., Dec. 33, 1803, and died at Washington, D. C.»
llnnazy 6« 1883.

Hia fiather was John Fessenden, bom in Rutland, Mass., in 1770, and a graduate
of Brawn University in the class of 17tt8. His mother was Abigail Miller Child,
YOL. XXXYU* 20

214 Necrology of Historic Oenealogical Society. [April,

born in Warren, July 1, 1783 (Rn. zzvi. 443). The mndfiither was the Hon.
John Feasenden, of Rutland, Mass., who waa a member of the Provincial Gongreai,
and seven years a State Senator.

The name Fcseenden was earW domiciled at Cambridge, Blase. In the reoards of
Middlesex County the name Nicholas Fessenden appears at an early date as the
owner of lands in Cambridge, Southside, in what was known as Brighton, and if
now a part of the city of Boston. In the Harvard Catalogue, the name Nioho-
las Fessenden, a descendant doubtUss of the Nicholas just named, appears as a giad-
uate in the year 1701, the first one of the name in this country who reoaiTed a ool-
leffiate education.

xoung Fessenden, the subject of this sketch, entered the West Point Academy
at the age of eighteen, and was gpiduated in doe course in 1834. His military rec-
ord afterward was brief and not important. It only lasted until 1831, and daring
the seven years intervening between that year and the date of his graduation, be
was employed only in a semt-militaj^ capacity, his duties being those of an enfin-
eer rather than a strictly military officer, in the year above named he TesigoealiiB
military offices to become the chief engineer for the construction of the Boston 9ialA^
hany Railroad, which is one of the olaest.railroads in the ponntry. It is said that the
first locomotive which ran over a railroad in this coufllry was under his direotioD.
It would be impossible in our brief limits to enumerate all the engineering enter-
prises in which he has been engaged. He was a man greatly distingaished in thii
department of activity.

He was united in marriage, May 81, 1834, with Miss Mary Pieroe Bumstead,
daughter of Mr. John Bumstead, of Boston. Of this marriage there were five
children. He was again married, June 35, 1868, to Sarah Ann, daaghter of Ih,
Robert Murphy, of Westmoreland, Virginia.

Mr. Fessenden 's place of residence of late years has been Princeton, M. J. ; bat
for some twenty years he has been accustomed to pass his wintefs in Waahington,
where he died.

MiU- GioRGi Danrls, of New Milfiird, N. H., a life member, adnitled NovndMr
8, 1869, was bom in the town of UoUiston, Mass.. Feb. 8, 1884, and died a| Mil-
ford, N. H., Feb. 5, 1881, lacking only four davs or 77 years.

His &ther was Jonathan Danids, bom in Holliston, Oct. 11, 1760. ma mote
was Sarah Clark, bora in Holliston in 1774, onlv daughter of Nathaniel Olark.

His grandfather was Simeon Daniels, of Holliston, bom in Medfiald, Maak,
March 8, 1730, who married Lydia Adaois.

His ffreat-grandfather was Samuel Daniels, bom in Medfield, Dee. 85, 1083, iriio
married fixperience Adams.

The £Either of Samuel was Joseph.

Mi^or Daniels was married in May, 1830, to Rhoiy Olagfeit Qillia, daughter rf
Jonathan Qillis. of Wobura, Mass. There was no issue from this marriage, bat •
daaghter of his brother Aberdeen was adopted, and she beearae the wife Mxhowy
L. Livermore, then of Boston. The marrmge took plaee June 1, 1868. and aha died
April 18, 1879. ^

Mr. Livermore, just named, now of Manchester, N. H.. has givan Urn tbUowM
brief but clear account of Miyor Daniels's business and poolio life :

*' George Daniels, at an early age, in the employ of the late Dr. Oliver Deaa, tf
Franklin, Mass., engaged in cotton manufiusturinff in Medway, Maas., and tbwit
going with him to Amoskeag Falls in Goffstown, N. H., in that part now Manehea-
ter, entered the emplov of the Amoskeag Manufimturing Company then
there, and ultimately became paymaster of the company.

«' In April, 1837, he moved to Milford, N. H., and became part owner, i

and agent, and ultimately sole owner of the Milford Cotton and WoUen Oompesf,
and was in the business of manufacturing cotton fobrios in this oompany thansi-
fbrward until 1847, when he retired from active business. He waa aflerwaidi a
director of several other cotton manufacturing companies.

'' He was Brigade Quartermaster with the rank of Major, on the staff of Genenl
William P. Riddle, commanding 4th Bris:. 3d Div. of N. H. Militia in 1831-8, aad
was a member of the House of Representatives in the legislature of Nmt Haauh
shire, from Milford, in 1840 and 1850, and a delegate to the convention to reriarSr
constitution of New Hampshire in 1850."

1883.] JBook Notices. 215

BOOK NOTICES.

Ths Bditob requests persons sending books for notice to state, for the information of
readers, the price of each book, with the awoant to be added for putitagc when sent by

Ordmrhf Book of Sir John Johnson During the Oriskany Campaign, 1776-1777.
Annotated by Wiluam L. Stonb. With a Historical Introduction Illustrating
the Life of iiir John Johnson, Bart., by J. Watts db Pbtster, LL.I)., M.A.
And SSome Tracings firom the Footprints of the Tories or Loyalists in America,
oontributed by Thbodorus Bailby Mtbbs. Albany : Joel Munseirs Sons. iS&i.
Fop. 4to. elzYiii.+n+373. Price «4.

A more full acoount of what remains of the Order Books and Rosters of the Rev-
olutionaiy War would be interesting. In tbe hurrv of its active operations,
litdfi time could be spared even at head-quarters to perfect them, and when taken
down for the use of the diflbrent corps of the army, by ear, abound in mistakes.
Ibey prove, however, in their worst estate, in many instances, of value to settle
hwtoncal doubts. This particular book, which emerged from tbe archives of the
WUiett family in 1880, a nundred ^earsor more after its capture in August, 1777, by
tbeir progenitor. Col. Willett, in his sortie from Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk, is now
printed. Though not, like many that have survived, very instructive, as annotated
Dy Col. William L. Stone, it becomes interesting and throws much light upon
events which helped to defeat Bursroyne.

Its publication has been made t^c occasion for a vindication by Mr. de Peyster of
tbe memory of Sir John Johnson from the imputation of cruelties and irre^lar
proceedings in his raids and marauds in the valley of the Mohawk, where his mther
oir William Johnson, who died in 1774, long exercised sway over the Indian tribes
in its Beighborhood. Sir John was not of a temper to submit amiably to the inev-
itable, and indulged his resentment at the seqnestration of his inheritance more in
ciMncfeer with sava^ usage than christian precept. For the vast estates that
he lost, his indemnities from the crown fell iSur short of compensation. In the
interesting article of Gol. Myers on the tones, which forms part of the volume, he
pleads ab^ for the cause of the refugee royalists, and states we think justly their
daiin to be respected for their lovalty to their king. The tendency of American
histoiisDs to denonnoe them for taking' part against the cause of independence, if it
once had some excuse, has no lon^r the slightest. In civil war, as in political
con Uo v e ra y , there are always two sides, and mm their respeotive standpoints both
e^oaUy eensible and honest. That so many of the loyalists put in jeopardy Urge for-
tones, oat of fkldity to principle, should shield them from reproach.

Tbat Sir John should have embraced the side of the crown needs no apology ; that
be was angiy for being disturbed in his estates was reasonable enough, except that ho
took his obaooe. That he should have been so unsparing m his revenge was not to his
endit, luid neither the merit of the man nor the importance of his achievements, as
we learn them from bis biographer, or of the Orders required so loud a call upon the

eblic attention. Still, wluitever ooncems the settlements of the Mohawk, ill us-
Ltes tJbe ohamoter of the ancestors of its present inhabitants, enables us better to
eanmnslMnd that remarkable oeople. the Iroquois, or throws additional light upon
Sir William Johnson, the WiUets, Herkimer or Gansevoort, is well worth the hibor
and expense which gave us this volume.

The miiitaiy operations of 1777, oi one portion of which the Order Book gives us
a ikeletoD narrative, should be borne in mind to explain ib* value. In the previous
Deoember a plan was concerted in Canada and New York, and subsequently approv-
ed in Iiondon, for ten thousand men to descend under Burgoyne, by Lake (Jham-
fdn and Lake Qeorge, and form a junction with Howe and his army, or such part
it as oonid be spared for the purpose of ascending the Hudson, where at Albany
had ffathered the American northern army under Schuyler and Gates. One part
of the scheme was for a force under St. Leeer to ascend the St. Lawrence to com-
bine with an Indian force under Brant at OHwen|o, to reduce Fort Stanwix on the
Mohawk, and proceed down that river and reinh>roe Burgovne. Johnson in com-
Vuid of tbe Royal Greens constituted a part of this army which, when it reached
Fort Stanwix on the fourth of August and opened its trenches, consisted of about
nine hundred men. Willet was in command of the garrison. Herkimer with about
a thousand men hastily levied to relieve the fort, wlien within five miles of it was
drawn into an ambush, and himaelf and a large portion of his foroe annihilated.

216 Booh Notices. [April,

The Royal Greens were sent to reinforce the army opposed to Herkimer, and the
lines round the fort weakened by this detachment, the sarrison made a sally,
and had time to carry away the besiegers' supply of food and ammunition, and
retire without loss before the enemy returned triumphant from the slaughter.
Among the spoils of the garrison's sortie was this order book, taken by Col. Wll-
lett from Sir John Johnson's tent. The operations before Fort Stan wis oontinoed,
but with little progress, when Arnold, sent by Schuyler with two thousand men.
forced St. Leger to raise the siege, who was thus cut off from carrying needed aia
to Burgoyne. This and the battle of Bennington reduced Burgoyne's army, which
&r from its base and surrounded by the superior number of Gates and hb able gen-
erals, was obliged to capitulate.

One principal object of Mr. de Peyster's memoir of Johnson is to relate the part
Johnson took in these operations and remove any unfavorable impressions of^is
raids in 1780. To justify their atrocities, he charges, as we think uniustly, the ex-
pedition into Western New York the year before under Sullivan and Clinton, with
inhumanity. Any one &miliar with the history and motives of the expedition will
find no ground for such a charge. The destruction of Wyoming and Cherry Val-
ley by the Iroquois, but instigated by British officers : the British maraads at
Fairfield, Norwalk and New Haven, in 1778, called for retaliation. The country
demanded it, congress ordered it, but while sufficient ixyur/ was intended to pre-
vent repetition or the horrors that provoked it, beyond the drastruction of the ott)p8
and villages of the Iroquois there is proof no inhumanities were intended or prac-
tised, unless in rare instances by the soldiers.

Whoever takes into view the actual state of the war in 1779 most attach to tba
expedition a very different ol^ect than the mere punishment of these savage tribes.
After D'Bstaing's abandonment of the siege of Newport in August, 17%, attht
moment when two days' del^ would have reduced the place, he went to Boston to
repair and refit his shattered fleet, and sailed in December for the West Indies,
where he gained one signal victory over Byron, the two fleets being nearly equal In
force. He had led the Americans to expect his return in the summer to ooopemlt
with Washington, possibly against Canada. Delaved by events beyond his control,
ho laid siege to Savannah in September, but, repulsed with great loss and seriooflty
wounded, sailed home in October. That month La Pftyetto reached Boston to an*
nounce that in the spring Rochambeau would bring the army which in 1781 ended
the v^ar at Yorktown.

The expedition was a military movement and justified by Wyoming and the other
marauds of the enemy. It cannot be explained except as part of an intended move-
ment for the annexation of Canada, thvesirted by D'fistaing not coming as he had led
us to hope. It had its advantages in securing Western New York, thirteen millloni
of acres for the United States, for New York, and for our own state, tl^ charter of
which embraced it in our limits.

By Thomas C. Amory, A.M., (if Boston.

Reminiscences and Memorials of Men of the Revolution and their Families. By A.
B. MuzzKT. Boston : £stes & Lauriat. 1883. 8vo. pp. 4:34. Price $2.50.

The author of this volume has given to the present generation much that is worth

f preserving, both in history and i^nealogy. He tells us of the origin of those iaini-
ies which became prominent during the Kevolution, and which produced men wbo
were an honor and credit to their country. Such families as Adams, Brown, Linooh,
Munroe, Parker and Kirkland, are taken at the first comer and brought in many in-
stances to names prominent to-day. He gives a graphic account of the soldiers of thd
Revolution, especially of the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati by the off-
oers, its favorable record, and those who to-day are the lineal descendants of iti
founders. His picture of the public men of the revolutionary period is highly colo^
ed, and brings back to us our early impressions of those worthies, rather tnan those
since obtain^ by reading and the conversation of men who have studied that por*
tion of history not usually printed.

Mr. Muzzey gives us recollections of his own townspeople who fonght at Lezing^
ton, and to one who never saw a revolutionary soldier it seems impossible that to-
day one is walking about who had converse with those brave men, and who drew
from their own lips the story of their valor. Of later events the author gives v
an account of the Anti-Slavery movement, a sketch of Emerson, and other miscel-
laneous matter. The book is well worth reading, it is clearly printed, and tbt
absence of foot-notes increases the beauty of the page. Of oourse, as there should
be in every historical book, there is an index.
By Daniel T, V, Hunioon, Esq.^ of Canton, Mass,

83.]

BookMtiees. 217

^9nf qf Hardwiek, Massachusetts, WtK a Genealogical Raster, By Lucius
L. Paige. Boston : Houghton, MifiElin and Company. 1883. 8vo. pp; zii.+555.
^ice $5.

'be Rev. Dr. Pai^ has completed and published his History of Hardwiek, upon
ich he has long been engaged. It makes a handsome Yolame, and is a worthy
ipanion to the author's *' History of Cambridge," published six years ago, and
iced in the Rbqistsr, xxxi. 34. Hardwiek is the native town ot Dr. Paifi:e, and
abridge is his present residence, where he has lived for more than half a oen-
f ; so that in tne two volumes he preserves the history of his adopted city and
native town.

lany men of note have been residents of Hardwiek, but undoubtedly the most
larliable character connected with it is Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles.
was in his time the leading spirit in the town, and one of the chief men in<
tical and military afiairs in the province; but he was a loyalist, lost his
itige with his countrymen, and died in exile. Dr. Paige has presented interest-
accounts of Brigadier Ruggles and other men of mark in Hardwiek.
Fe think the chief of the manv merits of the author is reliability. When he-
im a positive statement we feel satisfied that it is true. He scrutinises every
before he admits it to his pages. Nothing is found here which has not stood
most rigid tests. When a statement is merely probable we are told so, and the
leoce is ^nerally given.

veiy division of the history of Hardwiek — Indian, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary
Military — is carefully and conscientiously treated in the book before us, and we
B also some valuable statistical tables. But what has probably cost Dr. Paige
most labor in this volume is the genealogical portion, hlling 225 closely printed
en. Few tovm histories have so extensive genealogies, and few will be found so ao-
Lte. It has good indexes of families and surnames, and a very full table of contents.
jtfdwick is a small agricultural town of not much over two thousand inbabitantH,
yet it has most liberally provided for the publication of this volume, appropri-
g fiixteen hundred dollars for printing four hundred copies, fifty of which have
1 presented to the author. Many wealthier communities need to take example:
1 Hardwiek.

nmr of John A» DaMgren, Rear Admiral United States Navy, By his widow,.
lASXLXiNK Vinton Dahlgren. With Portraits and Illustrations. Boston :
imes R. Osgood and Company. 1883. 8vo. pp. xi.+660. Price $3.

hie is a handsome volume of 660 octavo pages. It is the tribute of one of the
t accomplished women of America to a husband who ranks with the foremost
most famous of our naval commanders. John A. Dahlgren, a native of Phil-
phia, entered the (J. S. Navy as a midshipman at the age of fourteen, February
B26y and rose to the rank of rear admiral, Feb. 7, 1863. The opening of the*
found him on ordnance duty at Washington.

n the 22d of April, 1861, Captain Buchanan and every other officer at the Wash-
»D Navy Yara, except Dabl^n, resigned their commissions and engaged in<
aerviee of the Southern Confederacy. The fidelity of DahUren in that great
it laved the capital — we might add, saved the Union — for ha3 Washington fal-
at that time, what might not have happened?

be original design of the secessionists was to seise this Navy Yard, and then ob*^
arms and prevent the inauguration of President Lincoln. But delay after delay
rvened antil it was too late. When Dahlgren took command of the yard, Aprii
, be had only forty men (marines) whom be could- depend on to defend it. There
B« indeed, three companies of District Volunteers ; but at that time they could
nfely be trusted.

be immense service which Dahlgren rendered to the Union> while chief of the Bu-
I of Ordnance, in furnishing cannon for the army as well as in arming the ves-
of the navy, were well appreciated by President Lincoln and by all who aided
, eitber on land or sea, in suppressing the rebellion. Secretary Stanton desired
ransfer Dahlgren from the navy to tme arm^ and make him chief of artillery ;
Secretary Welles insisted on retaining him m the navy.

n Joly 6, 1863, Rear-Admiral Dahlgren relieved Dupont of the command of
SoQih Atlantic Blockading Squadron ; and, four days later, by the aid of his
litem, which he led in person, he enabled General Gillmore to seize and occupy
-lbir(» of Morris Island. It was not the fault of the Admiral that the whole of that
Dd, including Fort Wagner and the batteries on Cumminss Point, was not cap-
d on that day, with but little loss of life. The garrison nad been reduced to a

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218 Booh Jfotices. [April,

skelctoD ; but Gill morels advance was stopped suddenly and anexpectedly at nine
o'clock in the morning : and before another day*0 bud arose Beauregard Iiad rein^
forced the garrison and prepared for as obstinate a resistance as was ever enoouii*
tered in all the annals or war.

The events which signalized the Admiral's period of servioe off the coasts of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, from this first success before Cbarlestoo until
General Sherman's entry into Columbia, when Dablgren*s barge was rowed up to
the wharves of Charleston, February 18, 1865, are vividly reoorded in this memoir,
chiefly in the words of his own diary.

After the war the Admiral commanded the South Pktcific Squadron, and later re-
sumed command of the Wai«hington Navy Yard, where he died suddenly of heart
disease, July 1*2, 1870. It can hardly be too much to say. that the time will come
when his t^tatue, cast from the metal of his own cannon, will yet arise in that yard
whero hiM Qai^ uf command was last unfurled. But better than any image of mar-
ble or bronze is the monument which a wife*s afiection has erected in this noble
memoir.

By llie lion, Charles Cowley , of Lowell, Mass,

History of Augusta County, Virginia. By J. Lewis PBTOnr, Author of "Hm
American Crisis/' ** Over the AUeghanies and Across the Prairies," ** A Statis-
tical View of tiie State of Illinois," etc Staunton, Virginia : Samuel M. Yost h
Son. 188*2. 8vo. pp. vii.-f387 and Index. Price $3.50 ; hi mail, $3.60.

This work is one of value and interest, and is distinguished as being the most
thorough and extensive of the local chronicles of Virginia. The author, Colonel
Peyton, is a native of Augusta County, and a descencvint of one of its pioneer set-
tlers, John Lewis. He has been familiar from infitncy with its thrilling fireside
♦rndir!or.o of ^w»^^e^ warfare, incidents of pioneer life and quaint early customs,
which have naturally' quickened an inherent affection for his theme. A ripe acholir
with 8yHtematic habits of research, and a long and iiivored experience as an author;
a graceful writer, he brings to hiH loving office of historian singular advantages.
The history of Virginia from its settlement is succinctly but comprehendtTelv tnuxd
to the formation of Augusta County. A chapter is devoted to the ** ancient limits "
of Virginia, embracing the mooted rights of Virginia to north-western territoiy.
The oiigin of the aborigines is discussjed, and the location of the tribes in the sec-
tion treated defined : incidents of border warfare and pioneer life crowd each other
with graphic detail. The social, religiousandmilitary history of the county are amply
considered, anvt be it recollected the men of Augusta bore a prominent part in the
French and Indian war. Many valuable documents, hitherto unpublished, are in-
corporated in the work, which is supplemented with genealogies of the Lewis,
Mcbowell, Preston, Campbell, Stuart, Bell, Cochran, Tate, Christian, Crawford,
McCue, Hanger, Matthews, Wayt, Alarshall, Peyton, Baldwin and Koiner famh
lies, of more or less extent ; and biographical notices of distinguished nativee of the

c<>Mnty.
ByR. A. Brock, Esq., of Richmond, Va,

An Introduction to American Institutional History, By £dwabd A. FsBXiuff,
D.C.L., LL.D. Published by the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 1888.
8vo. pp. 39. Price 25 cts.

The Germanic Origin of New England Towns, Read before the Harvard Histori-
cal Society, May 9, 1881. By Herbert B. Adams, Ph.D. With Notes on Go-
operation in University Work. Published by the Johns Hopkins Univeruty,
Baltimore. 1882. 8vo. pp. 57. Price 40 cts.

The two pamphlets before us form Nos. 1 and 2 of the '* Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity StudicH in Historical and Political Science," edited by Proi. Herbert B.
AdainK. *'The idea of this scries,*' we are informed in the prospectus, *'iBto
brinir together, in numbered monographs, kindred contributions to Historical and
Political Scienee, so that individual efforts may gain strength by combiiuUion
and become more useful as well as more accessible to students." The prospeetoi

A limited edition of each monograph will be printed, and a price will be fixed for
each. Those, however, who remit $3 to N. Murray, Publication Agency, Johm
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., will receive the fust twelve numbm, mak*
ing a volume of from 300 to 400 pa,0B8.

1883.]

Booh Kotices. 219

The Genealogist, Edited hy Gborgv W. Marshall, LL.D., Fellow of the Society
of AntiqnRries. jROuary, 1883. London : Georsre Bell ft Sons, Yurk Street,
Covent Garden. 8vo. pp. 64, vol. vii. No. 45. Price 2s. 6d. a number, or 10
thillings a year.

The seventh volanie of this Talnable periodical commences with this numher. It
in filled with the usual vflriety of matter interesting to the gcnenlo^ist. The first
article is of more than ordinary interest to Americans. It is entitled, ** Now Notos
OD the Ancestry of George Washington." The author, J. 0. C. Smith of the Lit-
enirv Department, Somerset House. London, furnishes now facts relatinor to Mrs.
Mildred (Warner) Washington, the paternal grandmother of Gen. Waphincrton,
who afler the death of her husband, Lawrence Washington, went to England,
where, in Novcmher, 1700, she applied for a grant of Probate at I/)ndon on her hus-
hand^s estate, which she obtained in December. She had previously married George
Gale, who has been identified by Mr. Smith. Mrs. Gale died the next month, Jan-
nary, 170O-I, and was buried at St. Nicholas'. Whitehaven, on the 30th. Her will
wan proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond, March 18 following. In the
probate she is described as wife of George Gale, of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Mr.
Smith miggests that the fact that the widow of Lawrence Wnshington, the emi-
frnuit, married into a Whitehaven family, i« a fragment of evidence toward solving
the Drohlem in regard to the English home of the ancestors of George Washington.
partiealarly na a family of Wa.shingtons lived there, 1A92~1766. and that one of
them, with the Christian name Lawrence, was married there in 1731. A pedigree
flf Gale of Whitehaven is given, in which George Gale is described as ** of Somer-
aet Coanty in Maryland. Snpp<Mied to be living in 1712.'*

An Index to Periodical Literature. By William Frkdkrtck Poolk, LL.D., Tiibra-
rian of the Chicago Public Library. Third Edition, brought down to January,
1869. with the Assistance as Associate Editor of William L Fletciirr. As-oiHt-
ant Librarian of the Wilkinson Library, Hartford, Conn. And the Coop«*rntion
nf the American Library Association and the IJbrary Association of the United
Kingdom. Bost^m: James R. Osgood and Company. 1882. xxvii. -f 1442.
Prices, Cloth, (15 ; Sheep, $17 ; Half Mor. $18.

This is one of the most important and careful works that has been issued for many
TMn*. and we had hoped to have had a more adequate notice of it in this number :
bat owing to the sickness of the gentleman who was to write it, we shall be obliged
to Hc^r it till our next issue.

The work has had the commendation of those in Europe and Ameriea best quali-
fied to judge of itfl merits and usefulness. To their testimony we cheerfully add uur
own.

Vital StatisticM of Seymour, Conn. Compiled by W. O. Sharpe. ** Record "
Print, Seymour, Conn. 1883. 8vo. pp. 136. Price $1.60 po^'tpaid.

Thin book will serve as a companion volume to the author's History of Sejrmour,
noti<^ by as in April, 1879. It contains the records of births, marriairc** and
deatha, and the gravestone inscriptions at Sevmour to the present time. Mr. Sharpe
ban had mnch experience in such work, and we feel that he has used the utmost
eare to make the book accurate and reliable. Mr. Cothren, in the third volume of
hia History of Woodbury, and the author of this hook, have set example^ whieh wo
hope to see followed not only in Connecticut but in other states. Mr. Sharpens book
in fnllj indexed by christian and surname. An index like this doubles, if it does
not treble, the value of a work of this kind.

TV Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Nccroh^gy for 1882.
^ Cbailis Hinrt Hart, Historiographer. Philadelphia : 1883. 8vo. pp 20.

This pamphlet gives the annual necrology of the Philadelphia Numismatic and
Antiquarian Society for last year. Mr. Hart here crives carefully prejwred memoirs
of the five members of that society who died in 1882, namely, Hon. T,e\vis TI. Mor-
Ipm cf Rochester, N. Y., Neils Frederick Bernhard de Schestwl of Broliolm, Dcn-
«ark, T>r. George Smith of Upper Darby, Pa., Hon. Riisha R. Pother of Kingston,
R. L, Hon. Horace Mavnard of Knoxville, Tenn., William S. Vaux <»f Philadel-
phia, and Hon. Henry C. Murphy, LL.D., of Brooklyn. N. Y. The pamphlet is
reprinted from the *' Proceedings'* of the society for 1883. Mr. Hart showa spe-
eial ability io biographical literature.

220 Booh Noticti. [April,

HtMtory of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, Two Volumes, Volume 2, Annals. By
Rov. M. T. Runnels. BoRton, MaM. : Alfred Mudge ft Sod, PriDten. 1882.
8vo. xxx.-f569. Price for the set, $7.60.

The first volume of the History of Sanbomton, containing the annals of the town,
is a worthy companion to the second volamc published a little more than a year ago,
and noticed by us in April, 1888 ; which contained one of the largest and most
yaluablc collections of New England genealogy ever published.

The«o volumes illustrate how complete a town history may be written hy a tbo-
^rou^h, diligent nnd painstakine author imbued with love of his work. No other town
in New Hampshire, and but few anywhere, has so perfect a record of its proprie-
^ry history, early settlement, oioneers and patriarchs. Indian relics and antic^ui-
ties, ecclesinstical, military ana political history, social life, business enterprises,
trades and (K'cupations, and even of the wild animals that have roved in its woods.
The chapter on the natural and geological characteristics of the locality is illustrat-
ed by interesting diagrams, and the l^k is rich in portraits and pictures of promi-
nent buildings and landmarks. In this work the sites of houses long since levelled
with the ground may be learned, the locality of solitary graves, and hundreds of
incidents that most men would overlook have been collected and noted by the in-
dustrious and accurate author. The latter portion of the book contain.^ a valuable
supplement to the family history in the other volume, and the records of births,
deaths and marriages in Sanbomton since the issue of the second volume to April
88, 1888.

Two elaborate maps compiled by Mr. Runnels and Mr. A. P. Ayling accompany
this volume, and include the towns that have been set off from the original one.

Both of these valuable volumes may be obtained at the above named price
from the author, or from Alfred Mudge & Son, 34 School Street, Boston.

Bt/ George K. Clarke^ Esq. , of Needham, Mass.

Documents relating to the Colonial State of New Jersey, Edited by William A.
WuiTKHEAD. Newark, N. J. : Daily Advertiser Printing House. 1888. 8fo.
vol. V. (1882) pp. xvi.-f 520 ; vol. vi. (1882) pp. xvi -f 482.

Proceedinys of the New Jersey Historical Society, Second Series. Vol. VII. No. 3.
1883. 8vo. pp. 41.

Since our notice of the New Jersey (^lonial Documents or Archives in October
last, two iuMitional volumes have appeared by authority of the state, under the able
editornhip oF Mr. Whitehead, the corresponding secretary of the New Jersey His-
torical Society. They are still printed under the direction of the society, through
the same coinniittee that had cnarge of the previous volumes, namely, the Hon.
Nathaniel Niles, chairman ; ex-(70V. Marcus L. Ward, ex-Gov. Joel Parker, and the
editor. The fifth volume completes the documents relating to the Union Era, or the
)>eriod during which New York and New Jersey were in charge of the same gover-
nors, ending in 1737. In the sixth volume Mr. Whitehead has commenc^ the
documents relating to the Provincial Era, which begins with the admini.««tration of
Gov. Lewis Morris in 1738, and ends with the war of Independence. This volume
brings ihe record down to the year 1747.

The state of New Jersey deserves ^rreat credit for preserving its archives in print
in so handsome and satisfactory a style. When will Massachusetts begin to print
hers ? They are of priceless value, and their loss would be irreparable.

The number of the Proceeding of the New Jersey Historical Society now befors
us contains the doings of the society at its thirty-eighth annual meeting, including
an interesting paper by Mr. R. Wayne Parker on Taxes and Money in New Jersey
before the Revolution.

Proceedinys of the New England Methodist Historical Society at the Third Annual
Meeting, January 15, 1883. Boston : Society's Rooms, 36 Bromfield Street. 1883.
8vo. pp. 31.

This society was organized May 3, 1880, and the published proceedings at the
annual meetings in 1881 and 1888 have been noticed in our April issues in those
years.. During the last year, April 13. 1882, the society has Ijecn incorporated
under the general statutes, and we trust that a long and useful career is before it. It
has now 2.il resident, 62 corresponding, one life and two honorary members, mak-
ing a total of 296 members. The society has shown much activity. Seven papers
and one address were prepared for, read or delivered before it last year, while the
library, under the able management of Willard S. Allen, A.M., has been largely
increaised.

1883.]

Book Notices, 221

The History of Ancient Sheep$cot and Newcastle; Including Early Pcmaquid^ Dam-
ariscotta^ and other contiyuotts places, from the earliest discovery to the present
time ; Together with the Crenealogu of more than four hundred families. B3' He?.
David Quimby Cusuman. Bath, Me. : E. Upton & Son. 1882. 8vo. pp. 456.

The town is fortunnte that has for its historian one who unites thorough coupe-
tency fur the work with a lovine seal in its pursuit. The author of this book has
■pent many years in collectins; his materials, and it stands as a monument of his
mod judgment, patience anadevotion. Thoroughly conversant with all that has
been written in regard to his subiect, his long research has qualified him to supple-
ment facts and correct errors. Much of the most important interest in the early
histoiT of Maine centres about Ancient Sheopscot. The writer begins with the voy-

(6 of the Cabots in 1497, and briefly sketches the visits of other succeeding ex-
vera. Then follows an account of early Pemaquid, its purchase of the Indians
John Brown, and the ensuing contests of titles between this and the Plymouth
^ Ltent. The Indian massacre of 1A75 is fully detailed, and the ruins of the an-
cient settlement described. The settlement of Sheepscot follows. Dates, names,
and &cta follow each other in regular and invincible array of evidence. No words
are wasted ; there is no theorising ; nothing is taken for granted ; tradition is rco-
Ojgnised as tradition and allowed its proper place. The relations of the settlement
to Walter Phillips, the grant of King Charles to his brother James, King Phi-
tip*8 and later Indian wars, are all set Torth in interesting onder. In the resettle-
ment appears the name of Got. Andros, and the persistent Dutch are intermixed
in aflairs. Interesting documents and plans are introduced throughout. Lists of
the early settlers, biographical sketches of prominent men and families, accounts
of various claims and claimants, ministers, churches, schools, shipbuilding and
other local industries make up the body of the work, interspersed here and there
with pithy stories illustnitive of the habits and customs peculiar to the people of
BQCoewive generations. Lists of civil officers and soldiers of the late war, with a
genealogical account of over four hundred families, fittingly close tiie history, to
which is added a valuable appendix containing a discussion ot the locality of Pcnte-
east Harbor. The work shows it^lf to be the result of great labor, and is an im-
mense addition to our local history. We are sorry to add the expression of our
wtfj^t that so valuable a work should be published without an index of names,
without which no town history is complete.

Bg ike Rev. G, M. Bodge, J)orchester, Mass.

Ldfk in the \^h Century, M89-1813. By Josiah Rose, Fellow of the Royal Histo-
neal Society; Honorary Member of the Virginia Historical ^cicty, etc. Leigh :
Journal Offioe, Market Place; W. D. Pink, King Street, Manchester; Henry
Gray, S5 Cathedral Yard. 6vo. pp. !5». 1862. To be obtained of the author,
Mr. Josiah Rose, Bond Street, Leigh, England. Price 3s. 6d. (by post, 4s. Hd) .

The eounties of Lancaster and Chester, England, have a band of zealous and e£S«
eient workers in the antiquarian field. The Record Society, whose publications
now nomber six octavo volumes, is one of the results of their efforts. The works of
J. Plaol Ry lands, F.S.A., and J. P. fiarwaker, M.A., F.S. A., have frequently been
eoainiendea in them pa^. We have now before us a book by Mr. Ro«e of Leigh,
who has long been a writer on Lancashire antiquities.

This volume is a reprint of a series of papers by Mr. Rose which appeared in tho
Lei^ Journal and Times. They are the result of a thorough examination made by
the writer in March, 1883, of the Pennington Township Chest, then and still in the
eastodljr of tbe Leigh Local Board. The most important of the documents found in
this ohest have been made the basis of some interesting articles which give us an
iwngfai into the manners and customs of the last century in that locality, such aa
«4y * wide-awake antiquaiy could present to our eye.

iiratan im Me Witctkcmfi Times, By Samubl A. Grun, M.D. Groton, Mass.
im. 6vo. pp. it9.

€U HametHrndt^ Groton, Mass. By Francis Marion BourwftUi. Groton : 1883.
-8vo. pp. !!•

Groion is fortunate in having sons like the Hon. T>r. Green and Mr. Boutwell,
^riioare interested in preserving her history. Dr. Greun has for n^my years been
Udhtigable in collecting the scattered materialn of her history, and the varioua
worlu aotioed in former volumes of the Register Ih* • r witness to his success.

Or. Green*s present tract shows thQ hodurabiQ rovvird of (iroVon wd its minis^i

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222 Booh Kotices. [Apnl,

the Rev. Samuel Willard, in the matter of Witchcraft. In 1671, over twenty yean
before the ead delusion at Salem, Elisabeth Knapp of Groton ahowed signs of being
afflicted by witches. At that time a belief in witchcraft existed amon*; all classes
in Europe and in this country. Although individuals were accused by Elisabeth
Knapp, the caution of Rev. Mr. Willard prevented any one from being executed.
In 1602, one who had been an inhabitant of Groton, John Willard, was executed at
Salem. Many facts and documents relating to these cases are here printed.

Mr. Boutweirs tract is on an interesting subject, the homesteads of the early set-
tlers of Groton. By patient re^earoh he has identified the estates of a large number
of the men living in that town durini^ the first t¥rentv-five years alter its settle-
ment. He has been so successful in this investigatioo that we hope he will und»-
take others.

Celebration of the Fourth of July ^ 1877, ^y the Sons of RevohUionetry Sires in Stoi
Francisco, California, dvo. pp. 8. Printed at San Francisco.

On the anniversary of Independence in 1876, the descendants of the patriots of
the revolution in San Francisco met and celebrated the day. At that time the soci-
ety, the record of whose celebration a year later is before us, was organised ** for
the purpose of collecting the traditions of those noble old patriots that had not
vet passed into history ; and to encourage the ^wth of patriotism ; and to cele-
brate the 23d of February, the birthday of Washington ; the 4th of July, the birth-
day of Liberty ; and the 10th of October, the ottoiversary of the surrender of
Lord Comwaliis at Yorktown.*' It is still an active and influential association.

At the celebration in 1877, James P. Dameron, Esq., one of the originators of the
society, delivered an able oration, and the Hon. Charles li. Dennison read an orig-
?nal poem. There were other literary exercises of merit, all of which are printed
in the pamphlet before us.

BibUotheca Americana^ 1883. CataloflTue of a Valuable Collection of Books and
Pamphlets relating to America. With a Descriptive List of Robert Clarke k
Co.'s Historical Publications. For sale by Robert Clarke k Co., Cincinnati.
1883. 8vo. pp. 260+42. Price 50 cts.

Messrs. Robert Clarke & Co. have issued their Bibliotheca Americana in the years
1875, 1876, 1878, 1870, and perhaps in other years. These compilations have been
Taluahle aids to librarians and book collectors. The present issue will be quite as
useful to them as its predecessors.

Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, 1882. Washington : Gov-
ernment' Printing Office. 1882. 8vo. No. 2, pp 1 12 ; No. 3, pp. 67.

Natural Science in Secondary Schools. Washington : Government Printing Office.
1882. 8vo. pp. 0.

Instruction in Morals and Civil Government, Washington : Government Printing
Office. 1882. 8vo. pp. 4.

High Schools for Girls in Sweden, Washington : Grovemment Printing Office.
1882. 8vo. pp. 6.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year ending June 20, 1888.
Washington : Government Printing Office. 8vo. pp. 47.

The United States Bureau of Education, under the efficient management of the
Hon. John Eaton, is doing good service to the country by spreading broadcast valo-
able information upon topics of interest to teachers.

Circular No. 2 contains the Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence of
the National Educational Association at its meeting at Washington, March 21-23,
1882. The convention was attended by superintendents of public schools from all
parts of the country, and the discussions and papers at the several sessions touch
upon important subjects concerning our schools.

Circular No. 3 contains a carefully prepared account of the University of Bonn, the
youngest of the ten German universities, concerning whose history and methods of
study our people have a strong desire to obtain information. It is a summary, and
in part a translation of an article in French by M. Edmond Dreyfus- Br isac, of
Paris, which forms the iirst of a series of sketches of foreign universities published
by the French Superior Education Society.

The next three pamphlets are also issued by the Board of Education, and their
titles sufficiently indicate their contents. They give the results of the experienee
and thought of some of the best minds devoted to the cause of education.

1883.] Booh Notices. 223

The report of the Don. Henry M. Teller, Secretary of the Tnterior, shows that a
warm friend of education is in charge of that department. Both Secretary Teller
and Commissioner £aton are in favor of national aid in the education of the people.

The Layman^s Faith : ** If a Man Die^ shall he Live Again?^^ By Isaac N. Ar-
KOLD. Chicago : Fergus Printing Company. 1883. 8vo. pp. 31.

This tract, by the president of the Chicago Historical Society, is a paper read by
him before the Philosophical Society of Chicago, Illinois, December 16, 1882, and
it DOW printed, at their request, for some of his old friends. It is an able argument
in iikTor of the immortality of the soul.

Somt Old Prtcedenii of Modem Church Building, By B. W. Mountfort, Archi-
tect. Christchurch : Printed at the ** Press" Office, Cashel Street. 1879.
8yo. pp. 13.

This is a paper which Mr. Mountfort read before the annual meeting of the Ca-
thedral Guild, Christchurch, New Zealand, in October, 1878. He gives interesting
descriptions ot' church edifices of past ages, and historical memoranda concerning
them.

Antiqvt Views of ye Towne of Boston, Pvblished by ye Photo-Electrotype Engrav-
ing CV>., 63 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 4tf>. pp. 3T8. Price $6.

The title of this book gives tiie reader but a general idea of the contents of the
work. ]t is an exceedingly interesting and valuable collection of rare old prints
lepreseoting historic homes, monuments, public buildings, churches, graves, forti-
fications, and other historic landumrks of the old three-hilled town. Much care and
research were evidently bestowed upon the preparation of the volume. Many uf the
illustrations here reproduced are very difficult to obtain on account of their extreme
scarcity. The author justly says m his introduction, that *' no city m the United
States gathers within its limits more matter of national historic import than the
eity of Boston." SSome few additions might have been uuide, such ns a print of the
New Brick Church, for instance, and one or two illustrations might have been with
propriety omitted, such hs the representation of the firnt church, copied from
a merely imaginary picture, and the only description of which is that it had ** mud
walls and a thatched roof." in the preparation of the letter-press one or two trifling
errors are observed, but the printed matter is in clear and large type, and is evident-
ly compiled with judgment and got>d taste. Altoe^ether, it is a book to be com-
mended to the attention and re^ipect of all who take an interest in the history of
Boston, and more especially to those who desire to have the dry descriptions of
early records enlivened by illustrations, bringing the subjects more prominently be-
fore the mental as well as physical vision.

The author acknowledges the assistance of the lion. Samuel A. Green, ex-Mayor of
Boston and librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, John Ward Denn,
librarian of the New England llintoric Genealogical Society, and Judge Chamber-
lain, librarian of the Public Libniry. A testimonial letter of the first-named gen-
tleman is appended. The book is in quarto form, with un index both to the reading
matter ana the illustrations, and is handsouiely bound. A few copies have one
cover mainly composed of a veneer cut from the Old Elm which formerly stood
CD Boston Common, and which was destroyed by a gale in February, 1S76. It will
be found a valuable companion to any of the hit^tories of Boston already published.

B}f OUver B, Stebbins^ f^2't <if South Boston^ Mass,

TJke Yorkshire Archaological and Topographical Association. Statement of its Ori-
ytM and Progress, with Contents of the Journal Published under the Direction of
tk^Coundl, Hudderbfield: Printed by John Crossley. 1882. 8vo. pp.31.

Tks Yorkshire Archaological and Topographical Journal. Published under the Di-
rsdionqfihe CoutuH of the Yorkshire Archttological and Topographical Association,
Lcmdon : Printed for the Association by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1882. Part
97. 8to. pp. 184. Issued to Members only.

The aaM>ciation which issued the two pamphlets whose titles arc given above, was
organiied in 1863 as the ** Uuddersfield '* Association, its area of operations bein;^
limited to that deanery. This area was at diffi^rent times extended till it comprised
the whole coon ty ; and at a meeting field at Pontefract Castle, August 31, 1870,
wider the presidency of Lord Uougoton, its name was changed from '* lludders-
Md" to ** Yorkshire."

224 Book Notices. April)

In 1869 a Journal was comnicnoed, the parts of which hare appeared at irregnlar
internals to the present time. Twenty-seven parts have been issued, forming rix
complete volumes, with three numbers of a seventh volume. The Journal is de>
signed to be *' a medium for the collection of facts and documents relating to the
History and Antiquities of the County, and to supply for the whole of Yorkshiie
a great want which had lon^i: been felt.'*

The first article in Part 27 is an instalment of '* Paver's Marriage LioeiiBes"
from lS(t7 to 150S. They are extracts from Marria^ Licenses, formerly preserred
in the Registry of York, made by the late Mr. William Paver, of whom a oiograpb-
ical sketcn is printed in the Rbgistsr for January last, page 96. The namber
also contains other articles of antiquarian interest, among them " Margaret Tudor
of York," by Robert Davies, F.S.A.; '' Battle of Boroughbridge," 1^ A. D. H.
Leadman ; " List of Collections on Briefs from High Melton," by F. Royston Flair-
bank, M.D. ; '* Civil War Proceedings in Yorkshire," and '* Stray Notes on the
Churches of St. John and St. Mary, Beverley,*' hy Sir George Tuckett, Bart. ; and
'* Dodworth^s Yorkshire Notes," by Alfred 8. Ellis.

The fees of the society are half a guinea yearly, or five guineas for life-membep-
ship. George W. Tomlinson, F.S.A.^ The Elms, Uudderstield, is the first Heo-
orary Secretary.

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men, Illustrated with Steel Portraiis, Man-
chester : John B. Clarke. 1882. 8vo. pp. 315. Price $5.

The eighty-eight sketches of successful New Hampshire men, with as many sted
portraits of the men themselves, make a handsome, readable and inspiriting boo^.
They relate the careers of merchants, doctors, luwyers, clergymen and others, who
have made themselves known by their labors for men. Among these we find the
Rev. A. A. Miner, D.D., the reformer in temperance n<ovements, philanthropist,
Christian, orator and scholar; the Hon. William E. Chandler, whose position in
the aifairs of his state and nation has been prominent ; and the Hon. Marshall P.
Wilder, Ph.D., a man of many honors and every way honorable, the presiding ofi-
oer for the past fifteen years of the New England Historic Genealogical So^ety.
These sketches are of noble and strong men, and yet we suppose we may only eon-
sider them as samples of the many more whom the book does not record. The ar-
ticles are written by different authors, and may well touch the pride of the natives of
the old Granite State.

By the Rev. Anson Titus ^ of Weymouth^ Mass,

A Genealogy of the Folsom Family : John Folsom and his Descendants, 1615-1889.
By Jacob Chapman, A.M. Concord, N. H. : Printed by the Republican Pre«
Association. 1882. Cloth. 8vo. pp. 297. With heliotypelllustmtions. To be
obtained of the author, Rev. Jacob Chapman, Exeter, N. U. Price $3.

Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwickj ofSakm^
Mass. By Jamks M. Caller, of Salem, Mass., and Mrs. M. A. Obkr, of Sciota*
N. Y. Salem, Mass. : J. H. Choate & Co., Printers. 1881. Cloth. 12mo. pp.
609. Illustrated by Portraits on steel and wood.

A Historical and Genealogical Register of John Vfing^ of Sandwich, Mass,, andhii
Descendants, 1632-1881. By Conway Phblts Wing, D.D., of Carlisle, F%.
1881. 8vo. pp. 334.

Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers. John Eliot and his Friends of dazing and WW-
tham Abbey. From Original Sources. By W. Winters, F. K. Hibt. Soc. Pub-
lished by the Author, Churchyard, Waltham Abbey, Ehscz. 18^3. Paper. 8fO.
pp. 80. Price Is. 6d., post fiee. To be obtained only by writing direot to the
author, Mr. W. Winters, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.

Dorothea Scott, otherwise Gather son amd Hoghen, Annotated by G. D. Scuix.
Printed for Private Circulation. By Parker k Co. Oxford, 1882. 9ap, 410.

pp. 28.

Early New England People, Some Account of the Ellis, Pembcrfon, Willard, Pret^
cott, Titcomb, Sewoll and Longfellow, and Allied Families. Boston : W. B.
Clarke & Carruth, 340 Washington Street. 1882. Cloth. 8vo. pp. 966.
Price $5.

The Learned Family (Learned, 1 tamed, Leamard, Larnard and Lemed), hei»g
Descendants of WiUiam Learned, who wa^ of Charlestown, Massachusetts, il

1883.] Booh Kotices. 225

1633. Compiled by William Law Learned, id part from the Pitpers of the late
Joseph Gay £atoD Lamed. Albany : Joel Munseirs Sons. 1883. Cloth. 8?o.
pp. 346. Price $3.

Tkt Direct Ancestry of the late Jacob Wendell^ of Portsmouth^ N. H., with a Pre"
fatory Sketch of the Early Dutch Settlement of the Province of New Netherland,
1614-1664. Jtfy James Rindgb Stanwood. Boston : Special Limited Edition.
David Clapp in Son. 1883. Cloth. 8yo. pp. 49. With Steel Engravings.

A Oenealogy of the Families bearing the Name Cooke , or Cook, Principally in Mas*
sachusetts and Connecticut. By James Cook. Lowell, Mass. : Vox JPopuli Press,
Huse, Goodwin & Co. 1883. Cloth. 8to. pp. 36. With heliotype and wood
Ulastrations.

Notes on the Descendants of Nicholas StillweU, the Ancestor of the Stillwell Family
in America. By William U. Stillwell. New York : E. W. Nash, Publisher,
80 Nassau Street. 1883. Paper. 8to. pp. 63. Portrait of the Author.

Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland. By
GiOBGB A. Kasson. Woodbury, Conn. : Arthur £. Enoz, Printer. 1883. Cloth.
ISmo. pp. 51.

A Fragment of the Parkhurst Genealogy. Prepared from the Records. By Charles
H. Pakkhukst. Providence : Printed for Private Distribution. 1883. Paper.
• 8to. pp. 19.

The Bicknells. Proceedings and Addresses at the Second Family Reunion at Wof*
mouth, Mass., September 30 and 31, 1883. By the Publication Committee for the
Family. Boston : New England Publishing Company. 1883. Paper. 8vo.
pp. 56.

Manoir of the Hon. Peter Thatcher, of Cleveland, Ohio, By Samuel Briogs, Mem-
ber of the Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Uiftoriciu Society of Cleveland.
Cleveland : Printed for the Family. 1883. 8vo. pp. 8.

Peine Fondly Records. Edited by Henrt D. Paine, M.D. 36 West 30th Street,
New York City. Vol. II. Nos. 8 and 9. October, 1883, and January, 1883.
Poblithed quarterly, $1 a year.

We eontlnue in this number our quarterly notices of genealogical works :

The Folsom familv, to which the first book on our list is devoted, has been a dis-
tnigaished one in New England. Its first ancestor in this country was John Foul*
■fara, one of the company Drought to Massachusetts in 1638, bv the ship Diligent
of Ipswioh ; and whicn settled at Hingham. The Rev. Jacob Chapman, of Exeter,
M. H., the author of this book, has b^n very successful in collecting data concern-
log the docendants of his immigrant ancestor. His materials have been carefully
■mnged on the Register plan, and beautifully printed. There is an Introduction
by the Rev. Nathaniel S. Folsom, D.D., of Lawrence, Mass., who assisted the author
fa pteparinj^ the article on the Folsoms in the Register, vol. zxz. pp. 307-31. The
work w an interesting and valuable one. It is well indexed.

The Soutbwick fiunily were among the early Friends or Quakers in Masachu-
nCtB, and Whittier, by his ** Ballad of Cassandra Soutbwick,'' has made the name
and their sufierinf^s for conscience' sake familiar to our people. The compilers of
the volume on this family before us seem to have been very thorough in their re-
■earebes concerning the descendants of the pair named in the title. They have made
m buideome and useful book.

The genealogy and history of the Wing family is one containing much informa-
tioo, and po ese sBca data of interest to those beyond the family name. The Rev.
Dr. Wing is a careful historical student, and has rendered excellent service in this
end other historical writings.

Mr. Winters, the author of the next work, has spent much time in investigntinff
the hiatory of the settlers of New England who originated in the neighborhood
where be resides. In April, 1874, he contributed to the Register ^vol. xxviii. 140
^) an article entitled ** The Pilgrim Fathers of Nazing," in whicn he gives new
Ittta which he had discovered concerning the family of the Apostle Eliot and other
iuBiliesfKHn Naxing. In the work before us Mr. Winters has furnished more par-
tieolarf about these and other New England families, many of which settled in Roz-
^ij, Maosachnsetts. Other matters of interest will bo found in this pamphlet,
Itiefa wae prepared for the Royal Historical Sc^ciety .

Mr. tieull, the indefatigable antiquary whose researches have so often enriched
ihe pBgee of the Register, has, in his work on Dorothea Scott, besides giving an

226 Book UTotices. [Aptil,

account of Mrs. Dorothea (Soott | Gothcrson) Hogben, added materially to the record
of the Scott family. She and her firat husband, Maj. Daniel Gotherson, entrusted
money to Col. John Scott, of Long Island, by whom they were defrauded in Tarioui
ways. The documents* relatiuj^ to these transactions form the banis of this work.
Thev throw new light on portions of our local history. A ion of Major and Mrs.
Gotherson, Daniel, was brought to America by Col. Soott, and their daaehter Do-
rothea settled in thin country, being married to John Davis, of Oyster Bay, N. T., and
PilflsgroYe, N. J. Two tabular pedigrees are giyen, one tracing Mrs. Gotharsoo^
ancestor to William Baliol le Scot, who died about 1313, and the other tracing it to
Henrv III. of England. She was a minister of the Society of Friends. Mr. ScnU
has shown great skill in unravelling the mysteries that surrounded portions of hii
Bubject.

Miss Titcomb in her book does not attempt to give full genealoj^iee of any of the
families, which number twenty-four, but she has gatheredmany interesting partic-
ulars concerning them, and certain lines have been carried out with fulness. A nar-
rative form has oeen adopted. The work will interest man^ people in Now Eng-
land and other parts of the country descended from the families whose early history
is here recorded.

The Learned genealogy was commenced by the late J. G. B. Lamed, of New
York city, and luis been completed by the Clon. William L. Learned, LL.D., of
Albany, Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Departaemt
The ancestor of this family, William Larned of Charlestown, has been traeed to
Bermondsey, co. Surrey, now a part of London, England, but the persistent eflRxti
of the late Col. Chester were not able to carry the pedigree farther back. Judge
Learned is to be congratulated on producing so interesting a book as that before us.

The Wendell genealogy is baaed on the two articles which Mr. Stanwood con-
tributed to the SiGiSTXR for July, 1882. He has added to and otherwise improved
them, and has given us a book that has an interest not only for the Wendells, out for
other descendants of the settlers of New Netherland. It commends itself also to (ht
student of American history by its preliminary account of the settlement of that
province, on which the author has bestowed much labor with corresponding resolti.

The Cooke genealogy gives the descendants of Gregory Cooke, of Watertown,
Mass.. who died January 1, 1690-1. The author, the Hon. James Cook, of Low^
ell, desi^s it for private distribution in the family. The lines traced are full with
precise dates.

The emigrant ancestor of the Stillwell family, to which the next work is devot-
ed, settled on Manhattan Island, and aflerwards on Staten Island, N. Y., where hi
died, December 28, 1671. The author, Mr. Stillwell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has befli
cngHged for several years in collecting materials for this work, and with good re-
sults. He intends to continue his researches, and print at some time a fuller gen^
alo«y.

The Easeon genealogy is traced to Adam and Jane (Hall) Kasson, who are said ti
have emigrated with nine children, about the year 1722, from Belfast, Ireland, to
Boston, Mass., whence they removed to Vuluntown, Conn., where they died. Tho
lines of this family seem to be well carried out.

The Parkhurst genealo^ is traced to Georj^e Parkhurat, of Watertown, of whom
some particulars appear m the Register, xxvii. 364-7. He is found at Watertowi
as early as 1642. The families in this pamphlet are descended from his grandna
Ebenezer.

The Bicknell Family Association was formed in 1879, and two reunions bait
since been held, namely, in 1880 and 1882. Tho proceedings at the last meetisg
are printed in the pamphlet before us, including a Historical Address by TboMi
W. Bicknell, LL.D., an Address at the Dedication of the Bicknell Family Mom*
mentat North Weymouth by Edward Bicknell, A.M., and A Chapter of FaMily
History by Quincy Bicknell.

The Memoir of the lion. Peter Thatcher is reprinted from the January numbir
of the Register. It contains a brief genealogy.

The numbers of the Paine Family Records before us prove that there is no bdt
of material in re^rd to this family. The interest is fully maintained.

The works noticed in this number are arranged on ditferont plans, and mostoC
them fulfil the requirements of such compiltitions. Where there is a defect it ii

generally an omission to indictite what persons appear again as the heads of faai*
es, and where we are to look for them. Le«8 frequently a reference backmudi il
omitted. There are so many good plans in print, that a defective plan is inexouiahlfc

1883.]

Recent Publications. 227

RECENT PUBLICATIONS,
TO TBB New Enoland Histobic Gbnealooioal Societt, to Mab. 1, 1883.

I. PubUeaiUma written or edited hy Members of the Society,

Grolon in the Witchcraft Times. By Samuel A. Orecn, M.D. Grotoo, Mass. 1883.
Sto. pp. 29.

JohoB Hopkins UniTeiBity Studies in Historical and Political Science. Herbert B. Ad-
dams, Sditor. I. Introdnction to American Institutional Historv, written for this scries by
Edward A Freeman, D.C.L., LL.D. Pabliiched by the Johns Hoplcins University. Balti-
more. 1882. 8yo. pp. 39. II. The Germanic Origin of New England Townn. Read be-
five the Harvard Historical Society, May 9, 1881. By Herbert B. Adam^, Ph.D. With
Notes on Cooperation in University Work. Publislied by the Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. 1882. 8vo.pp.57.

Vol. Xn. No. 4. Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. A
((ttftiteirlT Journal devoted to the interests of the national wool industry, founded Nov. 30,
1884. £dlted by John L. Hayes, LL.D. Boston Office 95 Milk Street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 492.

Some of the reasons against Woman Suffrage. By Francis Parkman. Printed at the
nqoest of an association of women. 8vo. pp. 16.

The Life of the Reverend James Lloyd Breck, D.D., chiefly from letters written by him-
•Bif. Compiled by Charles Breck, D.D. £. & J. B. Young & Co. Cooper Union.
Poarth Avenue, New York. 1883. 8vo. pp. 557.

Report of the Librarian of the State Library for the year ending Sept. 30, 1882, and third
animal snpplement to the general catalogue. Boston : Wright & Potter Printing Co., State
Priaten, 18 Post-office Square. 1883. 8vo. pp. 179.

II. Other Publications.

Peabody Education Fund. Proceedings of the Trustees at their twenty-first meeting
held at New York, October 4, 1882. With the annnal report of their general agent. Dr. J.
If. Curry. Cambridge: University Press, John Wilson & Son. 1882. 8vo. pp. 58.

Slavery and " Protection." An historical rcvit^w and appeal to the Workshop and the
Piurm. By £. J. Donnell. New York : B. J. Douneli, 2 and 4 Stone Street. 1882. 8vo.
pp.09.

Catalogue of the Offlirers and Students of Yale College, with a statement of the course of.
inatnictkn in the various departments. 1882. New Haven : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, *
Printers. 1882. 8vo. pp. 108.

Tianaactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington. For the first, second and
third years of its organization. Published with the co-operation of the Smithsoni;m Insti-
tatloo. Vol. I. February 10. 1879, to Jannary 17, 18S2. Washington : Printed for the
Society. 1882. 8vo. pp. 142.

Oar B re t hr e n at Rest. The memorial sermon preached at the two hundredth meeting
of the Baiiem Convocation in Grace Church. Newton, Mass., October 5th, 1882, by Rev.
Bdward L. Drown. With historical notes and a skecch o^* tiie services of Commemoration.
Boston: A. Williams & Co., Old Corner Bookstore. 1882. 8vo. pp. 29.

Mcndr of John A. Dahlgren, Roar-Admirnl United States Navy. By his widow Made-
Mne Vinton Dahlgren. With Portraits and Illustrations. Boston : James R. Osgood &
Oanpany. 1882. 8vo.pp.660.

Ba-Dedieation of the Old State- House, Boston, July 11, 1882. Boston : Printed by order
of the Gky Council. 1882. 8vo. pp. 169.

1781—1881. Addresses delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Presbytery of Red-
moim, Unlontown, Penn., September 21st and 22d, 18S1. Uniontown : " Republican Stand-
«d * Print. 1882. 8va pp. 64.

WlUianis College. Inaugnratton of President Franklin Carter, July 6, 1881. Printed by
oftlMTmatees. WiTliamstown. 1882. 8vo.pp.46.

conne c tion of the use of spirits and wine with people of Concord, Massachu-

By Bdward Jarvis, M.D., President of the American Statistical Association, read

beCue the Association October 20, 1882. Boston : Beacon Press, Thomas Todd, Printer,

comer Beacon and Somerset Streets. 1883. 8vo. pp. 14.

Bistorr of the Baptist Church in West Medway, Mass., by Rev. J. E. Burr, and Bio-
grapbical Sketches of its pastor, by Rev. Lyman Partridge. Read at the fiftieth anniver-

Sof the Church and Re- Dedication of the church edifice, November 15, 1882. Mans-
: Ptatt & White, Book and Job Printers. 1883. 8vo. pp. 30.

▲ sketch of Col. Joseph Jackson, of Rockaway, Now Jersov. By a Grandson. Printed
to private dlstribntton. Trenton, N. J. : The W. S. Sliarp Printing. 1883. 8vo. pp. 20.

Town Papers. Documents relating to towns in New Hampshire. A to F inclusive. With
01 ▲ppendix. Published by authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire. Volume XI.
Goopiled and edited by Isaac W. Hammond. Concord, N. H.: Parsons B. Cogswell,
PHnlsr. 1882. 8vo. pp. xxz.-f812.

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Deaths*

The fifth Report of the Secretai^ of the Class of 1862, of Harrard College,
1882. Printed for the use of the Class. 8to. pp. 264.

llie New Englanders. A Comedj of the Revolation. In three Act«. Bj I
son. For private circniation. Collins & Brother, 414 Broadway. 1882. 8vo. i

The White Mountain Pilgrimage of Boston Commandery Knights Templar,
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th, 1882. A souvenir with compliments of the comm
rangements. 1883. 8vo. pp. 44.

Address delivered by Eminent Sir John L. Stevenson at the celebration of th
Anniversary of Boston Commandcry K. T., March 13, 1882. Published b
Boston Commandery K. T. 1882. 8vo. pp. 38.

Wavskle Gleanings for Leisure Moments. Printed for private distribution,
pp. ISO.

The Life of Richard Cobden, by John Morlcy, Barrister at Law, Oxford, I
Glasgow. London : Chapman & Hull, Limited 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Gar
Largo 8vo. pp. 124«

One hundred and eighty-ninth Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorabl
Company, Massachusetts. 1826-27. Sermon bv Rev. John Brazcr, of Sa
Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 25.

Is the Bible an OrUiodox Booli ? A Sermon preached in the Eliot Church,
tick, Mass., on Sunday, November 19, 1882, by the pastor. Rev. Joseph P. Sheaf
Citizen Job Print. 1862. 8vo. pp. 18.

Report of the Class of 1867 in Harvard College. Prepared for the twenty-flft
sary of its Graduation. Cambridge : John Wilson and Son; University Presa.
pp« 258.

Boundary Disputes of Corroecticnt, by Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Boston :
Osgood and Company. 1882. Large 8vo. pp. 90.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Most Honorable
of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio, ac its 73d Annual Grand C<
tlon begun and held at Cleveland, October 17-19 A. L. 5882. Cincinnati : Johi
well. 1882. Svo.pp. 231.

Parish Journal. Free Church of the Good Shepherd, Cortes Street, Bos
Boston : Mills, Knight h Co., Printers. Sq. 16mo. pp. 32.

DEATHS.

CoLMAN, George, died in New York
city, Sunday, Feb. 11, 1883. aged 80.
He was bom at Aufi'usta, Me., April
19, 1802. His youtn was passed at
Kewburyport, and subsequently be
resided in Salem, Mass., Portland,
Me., Boston, Mass., and New York^
N. Y. In Portland be was the senior
member of the firm of Colman & Chism^
booksellers. His brother Samuel Col-
man was also a bookseller and publish-
er in the three last named cities. He
m. in Portland, Oct. 34, 1833, Maria,
daughter of William Gorham^wbosur'
rives him. He leaves seyeral children.

TiTTJS, Anson, of Phelps, N. Y., died
December 33, 1883, aged 74 years.
He was the son of Billy and Judith
(Huested) Titus, and was bom in tho
town of Paris, that part now Mar^
shad, Oneida County, N. Y. He mar-
ried June 3, 1834, Almira L. Sabin
(^ante, Rko. zzzvi. 58). He settled
in Phelps, Ontario Co., where he man-
ufactured and sold both stoves and
plows. He was the inventor of Titus *s
tSagieand Pointer Plows. He leaves

a widoWf three soon and a
established in life. He was
of the Rev. Anson Titus, a
tor to the Register.

WHrrriER, Matthew Franklin
East Boston, Mass., Jan. 7
70. He was a son of John
ffail (Hussey) Whittier, and
July 18, 1813. He was a d
in the fifth generation fron
Whitticr, of Haverhill. Mass
Joseph,* Joseph,' and Johr
ther. He wrote for the Porih
script, many years ago, i
pseudonym of *' Ethan Spile
satirical letters which acqi
sidcrable popularity. In 18
appointed to a position in tl
Custom House, where he
until a year previous to Y
when ill health compelled 1
tire. He married, March
June E. Vaughan, by who:
three children — Charles F.,
H. and Alice G., who with tl
er survive. He was the onl
of John Greenleaf Whittier,

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HISTORICAL AND GEIfEALOOICAL

JULY, 1883.

STEPHEN WHITNEY PHCENIX.

Memorial Notioe, read before the Netr York Historical Sodetj, on Tuesday Evening,

December 6, 1881,

By Jacob Bailbt Moobe, Esq., Librarian of that Society.

ME. PHCENIX was born at No. 18 State Street in this city of
New York, May 25, 1839. The house, which is still standing
and devoted to commercial uses, recalls to the minds of old citizens
memories of the once aristocratic and fashionable quarter of Bowling
Green and the Battery. . He was one of a family of seven, of whom
three, Phillips and Lloyd Phoenix and Mary Caroline, wife of
George Henry Warren, have survived him, children of J. Phillips
Phcenix and Mary, daughter of Stephen Whitney. He was thus
descended from two distinguished merchants of the old school, whose
names are identified with the growth and prosperity, not only of this
dtr but of the nation.

Hifl fether, Mr. J. Phillips Phoenix, was for several terms the
efficient representative in congress of a district in this city, compris-
mg a cultivated and intelligent constituency, who delighted to repose
their trust in one, whose sterling qualities of head and heart, whose
broad national views and fidelity to principle engaged for him the
reapect and life-long friendship of the leaders of the great Whig
party to which he belonged.

The name of Stephen Whitney, Mr. Phoenix's grandfather on the
maternal side, has passed into history, not only to be honored as
diat of the successful and exemplary merchant, but as of the public-
ipirited citizen who aided in the establishment of many measures-
fcr the public good.

From these gentlemen Mr. Phoenix inherited a large fortune and
Idgh social position* In 1859 he was graduated at Columbia College,
where his natural abilities, fondness for study and close application
bad won for him the highest academical honors. Subsequently he
studied law at its law-school, not for the purposes of a profession,.
TOL. xxxvn. 22

230 Stephen Whitney Phcenix. [July,

but as a preparation for the proper discharge of the duties of a citizen.
After completing the course, he fitted himself in Europe, under expe-
rienced nijisters, notably among others the distinguished Egyptologist,
Dr. Birch, of the British Museum, for an extended tour of observation
and scientific research. Tlie results of his subsequent travels, in which
he was accompanied by his brothers, through the various countries
of Europe, in China, Japan, Syria, Egypt, the West Indies and
Labrador, were impressed on his future life and character, and
evinced in charming reminiscences of the countries which he had
visited, an authoritative knowledge of their history, and in the valu-
able collection of objects of nature, art and antiquity, which he pos-
sessed at his death.

After his return to America, Mr. Phoenix devoted himself to the
studies incident to his wealth and station, and as an ardent promoter
of literature, art and science, became the active patron and associ-
ate of numerous institutions founded for these purposes.

In the discharge of his social duties he did not neglect those which
were due to himself, and continued a close student to the day of his
death. lie pursued the study of genealogy with the ardor of a dev-
otee and the ability of a master of the science. The records of births,
baptisms, marriages and deaths of the Reformed Dutch and the First
and Second Presbyterian Churches in this city, invaluable to the
future genealogist, were copied at his request and expense, and are
now beinir printed under the auspices of the New York Genealogi-
cal and Biographical Society. In 1867 he printed a genealogy of
John Phoenix, an early settler of Kittery, Maine, and at the period
of his death had ready for publication that of Alexander Phoenix,
born in England in 1643, the first emigrant to America of the name,
from whom he was directly descended. In 1878 he privately print-
ed the Whitney Genealogy in three magnificent volumes ; probably
the largest, most complete and costly work of its kind in existence,
a copy of which, with a liberality unexampled, he caused to be
placed in each of the principal libraries of the country. He also
defrayed the expense of copying for preservation the epitaphs on the
tombtjtones in the Trinity churchyard of this city, and devoted much
personal attention to the neglected portraits of American worthies
in old New York, many of which he caused to be engraved. The
favorite work of this nature in which he was engaged was the illus-
tration of Dr. Francis's Anniversary Address before this society,
" Old New York ; " producing a most sumptuous work in several
volumes, a monument to his taste and a model for the future illus-
trator. His last publication consisted of three volumes, containing
reproductions of the New York Poll Lists for the years 1761,
1768 and 1769.

Mr. Phoenix was unostentatious and retiring. When he extend-
ed his hand it was the pledge of lasting fidelity and friendship.
Throughout his life the admirable qualities of a noble mind and gen-

1883.] Stephen Whitney Phcenix. 231

erous heart were apparent, the sagacity, resolution, persistence and
patience, which lead to success ; the geniality, unselfishness and sym-
pathy which encourage others to achieve it. He never married, but
passed his domestic hours in the bonds of filial and paternal affec-
tion, under the same roof with his mother and his brothers. Until
the death of his mother he usually expended his summers in her so-
ciety at the Grange on the Hudson called Glen wood. He after-
waids purchased Harbour View, on Halidon Hill, Newport, and
there he passed the last summer of his life.

During the spring of the present year he returned from a brief
visit to ^Europe, and the last public meeting which he attended was
that of this society, in May. In June the disease to which he was
Bubjected had impaired his health to such a degree, that four emi-
nent surgeons, by advice of his physicians, were called for consul-
tation. He died at his residence in this city on the third of Novem-
ber of this year (1881).

He was bidden from the arena at a time when men are eager for
the race, when their faculties are the brightest and their past*ionate
energies are at the highest. But he went with a serene look, and
content with the work of his past hours. The protracted pains of a
iatal malady were but the ministers to his resignation, and those
who stood by the couch of suffering of one, thus stricken in the
prime of manhood, of preparation and hope, saw that the ending
of his day at noontide, in the meridian glory of life, was not a dis-
appointment, a contradiction, a hardship to him, though it may
have seemed so to them. In this our age and land of prosperity
and luxury, it would be well if the throng in pursuit of wealth,
pleasure and personal preferment, would stop to profit by a contem-
plation of his character.

Born to great wealth and the highest social station, a crowd of
worldly pleasures lackeyed him for his attention. He dismissed
them and went on his way with elevated gaze ; in the thoughtless
period of youth avoiding the idle amusements, vain pursuits and use-
less ostentations of fashion, so often mistaken for the evidences
of culture and refinement. Nor did he later seek the seductive paths
of public life. He cared not to fly before the faces of men, an eva-
nescent apparition for their idle wonder, nor even that nations should
sigh, flatter, applaud and throw them at his feet. Nor did he reach
that stage of life when men choose to become the sordid guardians
of money, a monstrous, dead thing, breeding the dead. But he saw
about him, — and shrunk from the sight, — men living from day to
day in deadly coldness, indifference, scorn and defiance, slaying each
others' happiness for these, foreseeing everything but the inevitable
annihilation of the temples of their selfish hopes.

Yet he who was the inheritor, not of wealth and station alone,
but of the genius which takes them unto itself as its just rewards,
was not without ambition. But it was the laudable ambition which

232 Stephen Whiiney Phomtx. [July,

is led on by duty, the generous spirit's desire for the glory which
makes its beneficent labors the lighter.

From his steady pursuit of encyclopasdic knowledge, from the
careful discipline of his passions, from the trained likes of his mas-
culine yet delicate taste, from his early lingering in the Porch and
the Academy to learn from the sages of old the emptiness of
worldly preferment and pleasure, from his enduring love for the god-
like Greek as a brother votary in the religion of sublimity and beau-
ty, it may be rationally inferred that he was thus preparing for some
specific loftiness of occupation, in the eyes of wise and good men to
make him glorious, in the eyes of Heaven worthy of its smile. He
died as he was about to lift the veil from his ideal, as it stood in his
imagination, doubtless a perfect and self-approved shape.

But we may afiSrm, that had he lived to realize that dream of per-
sonal greatness, he would have been still occupied with the chief,
the unceasing work of beneficence to his fellow-men, which was the
impulse of his nature and the principle of his life, still

'* to do some generous good,
Teach ignorance to see, or grief to smile.

The final disposition of his great fortune to the grand purposes of
education plainly proves not only this, but his clear appreciation of
the efficacy of that public benevolence which fosters literature, art and
science, that crowning spirit of prosperity and civilization which,
when it censes to be an impulse and becomes a conviction among a
people, confers the finishing glory upon the nation.

It is unnecessary to recall, other than with the words of gratitude,
his warm interest in the purposes and welfare of this Society. The
future studefit of history in these halls, grateful to him for his nu-
merous and valuable contributions to its collections during life, and
the munificent bequest by which he constituted it his successor in
the special branch of historical research which was the object of his
life-long devotion, will doubtless have at hand an extended account
of a life and character so attractive to the biographer as a study, so
worthy of his pen as an example.

But to love him, to feel the touch of nature which makes the
whole world kin, to know the spring of his joy, his works and hi«
ambition, the student of his life has but to turn to the dedication of
the magnificent Whitney Genealogy in this library and read these
words :

" I inscribe these volumes to the dear memory of my beloved mother,
Mary, daughter of Stephen and Harriet Whitney, for whose tender lore
and devotion I owe a debt of more than filial gratitude and reverence."

1883.1 Oenealogical Gleanings in England. , 233

GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND.

By Hbxrt F. Waters, A.B., now residing in London, Eng.

THE efforts made by the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, through its Committee on English Records, to procure
funds sufficient to enable it to conduct successfully the exhaustive
researches in England to be made under its direction by Mr. Wa-
ters, will be set forth in another part of this number of the Regis-
ter. The step thus taken is an important one, and marks a new
departure in historical research. It deserves encouragement at the
luuids not only of those who feel special interest in genealogical
matters, but also of all those public-spirited men, of whom this
country has no lack, who so promptly and generously respond to
appeals made to them in aid of every worthy and deserving cause.

The notes here printed form the first instalment of what promises
to be the most valuable contribution yet made to the family history
of the early settlers of this country. They are the result of Mr.
Waters's first few days work among the records of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, Somerset House, London, and are a foretaste
of what is to come. They were received here barely in time for pub-
lication in this number of the Register.

It has been found almost impossible heretofore, in most cases, to
satisfactorily establish the relationship between English and Ameri-
can families of the same name, and this failure to connect has been to
the American genealogist the source of his greatest trouble. The
searches now undertaken promise for the first time to meet and over-
come this difficulty. The method adopted by Mr. Waters, so differ-
ent from that of his predecessors, cannot fail to bring to light in-
formation which must necessarily have escaped the attention of all
other investigators.

The Maryland and Virginia items are to be noted. They show
that interest in these researches is not to be confined to any one sec-
tion, but that they concern people of all parts of our country.

If funds can be obtained sufficient to carry on this work fdr a
leries of years, the result will be one in which the Society can take
pride and satisfaction. John T. Hassam.

Gregory Coffin, of Stepney, co. Middlesex, mariner, shipped on board
the William & Jane of London, Mr. John Baker commander, on a voy-
age to New England and Hilboe, by will dated 15 February, 1660, proved
20 August, 1662, appointed John Earle of Shadwell, mariner, his attor-
ney, and left all his estate to the said John Earle and his wife. Joane Earle,
whom he appointed joint executors. Laud, fol. 105.

TOL. ZXXTII. 22*

234 Oenedlogical Gleanings in England. [Julji

John Cockerell, of Great Cogshall, co. Essex, clothier, made his will
14 July, 1662, proved 12 August, 1662. He bequeathed to his wife Marj
all the lands and tenements in Bradwell, in the county aforesaid, which
were her jointure ; and also lands, &c., in Creasing, which he had lately
purchased of one Mr. Jermyn and one Joseph Raven, during her oatond
life, and after her decease then to his son John Cockerell and his heirs for-
ever. He devised to her also that part of the messuage which he had late-
ly purchased of John Sparhauke, then in the tenure and occupation of Mis-
tress Crane, for life, with remainder to son John, d;c. The residue of his
estate to son John at age of twenty-one years. He made bequests to two
daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, and to the child his wife was then going
withall. He appointed said wife executrix, and directed her to redeem the
mortgage which he had made to Mrs. Hester Sparhauk of the messuage he
then lived in, and which was in the occupation of the said Mrs. Crane.

Laud, 106.

Benjamtn Kaine furnished an account of his goods and chattels, 16
October, 1654. Among the items was a tenement in Shoe Lane, and prop-
erty in the hands of Mr. Coddiugton, his attorney, in Bow Lane, and in
keeping of other persons (among whom a Mr. Walter Gibbons, cutler in
Holborn). Thomas Blumfield spoken of, and called a brother of Mr.
Withers. By his will, of same date, he gave his whole estate to his daugh-
ter Anna Kaine, except some particular legacies, viz., to his father Mr.
R' Kaine of Boston in New England, to whom he left {inter oMa) a Japan
cane with a silver head, which was in the trunk at Mr. Blumfield^s, to his
dear mother, to his cousin Dr. Edmond Wilson, to his Colonel, Stephen
Winthrop, to Cornet Wackfield, to Mr. Mastin, to Mr. Richard Pery and
his wife, to Mr. William Gray, late of Burchin lane ; the said Gray and
Pery to be trustees for his estate in England ; to his servants John Earle
and Thomas Lamb. The will was signed in Glasgow, in presence of Nicho-
las Wackfield and Richard Pery. On the sixteenth of May, 1662, emana-
vit coiiiissio Simoni Bradstreet prox. consanguineo in hoc regno anglis
remauenti dicti defuncti, etc. Laud, 67.

[This was Bei\jamin, only son of Capt. Robert Eeayne, of Boston, founder of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Ck)mpany. He married Sarah, daughter of Grof.
Thomas Dudley. Gov. Simon Bradntreet, named in the probate, married another
daughter, Anne (see Reg. viii. 313; ix. 113; x. 130). Bradstreet sailed, Novem-
ber, 1657, for £n^land, as the agent of the oolony, and remained there three years,
returning July 17, 1661. Probably the application for probate on Keayne's will
was made before Bradstreet left England. For notices of the Eeayne family, see
Rkg. vol. vi. pp. 89-92, 152-8 ; xxxv. 277.— Editor.

See Savage Gen. Diet. iii. 1, where the date of Beivjamin Keayne^s death is inoor*
rectly given. See also Sufifolk Deeds, Lib. i. fol. 83 and 84.

John Morse, of Boston, in New England, salt-boiler, by deed of mortgage dated
Nov. 9, 1654, recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Lib. 2, f. 180, conveyed to his uncle, Mr.
Robert Keaine of said Boston, ** my third part of that tennement or howse in shoe huM
in London which comes to me by the riirht of my wife marv Jupe now mary morse
which was left and ^iven to hir bv m" Grace Jupe hir mother by will before hir de-
cease with all the nght title or interest that myself and wife or either of vs haae
therein," and also their interest in one half part of five certain tenements in Gravel
Lane, in the Parish of St. Buttolph without Aldgate, London, to secure the pay-
ment of £32. See also fol. 86 and 182. See fol. 183 and 184 for a bond and an
order from said John Morse to Mr. Simeon or Symon Smith of Southwark to pty
*' my Couzen nuyV Benjamin Eeajne *' of London, £15 advanced by '* my vnckeli m'
Robiert Keajne ** to pay for the passage of said Morse, his wife, and his wife*8 bro-
ther Bcinamin Jupe from New England back to Old England. This sum was to be
paid at the Golden Crown in Birchin Lane, London, cm or before April 26, 1655,

1883.] Otnealogical Gleanings in England. 235

oot of the rents beloojging to his said wife, or brother Bei\jainin Jupe, remaining in
the hands of said Smith as executor. — J. T. H.]

Captain Humphrey Atherton, 25 December, 1661, proved 3 July,
1662, bj John Atherton, his brother and one of the executors. He named
his brother Francis and his two sisters, Elizabeth Osborne, widow, late wife
of Robert Osborne, and Anne Parker, wife of Richard Parker, of the city
of Bristol. There was due to him by bond from Lieut. Col. Maurice
Kingswell the sum of one hundred pounds, of which he ordered twenty
pOQDds to be given to his worthy friend Mr. Richard Smith, one of the
Ufe gaard to his Grace the Duke of Albemarle, to buy him a mourning
•nit and a doak, thirty pounds apiece to his two sisters and ten pounds
v^Mce to his two brothers, John and Francis Atherton, and also ten pounds
apiece more which was owing unto him by Mr. William Walker at the
Green Dragon in Cornhill, London. To the said Richard Smith he de-
vised fourteen pounds owing to him by bill from Capt. Nathaniel Disbor-
OQgh. The residue of his estate, with arrears due from his Majesty for his
service at Dunkirk, he left to his brothers, whom he named executors.

Laud, 94.

[It is singular that this Cant. Humphrey Atherton died about the same time as
oar Mfg. Gen. Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester. The latter died Sept. 16, 1661,
kM than & jw before his English namesake. For facts conoeming the Atherton
fiunily, see Rbqister, ii. 382 ; x. 361 ; zzxii. 197 ; xxxv. 67.— Ed.]

John Bubges, the elder, of Westly, lying sick in Richman*s Island, in
New England, 11 April, 1627, proved 24 May, 1628, by Joanna Burges,
alias Bray, relict and executrix. Besides his wife, he mentioned his three
■oos, Robert, John and William ; and he enumerated, among other things,
his bark, called the Annes, with her boat, tackling and provisions, and what
she had gained that summer, his whistle and chain, and all his instruments
that belonged to the sea. Barrington, 45.

[Richmond's or Richroan's island is situated near Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Wal-
ter B^uipaall had a trading post there from 1628 till October 3, 1631, when he
was killed by the Indians. The same year, Robert Trelawney and Moses Goodyeare
of Plvmoath obtained from the Council of Plymouth a grant which included this
idand. John Winter was their agent there. The papers relating to this planta-
tion, fortunately preserved to this day and discovered by the late J. VVingiite Thorn-
tOD, A.M., are in press, edited hs James P. Baxter, A.M., and will soon be issued
■B a volume of the Collections of the Maine Historical Society.— £d.]

Capt. John Wilcocks, late of Plymouth, now of Accomac, intending
to go OD service against the Indians, made his will, dated in Elizabeth City,
Virginia, 10 September, 1622, proved the last of June, 1628. He named
wife Temperance, his daughter in law, Grace Burges, legitimate daughter
of his said wife, and his sisters Katherine and Susanna Wilcocks.

Barrington, 55.

Edwasd Grben, late of Bristol, grocer, and now at present at Capt
Robert Dudley*8 in the county of Middlesex, in Virginia, 22 August, 1697,
proved 9 August, 1 698, by Robert Green, his brother and executor. He
desired his body to be buried in a decent and christian manner at the dis-
cretion of John Barnard, then residing at John Walker's in King and
Queen County in Virginia. The residue o^ his estate he left to his brother
Robert Green of Bristol, haberdasher of hats. The witnesses to his signa-
ture were Robert Dudley, Senior, William Reynolds and Robert Dudley.

Lort, 186.

236 Genealogical Gleanings in England. [Julyi

Benjamin Williams, of Stoake, near Guldeford, co. Sarrej, school-
master, 2 July, 1695, proved 22 September, 1698, bj Nathaniel Williams
his brother and executor. To cousin Susanna Hall, John, Samuel and Dan-
iel Hall, now or late of Whetenhurst in co. Gloucester, twenty shilliDgs
apiece, within six months after decease of the testator. To cousins Anna
Cliffold (Clifford ?), of Bisley, and her two brothers, Richard and Nathan-
iel Tiudall of Nibley, and to my cousin Joseph Tindall, of Nibley, some-
time of Trotton H in ton, ministers, ten shillhigs apiece, within six months,
&C. To my cousins Samuel, Thomas and Benjamin Williams, of New
England, and to my cousin Elizabeth Bird, of Dorchester in New England,
and to the eldest child of my cousin Williams, of New England, deceased,
in case there (are) any of them living, and also to the eldest child of my
cousin Joseph Williams, deceased, in case he have left any living and who
shall be living at the time of my decease, to every and each of the said last
mentioned persons the sum of twenty shillings, within one year, &c. To the
poor of the parish of Eastington fitly shillings, and to the poor of the par-
ish of Whetenhurst fifty shillings, any poor people of my father's kindred
principally recommended. To my brother in law Nathaniel Williams, of
Brandlcy, in co. Worcester, and his heirs forever, all those my freehold, ten-
ements, lands tenements and hereditaments, &c., in Eastington and Framp-
ton, and elsewhere in Gloucestershire, and all the residue ; he to be exec-
utor.

Note that the name Nathaniel is by my mistake omitted, and also the eld-
est child of my cousin Hannah Purmater is to be comprehended. B. W.

Lort, 208.

[The children of Richard Williams, one of the first settlers of Taunton, N. E.,
were 1. John, 2. ISamuel, 3. Joseph, 4. Nathaniel, 5. Thomas, 6. Benjamin, 7.
Elizabeth, wife of Juhn Bird, 8. Hannah, wife of John Parmenter. See Reo t.
414*. All these children, except John, who may have died young, are named in the
above will.

Emery, in his ** Ministry of Taunton," i. 43-5, quotes ** a manuscript of ood-
eiderable antiquity," but evidently not written before 1718, which states that
** Richard VViliiamH was descended from a family of that name in Glamorganshure,
in Wales, and found a wife in Gloucestershire, England.** The same manuscript
RtnteH that his wife ytd^^ Frances Dighton, sister of Katharine, second wife of Got*
Thomas Dudley. Baylies, in his '* Historical Memoir of New Plymouth," parti,
p. 284, says there was a tradition that Williams was a relative of Oliver Cromwell,
lie also prints (i. 272) a letter from the Uev. Roger Williams, in which reference
is made to *'my brother." Baylies thinks this may be Richard Williams, of
Taunton.

John Bird, the husband of Elizabeth Williams, was a son of Thomas Bird of
Dorchester. See Bird Genealogy, Reg. xxv. 21-30. — Ed.]

Thomas Beavay, waterman, of the city of Bristol, 21 Jan. 1656, proved
by Mary Boavay, widow and executrix, 24 April, 1657. To be buried in
the churchyard of St Phillipps. To son Thomas Beavay, now a planter
in Virginia, my best suit of clothes and all belonging to it. To mj godsom
Samuel Gosner, a small boat or twenty shillings in money. To godson
Edward Martin the younger, twenty shillings. To godson Thomas Webb»
twenty shillings. To wife Mary, the passage boat, with all the term of
years that is yet to come. Ruthen, 145.

EzRKiKL SheTiman, of Dodham, clothier, the last of December, 1656,
proved 12 May, 1657, by Martha Sherman, widow and sole executrix. To
son Ezekiel one hundred pounds at age of twenty-one*years. To daughters
Grace and Hannah one hundred pounds each, at the age of twenty-one. To

1883.] Oenealogical Gleanings in England. 237

daughter now born eighty pounds at the age of twenty-one. To my broth-
er John Sherman ten pounds within a year and a day after my decease. To
Mary Sherman five pounds at the same time. After decease of wife Mar-
tha, son Elzekiel to enter on lands, &c. If he die without lawful issue,
then the property to go equally among the daughters then living. Wife
Martha to be executrix. The overseers to be Robert Stevens, of Ded-
ham, my fother-in-law, and Robert Stevens of Ardleigh, brother-in-law.
William Grindell one of the witnesses. Ruthen, 147.

[Eiekiel Sherman probably wa^of the mme family with the Rev. John Sherman,
of Watertown, whose ancestors came from Dedham, co. Essex, England. See
** Sherman Family," Reo. xxiv. 66.— W. B. Trask.]

William Sumpnbr, of Waltham Holy Cross, co. Essex, 12 February,
1656, proved 7 May, 1657, by Roger Sumpner, one of the executors. To
daughter Susan Williams, daughter Mary Sumpner, son William ; wife Jane
and youngest son Roger executors. The overseers to be brother Roger
Sompner and brother-in-law William Sawdrie. Ruthen, 148.

[There seems to be a similarity in early names between this family and that of the
Somner or Somner family of Bicester, co. Oxford, who settled in Dorchester, Mass.,
before 1637. See Rig. viii. 128e ; ix. 300.— W. B. T.j

John Mason, of Mashburie, co. Essex, husbandman, 2 December, 1656,
proved 7 May, 1657, by Sarah Mason, his widow and executrix. Real
estate in Much Waltham to wife for twelve years and then to John Mason,
the eldest son, he to pay certain legacies to daughters Mary, Lydia and Sa-
rah Mason. Stileman's Croft, in Good Easter, Essex, to wife for six years,
and then to son David Mason, he to pay to two {sic) other children, Abra-
ham Arthur Mason and Samuel Mason, five pounds at age of twenty-one
yean. Ruthen, 150.

RooEB Baker, of Wapping, co. Middlesex, 15 August, 1676, proved
S4 January, 1687, by Mary Johnson, alias Baker, wife of Thomas Johnson
and daughter and residuary legatee of the testator named in the will. He
mentions some land in Maryland, in Virginia, which he directs to be sold.
He leaves to his brother-in-laA Abraham Hughs, of Ockingham, co. Berks,
yeoman, ten pounds. The residue to two daughters, Honner Baker and
liary Baker, both under twenty years of age. Failing them, then to the
fsxar youngest children of his sister Mary Cleves, widow, ten pounds apiece,
and the rest to such child or children as brother John Baker shall have
then living. Exton, 1.

John Hill, of London, merchant, 14 December, 1665, proved 8 Feb-
luary, 1687. To wife Sarah one thousand pounds. To daughter Sarah
one thousand pounds and a silver bason. To daughter Elizabeth eight
hundred pounds and a silver *' sully bub pott." To daughter Hannah
eight hundred pounds and a silver sugar box. Wife now great with
child. If it prove a son then he is to have land and tenements in Win-
thorpe and Croft and elsewhere in Lincolnshire, of the yearly value
of twenty-four pounds, and six hundred pounds in money. Whereas my
brother Valentine Hill, late of New England, deceased, did owe me at the
time of my {tic) decease, above three hundred pounds, not yet satisfied, I
give and bequeath the said debt unto the children of my said brother Hill
and to the children of my brother-iu-law Mr. Thomas Cobbett, to be equally
divided amongst them, share and share alike. To my niece Bridget Cob-

238 Genealogical Gleanings in England. [July>

bett five pounds. To cousin Garrett's children ten pounds, to be equally
divided among them. To cousin Thomas Browne and his wife forty shil-
lings, for rings. To cousin John Browne forty shillings. To brother
Hutchinson and sister each forty shillings, and cousin £lizabeth Meredith
twenty shillings, to buy rings. To my brother Nathaniel Hunt and brother
Richard Hunt, each five pounds. To brother-in-law John Miles and to his
wife, each five pounds, and to their son John Miles, five pounds. To my
maid-servant Prudence, forty shillings if dwelling with me at time of my
death. To my cousins Charles, Margaret and Katherine Watkins, each
twenty shillings, for rings. To the poor saints in London ten pounds, to
be distributed at the discretion of my overseers. To the poor of the parish
where I now dwell, forty shillings. The residue to wife Sarah, who is ap-
pointed executrix. Friends Mr. William Allen, Mr. William Sawyer, and
Mr. Robert Wakeling, overseers. Witnesses, Nathaniel Hunt and Charles
Watkin. Exton, 16.

[Valentine Hill was extensively enga^ in real estate and other transactiuns in
Boston, Lynn, Rumney Marsh, Dover, Oyster River and Pascataqua River, between
the years 1037, when he was of Boston, and 1660. In 1651 he conveyed to Mr. Tho-
mas Cobbett, of Lvnn, styled ** Clarke," afterwards minister of Ipswich, and oth-
ers, all grants of land made to him, the said Hill, by the town of Dover, at Oyster
River, and the saw-mills erected thereon. Suffolk Deeds^ Lib. i. 182. See Regis-
ter, vii. 49, and Wentworth Genealogy, i. 138. — W. B. T.]

John Pargiter, of St. Martins in the Fields, co. Middlesex, 8 Febru-
ary, 1687, proved 24 February, 1687, by John and Samuel Pargiter, sons
and executors. To the four sons of my brother William Pargiter, deceased,
viz., Robert, Edward, Samuel and William, and to his daughter Knight's
children. To my cousin Frances Meade, wife to Mr. Francis Meade, of
Battersea. To Mr. Thomas Pargiter, son to my brother Thomas Pargi-
ter, deceased, to his son, my godson. To my sister Pargiter, his mother-
in-law. To George Pargiter, his brother. To my cousin Sarah Louell at
Virginia, by Yorke River, ten pounds. To Elizabeth, widow of cousin
Robert Pargiter, deceased. To cousin Austin, of Hampton, and bis wife.
To cousin Benjamin Billingsby, bookseller, and his wife. To cousin Cal-
lendrine and his wife Mary. To my cousin Brewer. To my sister Bla-
grave. To Daniel and Deborah Blagrave. To Mr. Sonier, draper. To
my grandson John Fleetwood and my grand-daughter Mary Fleetwood.
My worthy friend Sir William Cowper, the elder. Sir Gerald Fleetwood
(father of John and Mary). To my son John Pargiter, lands, &c., at
Nordley wood, Ashley and Abbots Ashley, or any part of Shropshire,
Pamber and Bramley in Hampshire, large house next the Northumberland
House in the Strand, the Standard Tavern in the Strand, &c <&c Son Sam-
uel Pargiter. Exton, 21.

John Anthony, of Rhode Island, in America, mariner, 16 June, 1701,
proved 10 December, 1703. To son John Anthony all the estate. Rich-
ard and Elinor Potts executors. Proved by Eleanor Potts.

Degg, 205.

[Query. — Which John Anthony was this? See Anthony Genealogy, Registkr,
xxxi. 417.— Ed.]

Thomas Rrade, aboard the ship " Kingsoloman," now riding in the
hope, being bound a voyage to Virginia. AH my estate to loving brother
William Reade, of the parish of St. Sepulchres, Loudon, com chandler,

1883.] Genealogical Gleanings in England. 239

who is made executor. Signed 2 October, 1 662, in presence of John Budd,
KT. and Robert Bray. Proved by William Reade, 22 June, 1663.

Juxon, 84.

Robert Rand, of Barham, co. Suffolk, 27 February, 1651, proved the
last of March, 1651, and a commission issued to Jane Rand, the widow, no
executor having been named in the will. To William Brooke, my grand-
child, all my hooks and one hatchet and one pair of cobirons and one hale.
To William Brooke, my son-in-law, all my wearing apparel and the '^ dobbe "
house, and my cart and my biggest Danske chest and two brass pans and
lour pieces of pewter ; and all the rest pewter that is mine to be divided
among his children. To my son Robert, after my wife's decease, if he do
oome over, my best feather bed and my best bedstead. To wife Jane all
the moveable goods, &c., ''not disposed before of," and excepting three
oows which are letten to Lionel Cooke until next Michaelmas, which,
after decease of wife, are to go to son-in-law William Brooke.

Bowyer, 64.

DsNNis Geere, of "Sagust," in New England, 10 December, 1635,
approved 6 August, 1637, before us, Tho. {sic) Wiuthrop Gov', Tho. Dud-
ley dep Gov', Jo. Endecott. To wife Elizabeth three hundred pounds. To
Elizabeth and Sarah Geere, my two daughters, three hundred pounds
apiece. To cousin Ann Pankhurst so much as shall make her portion fifty
pounds. To Elizabeth Tuesley twelve pounds to make up that eight pounds
I owe her twenty. Roger Carver, of Bridhemson,* and John Russell, of
Lewis, in Sussex, appointed overseers for estate in old P^ngland. My child-
ren to be paid at day of marriage, or at age of eighteen years. And where-
as the Lord our God of his great goodness, since my coming into New
England, hath discovered to me all usury to be unlawful, 1 do hereby
charge my executor to restore all such moneys as any in England can
make appear I have received from them by way of usury, whether it were
6 or 8 per cent, not thinking hereby to merit anything at the hands of God
bat laboring hereby to attend my duty and manifest my distaste against
every evil way. Of the estate in New England, to Thomas Topper five
pounds, Thomas Braines three pounds, Thomas Launder three pounds,
Benjamin Nye thirty shillings, Thomas Grenuill ten shillings, all which de-
ducted and paid together with the sending my two servants with my child
into England, the residue shall be employed to the advancement of such
works as in the wisdom of my executors for that purpose shall seem good
for the plantations settled within the Patent of the Massachusetts ; and for
the discharging of these legacies and sums, and the right ordering of my
estate for the public good I appoint for my executors John Wiuthrop, the
^er, and John Humphry, esquires, John Wilson and Hugh Peter, Preach-
ers. Witnesses, Edmond Freeman and John Greene.

28 Jane, 1642. Emanavit coinissio Edwardo Moonke avunculo Eliza-
bethe Geere et Sare Geere filiarum dicti defuncti durante minori etate, &C..
It appeared that the widow Elizabeth had departed this life.

Campbell, 79.

[Dennis Geere with his family embarked June 15, 1635, in the Abij^il of Lon-
don, Hmckwell master, " having brought Certificate from the minister of Thisel-

* This Is the old name for Brighton, as I am assured by J. C. C. Smith, Esq., who kindly
called this and the sacoceding will to my notice. H. F. W.

240 Gfenetxlogictxl Oleanings in England. [Jolyy

worth," probably Isleworth in Middlesex. Tho^e who embarked that day were
Dennis Geere, 30 ; Elizabeth Geere, uxor, 22 ; Elisabeth Geere, 3 ; Sara Geere, 2,
children ; Anne Pancrust, 16 ; Eliz: Tusolie, 55; Constant Wood, 12." (Rbq. xir.
315.) His fellow passengers, Anno Pancrust and Elix: Tusolie, are no doubt the
*' cousin Ann Pankburst " and ** Elizabeth Tuesley" mentioned in the will.
" Thomas Brane, husbandm. 40," and ** Tho: Launder, 22," were also fellow pas-
sengers, having embarked in the Abigail, July 1, 1635. (Keg. xiy. 318.) In the
*' Addenda " to Winthrop's Journal, under date of " 1635, Dec. 10," among the
** gifts bestowed upon the colony," is this entry : ** Denis Geere of Sagus gaye by
his will (at the motion of Mr. Hugh Peter) £300."— Ed.]

Thomas Geere, of the parish of Falmer, near Lewes, co. Sussex, 6
March, 1649, preyed 25 April, 1650, bj Dennis Geere, son and execator.
To wife Mary. To eldest son Thomas Geere and his wife Mercy, and
their children, Mercy and Marj. To grand-children Dennis and Richard
Geere and grand child Thomas Geere. To the poor of Falmer and the
poor of iStamer. Youngest son, Dionice Geere, executor. Friend John
Russell, of Southoyer, near Lewes, and Stephen Towner, of Kingston, to
be oyerseers. Witnesses, Richard Banckes and Tho. Russell.

Pembroke, 51.

Dorothy Parker, of Mildenhall, co. Wilts, widow, 10 October, 1649,
proyed 11 April, 1650, by Benjamin Woodbridge, one of the executont
To son Mr. Thomas Parker, of New England, two hundred pounds now
in hands of my brother, Mr. Richard Steyens, of Stanton Bernard, cow
Wilts, not doubting that if he die unmarried he will bestow what remains
at his death, thereof, upon the children of my daughters Sarah Baylie and
Elizabeth Ayery. Of the other one hundred pounds in my broker Ste-
vens' his hand 1 giye fiye pounds to my son Mr. Thomas Bayly and the re-
mainder to my daughter Sarah Bayly and her four children, John Wood-
bridge, Benjamin Woodbridge, Sarah Kerridge and Luce Sparhawke, equal-
ly. For the one hundred pounds due to me from my son Ayery, for which
his house was mortgaged, I bestow it upon my daughter Avery and her
children. To my son-in-law Mr. Timothy Avery, &c. My loving daugh-
ter Sarah Bayly to be executrix in trust with her son, my grandson, Mr.
Benjamin Woodbridge, executor, with his mother. Son Mr. Thomas Bay-
lie and Cousin Mr. John Taylor to be overseers. Witnesses, John Barges
and Anthony Appleyard. Pembroke, 54.

[An abstract of this will, made by tho late Horatio G. Somerhy for the Hon. Fiu-
cis E. Parker of Boston, was published in the Rboistxr, xxxii. 337. Mr. Wateis
has thoujrht that a fuller abstract would be of seryice to the readers of the Rbqistu.
—J. T. H.

Mrs. Dorothy Parker was the widow of the Rey. Robert Parker, the famous Pu-
ritan author. Benjamin Woodbridge, the executor who proyed the will, was tbs
first graduate of Harvard College. 2See Woodbridge Genealogy, Rko. xxxii. SKI3-^
See also the '* Woodbridge Record,'* New Haven, 1883, large 4to., compiled from
the papers of I^ois Mitchell, E^iq., by his brother Donald G. Mitchell, Esq. The
will of the Rev. John Woodbridge, of Stanton, Wilts, the father of Rey. Joton and
Beniamin Woodbridge, is printed in this work from a copy lately obtained in £14-
land.— Ed.]

1883.] The Name Huguenot. 241

HUGUENOT— THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE

NAME.

Bj the Hon. Oborob Luxt, of Sdtaate, Mass.

IT is well known that there has been much speculation on the part
of various eminent writers of history and others, as to the origin
and meaning of the word Huguenot, in its application to a famous
bodj of Protestants in France and its adjoining countries, as early
as the beginning of the sixteenth century. It may be justly re-
marked that no one of the several theories advanced has afforded sat-
itfiu^ion. A singular mystery has always hung over the term ; not
much more remarkable, perhaps, than that which long attended the
word ** Yankees," applied to the people of New England, which is
now thought by intelligent persons to be a variation of the term
English — Yengees being the mode in which the natives of the region
who first met the early emigrants mispronounced the appellation
English. But, if the meaning of that term remained somewhat in
douDt, according to the common apprehension, for a comparatively
briefer period, it may not seem so singular that a word, at first in
partial use, three hundred years ago, may not have met with ready
explanation in more modern times, long after the causes which led
to its original use had entirely passed away. That it was, at first,
a merely local designation, is clear, since it was used only in certain
specific and exclusive quarters of Europe, and its employment, in
reference to a party or sect, ceased when change of circumstances
deprived it of any obvious application.

The popular meaning of the word Huguenot, unquestionably of
oomparatively modem origin, is — ** a small stove with a saucepan
upon it — a pipkin.*' This is the definition given by the French Dic-
tionary of Spiers, and by the later and more complete French Lexi-
con of Smith, Hamilton and Legros. This curious interpretation
of the word may help us to discover how the term came to be used
in reference to a finally powerful religious party, exercising for a
bng period vast influence in the public affairs of France, and main-
taining a high character afterwards in the countries to which at
length its members were compelled to emigrate when their adversa-
ries obtained political control.

In Sdlly's Memoirs TVol. I., on page xxxvii. of the Historical
Introduction) appears trie following note to the term Huguenots,
munely : ^Castelnau (b. II. ch. 7) says : This name took its rise
from the conspiracy of Ambois ; for when some of the petitioners
fled for fear, some of the women said they were poor fellows, not
worth a Huguenot, a small piece of money of less value than a de-
nier, in the time of Hugo Capet ; from which, by way of ridicule,
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242 The Name Huguenot. [July,

they were afterwards called Huguenots." Saying nothing of the
coin, of which I have seen no other account, it seems certainly not
very probable that the Huguenots should have become generallj
known by a term of merely local significance, and applied to them (rom
motives of derision. It would seem, also, that this sect had been
so named long before the conspiracy of Ambois ; so that historians
have been still at a loss to account for the real origin of the term.
The following various opinions are collected by Nugent, in a note
on his translation of Henault's Chronological Abridgment of the
History of France :

** Some derive it from John Hub ; as much as to say le$ ffitenons de Bus,
the apes of Hus ; others from Hugh Capet, the Huguenots defending the
right of his descendants to the crown against the house of Guise, who
pretended to be descended from Charlemagne. There are some who de-
duce it from Hugh, the Sacramentarian, who taught the same doctrine as
Calvin, in the reign of Charles IV. Others derive it from the harangue of
a German, who being taken and interrogated by the Cardinal of Lorrain
concerning the conspiracy of Ambois, 8top[)ed short in his harangue, which
began with these words, hue nos venirniis, toe are come hither ; and the
courtiers not understanding Latin, said to one another — these fellows have
come from Hu<i nos, Pasquin relates that the common people of Tears
were persuaded that a hobgoblin or night-spirit, called King Hugo, ran aboot
the town at night ; and as the reformed assembled in the night to perform
their devotions, they were called Huguenots^ as much as to say — ^the disci-
ples of King Hugo ; and this opinion appears the most plausible. Others
affirm that it was owing to their meeting near the gate called Hugmu Oth-
ers, in fine, and among the rest M. Voltaire, derive it from the JEidgnotsen
of Geneva. There had been two parties for some time in that city ; one of
the Protestants, the other of the Roman Catholics. The former were called
Egnots, from the German word Eidgnossen^ allied hy oath ; and at length
triumphed over the latter. Hence the French Protestants, who were be-
fore styled Lutherans, began to be distinguished by the name of jEgnoU,
which by corruption was changed into that of Huguenots."*

A citation from the excellent "Historical, Literary and Artisti-
cal Travels in Italy," by M. Valery, Librarian of the Royal Libra-
ries of Versailles and the Trianon, Paris, 1842, will tend much to
assist the view I have subsequently taken. In his account of Ferrara
he remarks : " Near the Ariostean Hall is a small room, and two
others looking into the garden, in which, according to the learned
guide of Ferrara, Doctor Antonio Frizzi, Calvin was concealed}
when in his wanderings he found an asylum with the Duchees
Ren(^e, wife of Ercole U., the protectrix of the literary men and
scholars of her day. It was there that he secretly expounded his
doctrines to this princess, the heretical daughter of Louis XII., to
the learned and beautiful Olympia Fulvia Morata, Francesco Porto
Centese, and other courtiers, who being surprised one day by the
duke, took flight with their apostle. Some months after Calvin,

• Chron. Abridgmmtf yol. i. pp. 406.

1883.] The Name Huguenot. 243

Marot, likewise banished from France, came to Ferrara ; and he,
too, in his turn was expelled by the duke, a singularly jealous hus-
band, whose wife never gave a rendezvous to any but sectarians.
Ben^ was a heroine, and could not be persuaded to embrace the
Roman faith, by the inquisitor sent from France for that pur-
pose, notwithstanding all the persecutions she suffered, as lamented
by Marot in his fine verses to Margaret of Navarre.

Such are specimens and a fairly comprehensive collection of the
varioas fancies entertained by writers of repute in regard to the de-
rivation and meaning of the word in question. Since they do not
all agree with each other, and obviously are mere conjectures, with
only the slightest foundation severally to rest upon, they do not
eeem, when taken together, to afford much ground for satisfac-
tion. It all seems little better than the merest trifling. It may
in fact be taken as doubtful whether these Protestants of Geneva
were ever known by the name of Egnots, or whether any such term
has ever existed anywhere. Voltaire was fully capable of inventing
it, in order to serve his purpose and to cover his ignorance of the
derivation of the word. Besides the appellation he imagines, if de-
rived from the German, Eidgnossen (and why a German name at
all?) would be Eidgnots instead of Egnots; still further removed
firom the aspect and pronunciation of Huguenots,

That the name in question was really a nickname, conveying some
•ort of reproach against the reformers in the beginning, appears
obvious enough. That it was owing to some peculiarity in their
habits of life, or, at least as probably, from some place of refuge
which they originally frequented, I cannot but conjecture. I must
say that I incline to place no little reliance upon the pipkin theory.
But here comes up an interesting question, namely, whether that
ntensil gave the name to the Huguenots, or the Huguenots gave it
to the pipkin. It is not only why thet^e reformers should be styled
Huguenots, but why the pipkins should bear the same appellation.
The connection between the two is obvious ; and it is quite as inex-
plicable why the term should be applied to the one as to the other,
unless they both designate precisely the same thing. Now I have
already recalled the fact, that in the days of their persecution this
noble race of protestants against religious error, corruption and su-
perstition, were compelled to resort to hiding-places to eH(!ape the fury
of their enemies. Like the Scottish Covenanters and Canieronians,
they fled to the hills for safety, and to shield theniHclves in the caves
and among the rocks. It was in such refuges that the simple means
of preparing their food, so easily concealtid from enemies, was tem-
porarily convenient and useful. The mountains have always been
in all ages the ready bulwark against opprcMnion. It is certain that
one chief place of refuge for them was among the Kuganean Hills,
in the neighborhood of the city of Ftjrrara. In tluj midst of these
hills is the Arqua of Petrarch, but a few miles distant from the ccle-

244 The Name Htbguenot. [Julji

brated city. In the castle of Ferrara dwelt the beautiful and illus-
trious princess Renata or Ren^e, wife of Duke Ercole 11. and daugh-
ter of Louis XII. of France, and of the stem Anne of Brittany.
The duchess was an eminent protectrix of literary men and scholars.
Her reputation for noble and generous characteristics had drawn
Calvin to seek her patron age , when suffering persecutions at home
for his independent opinions, and, under his teaching, she became
thoroughly indoctrinated with his religious Protestant views. Her
praises, too, sweetly resounded in the saintly strains of Clement Ma-
rot, to whom she had proved a tower of defence.

When we consider the religious determination of the duchess of
Ferrara and her domestic martyrdom — for she wa» parted from her
children by her husband — the resolute Calvinism of the women and
the men at her court while she presided there, and the ardor of their
proselytism ; for among others Ren6e had converted the lord of
Soubise, the French general of Henry H.'s army; it is impossible
not to believe that the reformation carried its attacks against Rome
into the very heart of Italy. (Valery, Book vii. chap, x.)

That author, whose book is remarkably entertaining and an excel-
lent guide to the antiquities and wonders of Italy, furnishes various
other interesting details upon this topic ; but enough has been relatr
ed to illustrate the close relations of the reformers with the duchy
of Ferrara. This consideration now furnishes the direct point which
I desire to present, namely : that these reformers, flying from the
persecutions of the duke, and in a country generally hostile to their
religious opinions and their persons, were most likely to have sought
the neighboring recesses of the Euganean Hills, from time to time,
for their temporary refuge ; as it was the practice of their predecessors,
the Waldenses, to conceal themselves in caverns. Here, in compar-
ative security, they might sustain life by the employment of those cu-
linary utensils which seem at this period to have acquired the peculiar
name of Huguenots, and which would there be used, as necessity
required, with less danger of detection than a cooking apparatus in
more open and exposed situations. It is certain that the hilhy
as in Switzerland, Wales and the Highlands of Scotland, have been
in all ages the resort and the defence of those who knew how to
employ such protective aids as nature afforded against the pursuits
and attacks of the tyrants who were their enemies. They were
compelled to maintain their lives " in silence and in fear." Driven
for a time from the ordinary protections of social existence » and
often precluded from the aflfections and charities of family relation-
ship, and enjoying only the casual and precarious shelter afforded by
their illustrious sympathizer, tiie Duchess of Ferrara, they might
well have regarded the retreats of the hills as really their only coun-
try and home, as the patriarch Jacob counted himself only a pilgrim
on earth ; or, as the refugee parliamentarian, Ludlow, inscribed upon
his cottage in Switzerland — Ubi libertasy ibi patria. Nor does it

1883.] The Name HugxienoL 245

seem at all improbable that, in the beginning of their period of perse-
cution, their unsuggestive appellation may have been chosen by Calvin
himself, or Marot, as conveying no intelligible meaning to strangers,
and thus tending to conceal, rather than to afford information to
their enemies. No great account need surely be taken of the difference
of S|)elling between Euganot and the modern form of the wonl Hugue-
not. The formation of the two is substantiallv the same ; nor is
there any such variance in form as in the case of Voltaire's imagina-
ry term, Egnot, The people of those days were by no means
adepts in the art of spelling and of correctly writing words in most
common use ; and who can tell what popular and unrecorded muta-
tions the term niay have undergone from its first introduction into
the common language? The terminating syllable, too, ot or o/e,
was usual enough. Milton gives us **th' Epirot bold ;" and we now
say, Sulio^e, Cyprio^, Zantio/e — and so with other proper names.

When Milton appealed so earnestly for divine retribution towards
the malignant persecutors of a christian people against whom no
accusation could be brought but that of steadfast adherence to their
religious convictions —

" Avenge, O Lord, thy Blaughtered saints, whoso bones
Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold '* —

he meant, perhaps, not only those superior Alps which overlook
Switzerland, but those wherever unhappy suflerors had been com-
pelled to ^ escape to the mountain ;" referring particularly to the
flying victims —

" Slain by the bloody Piedraontese."

It is true that a large portion of Piedmont is bordered by Alpine
ranges. But the term may properly include, by way of allusion,
any unusually lofty eminences ; as Pope uses the term, symbolically,
in the verse —

'* Hills peep o^er hills and Alps on Alps arise/'

Without imagining, however, that the imprecation of the poet must
necessarily include the Euganean hills — though his acquaintance
with Italy and his correspondence with its learned and literary per-
sons must have made him more or less familiar with such events as
distinguished Ferrara — yet it seems not unreasonable that the Euga*
nean Hills, the nearest and most probable place of refuge, when their
noble patroness could no longer protect them, and probably often re-«
sorted to for safety, may have seemed to their party a sort of habita-<
tion worthy to give a distinctive appellation to the sect.

The theory thus advanced, and which only casually occurred to
me, is to a certain extent conjectural, and is suggested as seeming to
me worth consideration. It is certain that at the period in ques-
tion, ** the new opinions," as remarked by Valery, " found partisans
among a great number of literati, and even Italian divines." It is
certain that the duchess displayed the highest character dui^ing the

VOL. XXXVIL 23*

246 Widow Ann MeBsant^ alias Grodfrey. [July,

civil wars which afflicted her country, and that her house was a rec-
ognized asylum to the proscribed. It is certain that Calvin was there
and preached at Ferrara in 1535, and that many others, besides him-
self and Clement Marot, resorted thither, as occasion required some
refuge. It is certain that the not far distant Euganean Hills could
afford a more secure resting-place when serious dangers threatened
the safety of the reformers in the city. The locus in quo^ where
the reformers must have had so many dire experiences, being settled
upon, if other circumstances are in accordance, its name seems natu-
rally, almost inevitably, to suggest, in sound if not according to the
modern mode of writing it, the very title, otherwise unintelligible,
by which their sect became afterwards and ever will be so honorably
known.

But, after all the pains bestowed upon tliis disquisition, a sin-
gle word I have met with may be thought capable of solving the
hitherto obscure question in a very simple way. Here is an Italiian
word, which being out of use mostly, or altogether, I have no rea-
son to suppose has ever before been mentioned in connection with
this inquiry. It will be found it Barctti's lUilian Dictionary, and is
the singular expression, Uguannotto ; and is there defined as meaning
a fish one year old. Now, since the frequent resort of numbers of
the sect was to interior parts of Italy ; and since, in their secluded and
precarious manner of life, they would be likely enough to provide
dried fish as an ordinary article of diet — fresh food in their circum-
stances not having been ordinarily procurable — it may seem not im-
probable that their adversaries used this term against them by way
of reproach and derision ; so that Uguannotto y nearly identical in
form as in sound, eventually took the modem form of Huguenot
in its application to their persecuted and devoted sect.

WIDOW ANN MESSANT, ALIAS GODFREY.

Bj Br. CKABLE8 £. Banks, Assistant Sargeon U. S. Marine-Hoepital Serrioe.

AMONG the collateral materials which I have incidentally gath-
ered while searching for facts relative to Edward Godfrey,
governor of Maine, 1649-52, are these subjoined memoranda about
a person who became his wife some time between 1640 and 1651,
probably nearer the former date. She must have been his second
wife, although I have no knowledge of the first ; yet it is certain
that this widow Ann Mcssant could not have been the mother of his
" onely sonne Oliver.*' The name Mcssant is not mentioned by
Savage, and it is probable that she was the only person bearing it
in New England. I judge that it is a French surname. The only
facts concerning her first appearance in this country are to be found

1883.] Widow Ann Me$9anty alias Ghdfrey. 247

in a deposition (York County Deeds) of some length, made by Ed-
ward Johnson, of York, in 1682, in which it appears that she was
the mistress of the lecherous priest George Burdett.

** About forty two or 43 years agone [1639-40] hee remembereth
that at that time Mrs Ann Messant alias Godfrey liued with Mr.
Geo: Burdett then Minister of Agamenticus now called Yorke In the
Province of Mayne & at that tyme keept s^ Burdett's house." As
this hypocritical parson was at that time convicted as '* a man of ill
name and fame, Infamous for incontinency " [Me. Hist. Coll. i.
365] , the inference which is to be drawn from her residence at his
house can be interpreted only in one way. It seems, however, that
Burdett ^ had occasion to borrow of s** Ann Godfrey a certen p'cell
of Money amounting to the valew of seaven scoore pound" or y'a-
bouts, which money remained in the sayd Burdetts hands for some
years before the s^ Burdet left y® Countrey." If we are to accept
Johnson's statement of ^* some years " with their usual meaning, it
would then appear that she may have been at Dover with him and
followed him to York, for late in November, 1638, he was at Pis-
cataqua (Jenness, Transcripts, 31), and in September, 1640, he
was a convicted adulterer at Agamenticus (Winthrop Journal, ii.
11), in less than two years' time, which can hardly be called " some
years." Probably at the conclusion of his disgraceful experiences in
Dover, and after his flight to Maine, "the s** Ann Godfrey began
to Consider how shee should have her money w'upon shee desired
some Assurance for security y^'of upon which hee gave Ann Messant
alias Godfrey afterwards a writeing pretending to be a deed for his
farme." This fraudulent or imperfect instrument which he tried to
impose upon her is recorded as follows :

" I George Burdett do hereby bind my selfe, heyrea executors or As-
sigoes to pay unto Ann Messant Widdow one hundred & Twelve pounds of
lawful money the last of March which shall be in yeare 1641 : for the true
payment whereof I bind over to the s^ widdow my six steares & three
Cowes togeather with the farme I have now in possession of John AJlcocke
witness my hand this Eighteenth day of March one thousand six hundred
thirty nine." [York County Deeds.]

But we are told that at his trial in Agamenticus, 1640, he "ap-
pealed unto England, but Mr Gorge would not admit his appeal,
but seized some of his cattle" (Winthrop, Journal, ii. 11), which
were undoubtedly the same "steares" and "Cowes" that he had
pledged as security to the widow. In this predicament it would
seem that she consulted friends about the matter, and it was found
that the deed " had neither date nor his hand affixed y^'unto as Mr
Vines tould her to whom shee shewed It, w'upon s** Ann Messant as
then Colld, requested a better Assurance of y** Land of y" s** Bur-
detts from him whereupon hee Impowered this deponent to deliver
unto the afores*^ Ann Messant the Legall possession of his farme-
land & Meddows lying between Gorgeana, as then called & brave ^

248 Widow Ann Messantf alias Oodfrey. [July,

boate Harbour in lew of her money for which hee y* 8* Johnson by
eayd Burdetts order delivered to her by Turff & Twigg." (York
Deeds, iii. 116.)

After the departure of Burdett she married Edward Godfrey, but
how soon I am unable to determine, and can only say that it was
before 1651, at which date " in the behalfe of Ane his wyfe " he
brought a suit for ** defamation & slaunder ^ against Francis Raynee
and wife Eleanor, and Thomas Crockett and wife Anne, " to the val-
lueof £50" (York Court Records) in each case. In his complaint
he alleges that he and his wife Ann had ** lived in this place many
yeares in good report & fame, booth in Church & Commonwealth."
As far as the husband was concerned that statement was true, for he
was then governor of the Province, and had been a prominent offi-
cial during the charter government. Perhaps he thought the people
had forgotten about Burdett's connection with his wife. Godfrey
complained that the defendants did " Revile the s** Ane w"* the words :
Ly and base Ly : and twas the pride of her hart to weare hir hus-
bands hatte about & a wastcoat," wliich, the plaintiff very properly
said " Consarned them not." In addition to diis, '* m' Raynes did
in & att a publique meeting one the Lonls Day Complayne thereof
to the whole Congregation." But this dirty family linen was not
washed in court, and a compromise was effected, as appears by the
following entry : " Was there were certen differences fell out be-
twixt Mrs Godfrey & mrs Raynes & Ann Crockett who by a joynt
Consent did wholly referr the ending of the s^ differences to y* Court
upon hearing of w*"** tlie Court besids acknowledgments already
one to y^ otlier : Hath hereby ordered y^ w^soever p*°° shall hence-
forward bring any of these forme"" differences in question before any
magistrate shall forthw"* be bound to y"" good behavior." (York Court
Records.)

About the fall of 1655 Gov. Godfrey returned to England to try
to obtain an order of reversal of the action of Massachusetts in the
usurpation of the government of Maine in 1652, but his wife re-
mained behind. In 1659, John Mills, " an Apperentize to Mrs God-
frey," was admonished ''for disobedience to his Mistresse," and the
next year the old quarrel with the Raynes family broke out afresh.
Mrs. Ann Godfrey sued Capt. Francis Raynes ''for unjust detayne*
ing of a p'"cell of Marsh," but the Court granted " a non suite against
the plaintiffe no principall nor Legall Atturney Appeareing," and the
defendant was allowed his costs. In 1661, she " in the behalfe of M'
Robert Pavne her feafee in Trust Enters caution to save the Interest
of her Meddow Land referreing to her case with Capt. Fran:
Raynes." In 1662, Robert Payne, feofee, sued Raynes '*for
Claimeing & detayniiige of a Certen p^cell of Marshe," but costs
were granted the defendant again " upon a nonsuite," and that is the
last that is heard of the litigation. In 1660, she was presented
"for suspitions of unciuill Carages with Capt: Champnoowne,"

1883.] Widow Ann Messant, alias Godfrey. 249

and as this was during her trouble with RajDes, I suspect the com-
plaining witness was her opponent, who lived near Champernowne,
and could see aU who might visit him. ^Vlrs. Godfrey must have
been at that time about sixty, although I have no means of knowing
her age, yet upon the supposition that she was a widow at thirty,
and we first hear of her as such about 1639, she would be over fifty
at least at the date of the charge. When the court reviewed the
case they enjoined **an Act of Separation betweene the s*^ Mrs God-
frey & Capt Champnoowne, soe y^ if it afterwards appeare that the
i* Ann Godfrey do frequent his Company privately, frequently or at
unseasonable tymes shee shall bee lyable to pay tenn pounds Into
the County Treasury." One of the witnesses was Joan Andrews,
^ an infamous scould & a breaker of the peace, ^ to whom she had
to pay fees for the gossip she bore to the grand jury. The next
year JVIrs. Godfrey was released from her bond, '^Noe Complay**
in reference to the breach appeareing," and it is safe to put down die
prosecution to the malice of Raynes and the outbreak of an old
neighborhood feud. In 1666 she was indicted ^ for not Attending the
pnblique Meeting on the Lords day about two Months," and in her
answer ^ alledged hir weakenes that shee could not come many days
togeather." ^Diis plea bears out the suggestion above made as to
her age, which probably can be reckoned from about the beginning
of the century.

Gov. Godfrey never returned to America after leaving it in 1655,
as he soon met with misfortunes in London, and the last I can learn
of him is his residence there in April, 1663, when he was eighty
years old. (Colonial State Papers.)

In July, 1666, she is* called Mrs. Godfrey, and Sept. 14, 1667,
signs herself as ** widow," and between those two dates I suppose
she received news of her husband's decease. At the latter date she
sold the home farm " whereon she doth now dwell," to Mrs. Alice
Shapleigh, wife of Major Nicholas Shapleigh, of York. As this
sale was made ** in consideration of the naturall love & affec5n w^h
shee beareth unto y* s** Aylce Shapleigh," it would seem that they
may have been related, although there was a further consideration
of £1001awfull pay of New England (York County Deeds, ii. 68).
At the same date Nicholas Shapleigh entered into a bond to pay
£20 to Mrs. Godfrey " In corne Cattle & pipe Staues yearely &
every yeare for & dureing the naturall life of the s** Ann at her
tearmes in the yeare most usuall that is to say at the feast of the
transfiirmation of the blesed Virgine Mary & Saynt Michall the Arch
Angell " (York County Deeds, ii. 115) . As Shapleigh was a Quaker,
his ignorance of the calendar of the saints of the Established Church
is pardonable, and for " transfurmation " we must read ''annuncia-
tion of the blesed Virgine Mary," at which dates this £20 was to
be paid "by even &wequall p'portions." This I infer to be an an-
nuity in lieu of the complete payment at one time of the £200 for

250 Portraits of New Hampshire Public Men. [July,

the farm. If this is correct, and Shapleigh had calculated upon the
basis of a mortality table, he judged that she would die in about ten
years. What the result was I am unable to say, as this transaction
closes the records which I have succeeded in bringing to light about
Widow Ann Messant, the second wife of Gov. Edward Godfrey.

PORTRAITS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC MEN AND

OTHERS.

Commanicated by the Hon. Benjamin F. Prbsoott, of Epping, N. H.

IN the October number of the Register, 1874, and in the April
number of 1880, will be found lists of portraits, marble busts,
medallions, &c., which by the personal efforts of Gov. Prescott have
been secured for the State House in Concord, and for various insti-
tutions in the state. Since the publication of the last article many
more have been secured and promised through the untiring efforts of
the same gentleman, who kindly furnishes the following additional
list for publication in this number of the Register, giving those
only which have already been placed in position. — Editor.

Dartmouth College.

Prof. George Bush, D.D., class of 1818. Original from a fine steel
engraving, by Ulysses D. Tenney. Presented to the College by Hon. Ed-
ward Spalding, M.D., of Nashua, N. H.

Maj.-Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, olass of 1800. An original
painting in military costume. Artist unknown. Presented to the College
by Mrs. A. W. Roberts, of New Orleans, La., a step-daughter. Gen. Rip-
ley was a grandson of the founder of the College, and was a distingubhed
officer in the war of 1812.

Rev. Laban Ainsworth, D.D., class of 1778. A copy. Presented to
the College by Mrs. M. M. Greene, of Amherst, Mass., a grand-daughter.
Mr. Ainsworth was pastor of thb Congregational Church in Jaffrey, N. H.,
for more than seventy-five years, and died at the extreme age of 100 years,
7 months and 28 days. He died March 17, 1858.

Hon. Francis Cogswell, class of 1822. An original. Presented to
the College by John F. and Thomas M. Cogswell, his sons. Mr. Cogs-
well during the latter part of his life was president of the Boston & Maine
Railroad.

Gov. John Wentworth, LL.D., the last Royal Governor of the Pro-
vince of New Hampshire and a warm friend to the College. A copy after
Copley, by U. D. Tenney. Presented to the College by Mark H. Went-
worth, Esq., of Portsmouth.

Rev. Ebenezer Porter, D.D., class of 1792. Copy by A. W. Twitch-
ell, an artist of New Hampshire birth, in Albany, •N. Y. Presented by
Mr. Twitchell to the College.

1883.] PoiiraiU of New Hampshire Public Men. 251

Hon. George W. Nesmith, LL.D,, class of 1820. An original by U.
D.Tenney. Presented to the College by the class of 1881 in the College of
Agricolture and the Mechanic Arts. Mr. Nesmith was then and still re-
nudns president of this associated institution in Dartmouth College.

Albert Gallatin Hoit, class of 1829. An original by himself. Pre-
sented to the College by Albert H. Hoit, of Salem, Mass., and a sister, son
tnd daughter. Mr. Hoit was one of the most eminent artists ever graduat-
ed from the institution.

Hon. John Went worth, LL.D., class of 1836. An original by G. P.
A. Healey, of Paris, France. Presented to the College by Mr. Wentworth.

Hon. Isaac W. Smith, class of 1846. An original by XJ. D. Tenney.
Presented to the College by T. M. Stevens, Esq., of North Andover, Mass.,
ft school mate and friend of Judge Smith. Mr. Smith is now an Associate
Josdoe of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Rev. Asa McFarland, D.D., class of 1793. Copy after S. F. B.
Morse, by U. D. Tenney. Presented to the College by Maj. Henry Mc-
Ftrland, treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad, a grandson. Mr. McFar-
kttd was a tutor in College from 1795 to 1797, and a trustee from 1809 to
1822.

Hon. Josiah Bartlett, M.D. A copy after an original by Trumbull,
bj £. Billings, of Boston. Presented to the College by Josiah Calef Bart-
lett, of Taunton, Mass., a kinsman.

Mr. Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the last
President and first Governor of New Hampshire, and while occupying the
last two positions was a trustee of the College.

Hon. Ira A. Eastman, LL.D., class of 1829. An original by U. D.
Tenney. Presented to the College by Mrs. £astman, his wife. Mr. East-
man was representative from New Hampshire in the 26th and 27th Con-
gresses. Speaker of the House of Representatives in New Hampshire in
1837 and 1838. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature
from 1849 to 1855. Trustee of College from 1859 to 1880.

Hon. J. Everett Sargent, LL.D., class of 1840. An original by U.
D.Tenney. Presented to the College by himself. Mr. Sargent was Speak-
er of the House of Representatives in New Hampshire in 1853, and Pres-
ident of the State Senate in 1854. He was also Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Judicial Court in 1873 and 1874. A portrait like the above by the
lame artist has been placed among the Chief Justices in the State Library.

Governors of New Hampshire.

Natt Head. An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented to the state
bj Mr. Head. This completes the collection of Governors to the time Grov.
Head retired from office, June, 1881.

Pembroke Academy.

Rev. Abraham Burnham, D.D. A copy after Adna Tenney, by U. D.
Teooey. Presented to the Academy by John A. Burnham, of Boston,
Has8. Rev. Mr. Burnham graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804,
tnd mu pastor of the Congregational Church in Pembroke from 1808 to

25S Portraits of New Hampshire Public Men. [July,

1850. He was also President of the Board of Trustees of the Academy
till his death in 1852.

Hon. Benjamin F. Prescott. An original Crayon hy J. Bailey Moore,
of Manchester. Mr. Prescott was a pupil in the Academy from 1847 to
1849, and Governor of New Hampshire from 1877 to 1879. Presented to
the Academy by Mr. Prescott.

Hon. NATr Head. An original Crayon by J. Bailey Moore, of Man-
chester. Presented by Mr. Head. He was Governor of New Hampshire
from 1879 to 1881. He was also a pupil in the Academy.

There is one other oil painting in the Academy of a benefactor, Mr.
Langmaid, but it was not secured by the solicitation of Mr. Prescott.

Miscellaneous Portraits in the State House.

Rev. Israel Evans. A copy by U. D. Tenney from an original on ivory.
Artist unknown. Presented to the state by Greorge H. Porter, Esq., of
Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Evans was a chaplain in the Revolutionary war, and
an intimate friend of Washington and Lafayette. He was pastor of the
Congregational Church in Concord, N. H., from July 1, 1789, to July 1,
1797. He was also Trustee of Dartmouth College from 1793 to 1807, and
partially founded one of the early professorships in the College, which bears
his name.

Hon. Evarts W. Farr. An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented to
the state by Mrs. Farr and Hon. Henry W. Blair, IT. S. Senator and friend
of Mr. Farr. Maj. Farr was a gallant officer in the late war, and served
in the 1 1 th Regiment N. H. Vols., and lost an arm in defence of his coun-
try. At the time of his death in 1880 he was a representative in Congress
from New Hampshire.

Hon. James Sheafe. An original by Henry Inman. Presented to the
state by the late John Fisher Sheafe, of New York city, a son. Mr. Sheafe
was a representative from New Hampshire in the 6th Congress, and U. S.
Senator in 1801-2.

Hon. Lemuel N. Pattee. An original by Adna Tenney. Presented
to the state by Mrs. Pattee, of Goffstown, N. H. Mr. Pattee was Secre-
tary of State from 1855 to 1858.

Hon. Titus Brown. An original by Howe, of Lowell, Mass. Pre-
sented to the state by Thomas B. Bradford, of Francestown, N. H. Mr.
Brown was a representative in the 19th and 20th Congresses from New
Hampshire, and President of the State Senate in 1843.

Hon. Thomas L. Tullock. An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented
to the state by himself. Mr. Tullock was Secretary of State from 1858 to
1861. He is now Postmaster of Washington, D. C.

Hon. Jacob H. Gallinoer, M.D. An original by Tenney. Presented
to the state by Mr. Gallinger. He was President of tbe Senate in 1879-81.

Hon. John Kimball. An original by XJ. D. Tenney. Presented to
the state by himself. Mr. Kimball was President of the Senate in 1881-^*

1883.] The Ghtrfield Family in England. 253

THE GARFIELD FAMILY IN ENGLAND.

By William P. W. Prillimobe, M.A., B.C.L., of London, England.

THE interest which neoessarilj belongs to everything connected with
the family history of the late President Garfield will be a sufficient
reason for placing before the reader the results of an inquiry into the early
history of the Garfield family in England, which was undertaken with the
hope of tracing the connection between the American and English branches.
The exact information given by Bond and Savage in their pedigrees of the
Garfields of Massachusetts, from which it appears that Edward Garfield of
WateitowD, the original emigrant, died in 1G72, aged 97, made it reasona-
ble to think that there would be little difiSculty in tracing his parentage and
aseertaining the English origin of the family. Unfortunately this hope was
Bot falfiUed, and nothing more definite has been discovered than that the
American Garfields probably descended from a respectable yeoman family
•ettled in the sixteenth century at the adjacent villages of Kilsby and Ash-
by St. Ledger in Northamptonshire. A strange fatality seems to have at-
tended the records which it was hoped would throw light on the Kilsby
Garfields during the reign of Elizabeth. The early church register of Kils-
by, from 1571 to 1636, has been lost since Baker wrote his history of the
county, 1822-30, and the Bishop's transcripts at Peterborough, which might
have supplied the want, do not begin until the eighteenth century. The an-
deot parish registers of St. Sepulchres, London, were destroyed in the
Great Fire of 1666, which like fate befel the books of the Dyers' Company ;
and the court rolls of the manor of Kilsby are extant only for the reign of
Edward the Sixth.

Notwithstanding searches made through the indexes of many early rec-
ords, no instance of the name has been discovered of an earlier date than
1524. Daring the sixteenth century we meet with several various ways of
•pelling the name, none of which, however, throw light upon its origin,
which we can scarcely doubt is a local one, though no place called Garfield
oocors in the English topographical dictionaries. Still it is quite possible
that some hamlet or farm of the name, too obscure to attract the notice
of the topographer, may exist. The derivation from Gaerfili or Carr-
philly castle in Wales, which is referred to in a letter from the late Pres-
ident, printed in the Rev. Mr. Porter's pamphlet of ** President Gar-
Ifeld's Ancestry," appears to have nothing to support it beyond a vague
nmilarity of form. Certainly th^e is no evidence whatever to connect the
Garfields with that part of the country. Nor is there anything to show
that Garfield is allied to the Shropshire name of Corfield. In 1543 we find
tt Klsby Thomas Gardfylde and Robert Garfyld, and in the following year
Bobert Gardfeld, while it will presently be seen that there is reason to be-
We that these two individuals were entered on the manor roll of 1551 as
Gtrle. In 1568 we meet with the will of Robert Gerfyld or Geyfill of
Aihby St. Legers, in which mention is made of Thomas Gardfyld and Eliz-
^th Gardfild. This spelling of Geyfill seems to suggest that Gaffield,
Ctvell and Gawfell may possibly have a similar origin. And it will be
looted presently that Garfield and Gatfield seem to be heraldically identical.
Iq the seventeenth century Garfeild seems to have been the usual spelling
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254 The Oarfield Family in England. [July,

just as Garfield is now. The forms of Gearfield and Grearfeild appear to
be exclusively American.

The Lay Subsidy Rolls, now preserved in the Public Record Office, sup-
ply the earliest at present known mention of the name. From these rec-
ords we learn that Thomas Garfelde of Ashby Legers, in 1524-5, was
assessed *' in goodes," at xl* and paid thereon xij**. The villages of Ashby
St. Legers* and Kilsby are contiguous, and it is a matter of doubt which
should be regarded as the original home of the family. Probably the for-
mer, as they are more numerous, and occur there earlier than at Kibby.
However this may be, the will of John Garfeild of Kilsby in 1618 proves
that the two families were certainly related.

Only one will of the Ashby St. Leger branch is known. It is endorsed
" T. Rob'ti Gerfyld of Asshbie Leagers 1568," though in the will itself,
which is dated 17 March, 1568, he was described as '* Robt. Geyfill,"
while he was buried as Robert Garfeild. The testator desired to be buried
in the churchyard of Asshbie Legers, and made the following bequests:
To the church of Ashbie Legers, iiij* — to the pavement, iiij* — to the re-
parc5n of the belles, iiij — to Thomas Gardfyld my son xii" in money, to be
made of such goods as I have, and to be delivered to him at the age of xviij
years — to Elizabeth Gardfild my sister a hyve at the day of her marriage.
The witnesses were Sebastian boyse, Gilbert Herman and Edmunde bojse,
** with other mo.'* He appointed his wife Margaret residuary legatee
and sole executrix, and she accordingly proved the will at Northampton,
27 April, 1568, when the inventory of goods was valued at xxxv". v'. i^
Later on, about 1619, another Robert Garfield attested the will of John
Satchwell of Ashby Legers. The registers supply further particulars, and
are interesting for their completeness, which appears to afford negative evi-
dence that Edward Garfield, the American emigrant, born about 1575,
could not have been a native of this place. Although they do not enable
anything but a very conjectural pedigree to be made out, it may be well to
place the entries on record here.f

Thomas Garfield sepult. 14 Januarv 1554.
Robert Garfield bapt. 10 October 1560.
Richard Garfield bapt. 3 February 1561.
Robert Garfeilde bapt. 26 December 1567.
Robert Garfeild sepult. 32 January 1567 [8].
Robert Garfeild sepult. 28 March 'l568.
Elizabeth Garfeild sepult. 22 April 1571.

Thomas Garfield and Anne nupt. 15 Nov. 1572.

Robert Garfeild son of Thomas Garfeild bapt. 22 February 1572 [-31.

Ellen Garfield sepult. 10 June 1573.

William Garfeild sonne of Thomas Garfeild bapt. 20 February 1572 3.

Alice Garfeild daughter to John Garfeild bapt. 19 August 1575.

Richard Garfeild sonne to Thomas Garfeild bapt. 12 April 1576.

Ellen Garfeild sepult. 13 March 1576.

William Garfeild sepult. 15 June 1583.

Issabel Garfeild daughter to Thomas Garfeild bapt. 7 June 1583.

John Garfeild sonne to Robert Garfeild bapt. 8 Dec. 1597.

Robert Harbert and Elizabeth Garfeild nupt. 29 October 1599.

Thomas Garfeild was buried 29 February 1600.

• This village then belonired to the Catesby family, but passed away from them on the
attainder of Robert Catesby of gunpowder plot notoriety.

t For the extracts from the register of Ashby St. Legers, I have to thank the vicar, the
Rev. Jenkin Jenkins. The vicar of Cold Ashby, the Rev. Gregory Bnteroan, and Mr. 1.
Eedes, very kindly supplied me with the extracts from the Cold Ashby and Clerkenwell
registers respectively.

1883.] The Garfield Family in England. 255

Thomas Garfeild son to Richard Garfeild was baptized 17 April 1609.
Isaake Ghirfeild sonne to Richard Garfeild was baptized 6 July 1606.
Margaret Garfeild daughter to Richard Garfeild was baptized 24 August 1608.
John Garfield was buried 13 January 1608.
Anne Garfeild was buried 29 November 1606.

Sarah Garfeild y« daughter of Richard Garfeild was baptized 21 April 1611.
George Garfeild son to Richard GarfeHd was baptized 11 October 1616.
Iflabel Garfeild was buried 14 May 1624.
Elixabeth Garfeild was buried 12 September 1627.

A Thomas Garfield, at the commencement of the seventeenth century,
was settled at Cold Ashby, another Nortlmmptonshire village a few miles
north-west of Kilsby and Ashby St. Leger. Probably he belonged
to the Kilsby family, as no entries occur in the Cold Ashby registers before
1612, although they began in 1560. His will is dated 2 Jan. 1623, and was
proved at Northampton by the executrix 17 April, 1624. He described
himself as Thomas Garfeild of Cold asehbye, husbandman. He gave 20'
to his eldest daughter Anne Garfield at the age of 21, or at marriage — 20'
to his son William Garfeild at the age of 21 — 20' to his second daughter
Susan at 21 or marriage, and to his youngest daughter Marke"^ Garfeild 20'
at SI or marriage. His wife Francis Garfeild was appointed residuary
]^;atee and sole executrix. It was signed '* Thomas Garfeild his marke,"
and witnessed by Francis Clipsham and William Line his marke. The in-
ventory of his goods was valued at £41: 15: 4.

A few extracts from the Cold Ashby registers may be added as giving
details of his family :

Anne Garfield the daughter of Thomas Garfield and Francis his wife was baptized
15^ day of November 1612.

William Garfield the son of Thomas Garfield and Francis his wife was baptized
the 18^ day of December 1613.

Susan Garfield the daughter of Thomas Garfield and Francis his wife was baptized
the first of June 1617.

Jane Garfietd the daughter of Thomas Garfield and Francis his wife was baptized
the 2fft*' day of March 1620.

Martha the daughter of Thomas Garfield and Francis his wife was baptized 15
July 1621.

We now turn our attention to the Garfields of Kilsby, a branch of the
family which was settled at the adjoining village of Ashby St. Leger. It
is from this branch that I venture to suggest that the late President is
descendetl. We have negative proof that Edward Garfield of Watertown
was not horn at Ashby St. Leger, but the unfortunate loss of the registers
of Kilsby and St. Sepulchres, London, will probably always prevent this
hypothesis being disproved or confirmed. It is not a little disappointing
when we remember that the Kilsby regibters, little more than half a cen-
tury ago, began in 1571, four years before the supposed birth of the Amer-
ican immigrant.

The earliest existing information we have about the Kilsby Garfields is
derived from the probate registry at Northampton, in which are preserved
the wills of Thomas Gardfylde, 1543, Robert Gardefelde, 1544, and John
Garfeild, 1614, the latter being also proved in London.

The will of Robert Gardefelde, in modernized spelling, is to the follow-
ing dfect :

* So in will, bat the register shows it is a blunder for Martha.

256 The Garfield Family in England. [July,

In dei noi'e, amen, the x^ day of y* month of March in the year of oar Lord
God m.d. xliiij I Robert Gardefelde of the p'yshe of Kyllysbye, being in perfect
remembrance fcarine the danger of death do order and make my testament aqd last
will in manner and form following. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God
desiring our lady imint Mary and all the holv company in heaven to pray for me, mv
body to be buried in the churchyard of Kyllvsbye aioresaid. Imprimis 1 bequeath
unto my brother Thomas a cow, blossom, black of colour ; Item to Elyn my sister
I bequeath a black bullock also to Jelyan Whitbede I bequeath one calf Item I be*
queath unto my servants unto every one of them a sheep Item I bequeath to John
Kyi worth a sheep Anthony Whythede a sheep and to Alys Boswell a sheep Item I
bequeath unto every one of my godchildren xg*^ Item 1 will that Robert To'soo
[Tomson] and Thomas Grene be overseers of my last will and every of them to have
xij^ for tneir i^ainstaking. Also I will y< Elizabeth my wife be my sole executrix of
this my last will she to dispose for my soul and all X tian souls as she shall think
best. These bearing witness Robert Tomson, Wyirm Whvtehedde, Thorn's Greoa
with others. Item to the mother church of Pet'brugh iig^.

This will was proved by Elizabeth, the executrix, 14 May, 1550. Hit
brother Thomas is doubtless that " Thomas Gardfylde of y* p yshe of Kyl-
lysbye." whose will, dated 16 April, 1543, is now preserved at Northamp-
ton. He desired to be buried in the churchyard of " Say't Andro in Kil-
lesby." To the mother church of Peterboro he bequeated iiij*, and " ij* to
y* belles of Kyllisby and to the rode ligte ijd." The residuary legatee and
sole executrix was his wife Annes [Agnes] " to dispose of my goods for
my soul and all X'tian souls. The witnesses were Wyll'm brown, ro-
barde Tompson, Wyllam Saby, Robt Garfyld, with others.

At this date the manor of Kilsby was in the hands of the crown, havine
been sold by the Bishop of Lincoln* to the King on the 26 Sept 1547, ana
so continued until 14 March, 1610-11, when James I. granted it to George
and Thomas Whitmore. Consequently the court rolls should be in the
Public Record Office. Those of Edward the Sixth's reign are the only ones
at present known to be extant, though as the crown manor rolls are scattered
through several collections of documents, it is just possible that, in the
course of time, when these have been thoroughly examined, other later
court rolls may be found which will throw light upon the Garfields at the
most interesting period of their early history. The ones at present accessi-
ble supply some further particulars. At the view of Frankpledge and
Court Baron of the Lord of the manor of Kildesby, held in the second year
of Edward VL, the list of the jurqrs of the homage includes Robert Gare-
felde, as well as Robert Tomson, one of the overseers of his will and a
witness to Thomas Garfield's will. The other overseer, Thom^jis Grene,
was one of the tithingmen, and William Sabyn, besides being one of the
homage, was constable of Kilsby. At this same court the ale tasters pre-
sented that amongst others, the wife of Robert Garefelde was a *^ common
brewer," and had ^' broken the assize," whereby a fine of 2d accrued to the
king as lord of the manor, and she became *' in mercy." At a court held
31 October in the year following, a similar presentment was made respectr
ing Robert Garefelde's wife. His name does not occur amongst the homage,
but we find that of William Garefelde, to whose position in the pedigree we
have at present no clue. The will of William Hall of Kilsby (1559) was
witnesseii by William Garfyld. In the spring of 1550, as we judge from
the date of the probate of his will, the death of Robert Garfield occurred.
Now changes of tenancy through death or otherwise were presented at the
court held next after their occurrence. Therefore, in the ordinary course,
the death of Robert Garfield would be presented at the court baron

* Fosslblv some of the early manor rolls still exist in the diocesan registry at lincoln; if
so, still earlier information about the Garfields may yet be forthcomhig.

1883.] The Garfield Family in England. 257

beld 4 Edward VI. But the roll for this year and the following does not
to much as mention the name Garfield or Garefelde. Instead, however,
we find that of Garle,* which we do not doubt is intended for Garfelde, as
the christian names and the circumstances of the kinship appear to exactly
tally with the will of Robert Garfield. Moreover, the list of the homage
indndes the name of William Garle, who on this assumption must be the
William Garfelde of the year preceding. The presentment by the tithing-
men of the death of Robert Garle, or rather as we think Garfield, was
BUide Id terms which, translated, run as follows :

That Robert Garle who beld of. the lord the King one messuage and one " qua-
trona"! of customary land there at the rent of 6" 8<i a year died since the last court.
Whereupon there fell to the lord for a heriot one horse of the colour '* browno
hiVe'* ofthe value of 19" 4<>. Whereupon also the bailiff was ordered to answer
[luritj to the lord the Kin^. And that Elizabeth Tomson lately wife ofthe afore-
aid Robert Garle now holds the said messuage and ** quatrona *' of land but by
what right or who may be his next heir the jurors say they know not. Therefore
tb^ have a day for further inquiring before the next court.

Accordingly at the next court Baron, which was held 20 April 5 Edward
YL 15, we find amongst other presentments made by the homagers the
following :

And further they present that Thomas Garle is brother and next heir of Robert
Garle deceased who neld of the lord on the day of his death one messuage and one
"quatrona *' of customary land at the rent of 5* a year. And one customary cottage
at the rent of ^O'* a year. And upon this proclamation made etc If any one etc.
liiere came the aforesaid Thomas Garle and received of the lord the messuage, land
lod cottage aforesaid with their a[^purtenances from the hands of the lord by his
iteward And he gave for a fine for his admittance to the aforesaid messuage and
" oaatrooa ** of land xx^ and for the aforesaid cottage vij<^ And he does fealty and
iiUiereapon admitted tenant.

There is no other mention of the name in this roll, and the want of those
of the following reigns causes a blank which may never be remedied.
However, in the early part of the reign of King James I. we meet with
two brothers, John Garfield of Kilsby, yeoman, and Ralph Garfeild of
London, whose wills were respectively proved in 1618 and 1607. In what
relation they stood to the early Kilsby Garfields is quite unknown. Per-
haps they were sons of William or Thomas before mentioned. That they
were related to the Ashby St. Leger family is shown by John Garfeild's
will. Ralph Garfeild his brother seems to have been a merchant adventu-
rer of wealth and position. It is evident from his will that he had busi-
ness beyond the seas, and his son's absence from England at the time of his
death seems to afford some ground for suggesting that he may have been
nearly akio, perhaps uncle, to Edward Garfield, of Watertowu, Mass., who
was born about 1575. It is also somewhat suggestive of kinship that Ralph
Garfeild's son and grandson were both called Benjamin, a name likewise
borne by President Garfield's ancestor, the fourth son of Edward Garfield,
and it is too not a little curious that another son of Ralph should have had
the Dame of Abraham. The information as yet collected clearly does not
permit the construction of a satisfactory peiligree. Still it may be useful to
tabulate what is known of the sixteenth century Garfeilds, although it is
most needful to warn the reader that the following outline is a very tenta-
tive one, and that the suggested kinship with Edward Garfield is quite
hypothetical.

* Oaric and Garlej arc still existing English sumnmes.

t Qoatrona or qaartrona is a measure of land, which is probably equal to the fourth part
of an *' oxgang " of land.

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258

The Garfield Family in England.

[July,

GARFELDEsF

Thomaa OarftMe =
of Ashby 8t. Ledger,

GArfUde

WiUlAm Oarefelde
ofKUsbT,
2£dw. Vl.

Th<

toouw = Afiiet.
Oardtyide
ofKUaby.

Robert ai EUsabeth.
Gardeflelde
orKlld>7.

SUhl

Robert OarfeMe s= Mmrgaret.
of AfhbvSt. r.«dger,

£ll2a1

beth.

bJ,

John Oarfelld Balph Oarfetld=(l). . .

of Kilsbj; d. 1018; of London,
relatMl to Richard d. ie07.
of Atbbj St. Ledger.

(2)AlloePratt

• > • • Qarfeild~. • • • • •

Thomas Garfelld = Anne,

of AthbT 8t Ledgers,
bo. IflOO.

m. 1672;
d. 1000.

John Garfelld =

of Ashb7 St Ledgers,
btt. 10O£

Alice,
bap. 1675.

BeiUamln OarfeOd

of Clerkenwell;

bejond the seas In 1007.

Garftlld
•'ofTeddington."

Roberts William, Richards Isabel,

bp. 16r2-3, Qarfeild,
?ba. 1683. ofAshbj
St. Ledgers,
bp. 1570.

bp. 1683,
bu. IttM.

Elisabeth,

m. 16W,

Robert

Herbert.

Edwards^Rebceea,

Garfelld of

Watertown,

1676-1672.

John,
bp. 1607.

Thomas, Isaac,
bp. 1002. bp. 1000.

Margaret,
bp. 1006.

Sarah,
bp. 1011.

d.1061.
K.ab.Si.

George, Bei^amln,

bp. 1010. fourth son:

ancestor of
President Garfldd.

The will of John Garfeild of Kilsby, yeoman, dated 20 April, 1614, prov-
ed in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 31 July, 1618 [Meade, 73] and
at Northampton 15 Sept. in the same year, is given below in abstract.

To be buried in the upper end of the middle side of the churob of Kilsby. to Rich-
ard Garfeild of Ajshby Legera my kinsman £5 — the like sum to Alice Gharfeild, wid-
ow, late wife of mv brother Ralph Garfeild citizen in London — to Annee Stonby lato
fiervant to my brother Raph Garfeild 40* — to Alice Hewlett, widow, sometime wife of
William Uowlett £10 — to the four children of John Hewlett i. e. William, John,
£phraim and Moyses 10* each — to Elizabeth Hewlett wife of John Hewlett £6 13.4
— to margaret Tompson wife of William Tom peon £3: 6. 8— to Moyses Ausuppo
[sic] son of Thomas Ausuppe £6. 13. 4 — to Liddia Ausuppe daughter of Thomas
Ausuppe £6. 13. 4 — to Betteriche AUam wife of William AUam of Litterworth,
baker £20 '* if he the said William do accept of it for charges of board I haro

gut him to, if he do not accept it for the said charges she shall not have it bat
e Fhall have what he can prove is due '*— to Robert Allam and Richard Allam
his sons 10* each — to my maid servant Isabell 10" — to Beniamyn Garfeild citisen in
London £100 and my house in Pinchbacke— to Ellen Sabin 10* — to Richard Wells
of Biteswell and to his brother 10" each— Residuary legatee and sole executor
John Aulsuppe— Overseers John Preisce and Thomas Aulsupp— Witness GeorM
Harris— Signed, John Garfeild sign*. Wiiim' Marrett his mark, John Preist sign^.
Thomas Aulsuppe his mark, with others.

1883.] The Garfield Family in England. 259

The subsidy roll of 85 Eliz. 1598, inclades under Kilesbie the name of
fohn Garfeilde, who was then assessed ^* in goods."

Ralph Garfeild brother of John Grarfeild of Kilsby became a citizen of
London and member of the Dyers' Company. The destruction of the ear-
ly books of that company and the registers of St. Sepulchres deprive us of
the opportunity of adding to the information supplied by his will, which is
ipedally interesting from the reference he makes to the absence *' beyond
the seas " of his son Benjamin, who probably acted in his father's mercan-
tile *'' adventures.** Of this document we here give an abstract.

1 Sept. 1607, 6 James. Raffe Garfeild^ Citiasen and Dyer of London — being sick —
ny debts to be paid — my soods to be divided into three part according to the lauda-
ble custom of the city of G)ndon— one third part to my well beloved wife Alice Oar-
f^d-one third part amongst my sons fieniamvn Garfeild and Abraham Garfeild
eqaiUy ; if Abraham die under 21 then the whole to Beniamyn — the other third
part for legacies as follows— FirHt to my loving brother John Garfeild £20^-10 the
poor people harboured in Bridewell £4 — to the poor children in Christs Hospital so
that they accompany my body to burial £3 — to my maidservants 40* apiece — to every
of them a black gown of 16* a yard and to have £3 for every gown— to the poor
people of Saint Sepulchre without Newgate £3 — to the livery of the company of
j^ers whereof I am a member for a repast to be made by them when they shall
leoompany my corpse to my funeral 40^to the poor prisoners in Newgate, Lud-
pte, the counter in Woodstreet and the counter in the poultry to every of the same
prisoDs 40* — to my cousin Richard Arnold* son of Samuel Arnold £20 at 21— to the
child or children that Mary Arnold now wife of the said Samuel Arnold is '* insent "
ergoeth with £10 at 21. — to Richard Arnold the elder citizen and haberdasher of
London 40" for la ring for a gentle remembrance, and a black gown — to my loving
wife Alice Garfeild the lease of the messuage wherein I now dwell in the Olde Bay-
lie, without Newgate, London — to my saia son Abraham Garffeild £306 at 21. Rie*
adaaiy legatees my children Beniamyn and Abraham. ** And forasmuch as my
nid son Beniamyn is at this present in some part beyond the seas my will and mind
is Uiat if it shall happen him to die before his next return into this realm of Eng-
land that then all of his portion aforesaid to him by this my testament and last wul
gifenand bequeathed shall wholely go and remain unto my said son Abniham. And
whereas I have heretofore upon trust only to my own use conveyed unto my said
brother John Garfeild all my estate and interest as well of and m the fourth part
of all that good ship <^lled the ' Fawlcon of Ipswich ' and of and in all the tackle,
masts, ropes and furniture thereunto belonging as also of and in the third part of
tlHit sooa ship <»dled the ' Rose of Ipswich ° and of and in all the tackle masts ropes
and furniture thereunto belonging my will and mind is and I earnestly entreat my
nid brother John Garfeild that all the said fourth and third parts of the said ships
and fomiture aforesaid with all his estate and interest therem may be valued, ap-
inaiBed and inventoried as part of my estate and so sold as my trust is in him ** —
my laods and tenements being freehold to my wife Alice for life she keeping them
in repair, after her decease to my son Abraham and the heirs of his body, in default
thenof to my son Beniamyn his heirs and assigns for ever.— Sole Executor, my son
BeQiamyn— Overseers, my loving brother John Garfeild and the said Richard Arnold
the elder. Signed ** signum dicti Radi Garffeild.** Witnessed by Samuel Arnold,
Tbomas Sparke scr' and Humfrey Bowden servant to the said scrivener.

This will was proved in the Prerogative G)urt of Canterbury (Wind-
btnk, 98) 2 Nov. 1 608, by John Garfeild, " executor juxta tenorem durante
absentia Beniamini Gkirfeild, filii naturalis et legitimi, iam in partibus ultra
mariois, commorantis." That of his widow Alice is dated 25 September,
1621, and is to the following effect:

■

* It is noteworthy, tboogh perhaps only a coincidence, that the lords of tho manor of
Iflsby arc, or lately were, L. C. Arnold, Esq., and Dr. Thomas Colledge. [1 hoinas Ar-
nold, who had a son Richard, settled as early as 1640, in Watertown, Mass., where Edward
0ir6eld was a resident. (See Arnold Family, Register, xxxiii. 427-38.) Qu. Was there
my relationship between this Thomas Arnold and the Richard Arnold named in the above
irill ?— Sn.]

260 The Oar field Family in England. [July,

Alice Garfeild of London, widow — to be buried in the charoh of St Sepalcbre
without newgate whereof I am a parishioner — my debts to be paid — to the poor of
8t Sepulchre £10 — to the Company of Diars £3 — to the children of Christs Hospital
£3 — to my loving friend M' George Needier* the attorney £5 for a gown — to Mrs
Needier his wife the like — to my son in Iqxo Beniamyn Garfeild £100 — also £5 for
a gown and to my daughter Garfeild his wife £5 for a gown — to my eon in law
Jonn Davis £40 and £3 for a cloak and to his wife £4 for a gown — to my cousin
Thorneton £3 for a cloak and to his wife £4 for a gown — to my grandchild Richurd
Arnold £100 at 21— to my grandchild Samuel Arnold £100 at 21->to my ffrandcbild
George Arnold £100 at 21 — to my brother Michael Prattf an annuity of £10 pay-
able out of my now dwelling house in the Ould Baillie— to William Bell gent a
tankard of silver and gilt — to M*^ Homes £3 for a cloak & to his wife £4 for a gown
— to their daughter my goddaughter £3. — to Alice Uzley my goddaughter £5— to
Alice Wetherall my goddaughter 406— to Thomas Arnold £20 — to Elisabeth Beene
my maid £3 lor a gown — to Elizabeth Cock £3 for a gown — to Ann Addams my
daughter Arnolds maid £3 for a gown — to William Watall my daughter Arnol<u
man 40* for a cloak — to Ann Stand ish £4 to make her a gown — to 20 poor women a
gown apiece — Residuary legatee and sole executrix my daughter Miary Arnold —
Overseers, my loving iriend M^ George Needier and my said son in law Beniamyn
Garfeild. Signed Alice GarfiU.

Codicil dated 23 April 1623 reciting omission to give legacies to the children of
her son in law Beninmyn Garfeild — she therefore upon '* due consideration had'*
gives to his four children Beniamyn, Henry, James and Mary £5 spieoe. Signed
Alice Garfill, witnessed by Thomas Arnold La. Lowndd.

Witnessed by Ben : Garfeild, Franc's James, Robart Mount, the mark of Robert
Batte, Thomas Arnold La. Lownes.

This will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 6 May*
1633 (Swan, 50) by Mary Arnold the daughter. The way in which the
codicil is inserted is strange, and it looks as if the will had remained un-
signed until the date of the codicil. The kinships shown by these wills are
somewhat puzzling. Alice would seem to have been Ralph Garfeild's sec-
ond wife, as she describes his son Benjamin as her '• son in law " and the
latter*8 wife as her " daughter." Probably she too had been previously
married. It will be noticed that she had two '* sons in law," Benjamin Gar-
feild and John Davis, a '' daughter " Garfeild who is known to have been sole
heir of John Elsdeu, and a daughter Mary Arnold. Add to this that Mary
Arnold's children would appear to have been "cousins" of Ralph Garfeild.
It is scarcely possible at present to explain these kiiiships satisfactorily.

Tho subsequent history of this branch of the family is quite clear. They
maintained a good position, and in 1663 Ralph's grandson Benjamin
Garfeild entered his pedigree at the Herald's Visitation of Middlesex.
That document forms the basis of the following account, in which whatever
is taken from the Yisitatiou pedigree is enclosed in brackets.

[Ralph Garfeild of Kilsby co Northampton Esq] citizen and dyer of London:
lived in the Old Bailey. W ill dated 1 Sept. 1607 proved 2 Nov. 1608. Probably
married twice : his second wife being Alice Garfield above mentioned, perhaps a
Northamptonshire lady who also probably had been previously married to a John

Elsden or Ellsdon and perhaps to Davis. Will & codicil dated respectively 85

Sept. 1621 and 23 April 1623 and proved 6 May 1633. He had two sons :—

i Benjamin], see below.
Abraham Garfield, second son of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, s. p.]
[Benjamin Garfeild of Clerkenwell, co. Middlesex, gentleman] alHo a citizen and
dyer of London. *' M' Benjarayn Garfeild buried in y« vault'* at Clerkenwell 18
Oct. 1630.*' Will dated 14 Sept. 1630. Goods to be divided into throe part9-H)ne

♦ In the Lay Subsidy of 42 Elizabeth for Northamptonshire, the name of George Need-
ier, gent., appears nssessed '* in lands " at Farchingston.

t The homage of KiKsby at a court held in 1548, presented that Thomas Pratt and John
Pratt dwelling with Thomas their father, were then of the age of 12.

1883.] The Oarfield Family in England. 261

part to my well beloved wife Elizabeth Garfeild— one part to my three childen Ben-
lamin, Henry and Mary— one part for legacies, viz. to my said son Henry my mes-
loage in Lutterworth which I hold by lease of the King — to my daughter mary
£300^my loving friend Thomas Arnold £3 for a ipoaming cloak — to John Home
40* fur a mooming cloak. Residuary legatees, my children Bei:\jamin Henry and
Maxy — lands etc in Middlesex or elsewhere to my son Benjamin Garfeild^wife to
have education etc of children till they be 21 or married ; she to be executrix. Over-
seers Thomas Arnold and John Home. Witnesses John Davis. William Dugdaile
and John Home, scrivener. Proved 3 Nov. 1630 by Elizabeth tne relict. [He mar-
ried Eliabeth daughter and heir of John Blsden] who was probably a former hus-
band of Alice Garieild. Their children were

[Benjamin] see below.

[Henry Garfeild, second son ob. s.p.] bap. Clerkenwell 9 June 1616.

£lizabetb, bap. Clerkenwell *' in their house " 15 bu. 26 July 1617.

James Garfeild, bapt Clerkenwell 29 July 1618 bu there 4 May 1625.

Mary, bapt. Clerkenwell 21 Nov. 1619.

John Garfeild bapt. 17 bu. 24 Sept. 1620 at Clerkenwell.

Ann bap 13 bu. 17 Feb. 1621 at Clerkenwell.

Audley Garfeild l»u at Clerkenwell 5 Oct. 1623.
[Bei\jamin Garfeild of Tuddington] i. e. Teddington [oo. Middlesex Esq. and one
of the gentlemen pensioners to King Charles Hj . He was possessed oT lands in
Kildesby which he sold to Robert Smyth as appears by a fine levied in Michaelmas
term 1653. In 1663 he entered his pedifi;ree at Ryley and Dettricks Visitation of
Middlesex. Perhaps in describing himself as '* of Teddington " he may have had
hopes of founding a family there. Administration of his goods was granted 25 Oct.
16B0 to his daughter Mary Stowe, when he was described as *' late ofSt Giles in the
Fields Esq." [He married Frances dau. of John of Herborae] i. e. Harbome [of
Tackley com Oxon Esq. bv Frances dau of Sir Francis Eurej. She was buried at
Clerkenwell 12*^ August 1661. Their children were—

[Francis died in 1663] bu. Clerkenwell 1 July 1653.

[Mary Garfeild aged 8 years in 1663] m. by license William Stow Esq. at
Clerkenwell 29 Jan 1679 and administered her father *s effects in 1680.

The pedigree is signed ^' Ben. Gurfeild." The arms claimed by him od
entering this pedigree were, Quarterly 1. Or three bars gules on a canton
ermine a cross gules. 2. Sable on a chevron between three lions rampant
argent an amulet gules. 3. Argent on a chevron between three cross croas-
letts gnles three fleur de lys or. 4. Barry of six argent and azure a lion
rampant gules. Crest. On a ducal coronet or a cross calvary gules. But
Mr. Garfeild was unable to show to the heralds sufficient evidence of his
right to use these arms, and a note is appended to the pedigree that proof
is ** respited to London." No proof, however, seems to have been made,
and no grant of arms to any one of this name can be traced at the College
of Arms, and as it seems clear that they were not in a position to bear
arms before Elizabeth's reign, we must conclude that the Garfields can
•carcely with strict propriety be termed an armigerous family. By whom
or when the crest — out of a human a hand holding a sword all proper —
engraved in Mr. Porter's pamphlet and ascribed to the name in some dic-
tionaries of heraldry, was used or borne, there is no evidence at present to
show. It is worthy of note that similar armorial bearings, viz. : Barry of
six or and gules, a canton ermine charged with a cross of the second. Crest.
On a ducal coronet or a cross gules — are ascribed by the heraldic dictiona-
ries to the name of Giatfield.

Some difficulty attaches to the identification of the arms quartered by
Benjamin Garfeild. The second quarter is perhaps the coat of au Essex
fiunily, that of Hallys, of whom Sir Stephen Hallys bore similar armorial
bearings, with the trivial exception that in his the amulet, probably a mere
mark of cadency, was sable instead of gules. It may be that Ralph Gar-
feild's first wife bore this name. The tMrd quarter is undoubtedly the cog-

262 The Garfield Family in England. [July,

nizance of Elizabeth Elsden. None of the dictionaries refer to this name,
but in Dorsetshire there was an eminent family of merchants settled at
Charmouth and Lyme Regis, which they frequently represented in parlia-
ment, who bore the name of Ellesdon, and used similar arms. The publish*
ed pedigree of Ellesdon does not allude to the Garfeild family. Of the last
quarter, all that can be said is that it may be either for Watson or the
Gloucestershire family of Williamscot. To the former name belong the
arms — Barry of five arg. and az. over all a Hon rampant gules ; and to the
latter — Arg. three bars az. over all a lion ramp. gu. crowned or.

Although the position in the pedigree of the following individuals is at
present unknown, it may be well to place them here on record.

Edward Godward married Catherine Garfeild at Clerkenwell 28 Nov. 1630 : par.
reff. Thomas son of William and Mary Garfeild was baptized at Clerkenwell 6 Jane
1670 : par. res:. Administration of the floods of John Garfeild late of 8t Mary Mat-
fellon alias Whitechapcl was granted to Elizabeth his relict 20 Feb. 1673.

Amongst the Ro3'ali.st ("omposition Papeni of the time of the Commonwealth is a
petition from John Garfeild, minister of Tickhill, Yorkshire, who had been ac-
cused of *' speaking words against the state," in which he declares that he **is
and alwayes was well affected to this present parliament k by bis words and aeions
hath expressed the same.**

The name Garfield is still to be found in England in the midland
counties, in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, but it no longer occurs in
Northamptonshire, at least not in the Post-office Directory.

A family of Garfields, of which the present English representatives live
at Wolverhampton, sent out a branch to America which settled in Canada .
about a century ago, and although not strictly bearing on New England
genealogy, a note of this fact may perhaps save confusion between the two
American families in the future. James Garfield, brother of a William
Garfield, who lived and was buried at Alcester in Warwickshire, emigrated
to Quebec. He made his will 22 March, 1807, at 10 A.M., in the pre-
sence of the notary public, Ch: Voyer, in which he is described as ** Siear
James Garfield pere," dwelling in the faubourg St. Jean, " sur la rue St. Joa-
chim — gissant au lit malade du corps — raais saint d'esprit." The testator
gave '^ a son fils James Garfield issu de son mariage avec feu Margoe-
rite Garfield Joblin dec(id(3e en 1789, ^tant le seul enfant que soit rests
vivant issu de dit mariage," all his goods, moveable and immoveable, and
those of his late wife, which consisted priHcipally of *' douze cens acres de
terre dans le township de Tewksbury et quatre emplacements situees au
Faubourg St Jean," upon which a house had been built ; £300 in the hands
of M. Louis Marchand, negociaut at Quebec, and £25 due from la veuve
Lapointe.

The will of his son " Sieur " James Garfield, also of the rue St. Joa-
chim, Quebec, is dated 10 Jan. 1814. He bequeathed one half of his goods
to his wife. Dame Marie Louise Pouliat, and the other half to his child-
ren, his executor being Sieur George Harley, maitre sceller. This will is
endorsed, '' Testament au Sieur «James Gardfield, *^ a curious instance of an
ancient form of spelling reasserting itself."

A letter from Quebec in 1823 respecting this family states : " The old
gentleman died in January, 1808, and the son is also dead, but I have not
been able to ascertain the time of his death ; he however left a widow and
two or three children ; the children are still living, and the widow is mar-
ried again."

1883.] Marriages in West Springfield. 263

It may be well to add that nearly every name meDtioned in the Garfield
wills occars either in the Kilsby manor rolls or else in the subsidy rolls.
Thos we find particulars of Howlett, Tomson, Allsop, Sabin, Priest, Her-
bert or Harbert, Marryet, Green, Boyse, Needier, etc.*

MARRIAGES IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 1774-1796.

Contributed by Mr. Ltman H. Baoo, of New York, N. T.

[Concladed ftt>m page •12.]

The Intention of Marriage between John Worthington and Betsy Petty
both of West Springfield was entered August 30*** and published the 31.
1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Ebenezer Sargeants and [blank space
UK original] was entered Sep' 25*^ & published y' 2G*»* 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between John Howard of West Springfield
and Jerusha Rogers of Petersham was entered October 28^ and published
Nov' 2, 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Abner Rojjers and Cynthia Flower
both of West Springfield was entered Sep' 19*** and published the 21"'
1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Seneca Remington and Polly Sar-
geants, both of West Springfield was entered Octo' 11"* and published the
12*» 1794.

Olive Smith daughter of Simeon Smith and Mary Smith was born Jan-
nary 23, 1792.

Simeon Smith their Son was born March 7, 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Aaron Strong of Southampton and
Hannah Carrier of West Springfield was entered November 28. & publish-
ed the 30"» 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Benjamin Alfred of West Spring-
field and Elizabeth Chapin of Somers was entered Nov' 29^ and published
the 30«»» 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Caleb Street and Bathsheba Chapin
both of West Spring6eld was entered December the 3d and published the
7*»» 1794.

Harriet Ashley Daughter of Solomon Ashley and Caroline Ashley was
born 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Sampson Freeman of Glastenbury
and Sally Fletcher of West Springfield was entered December 27*** & pub-
lished the 28*'* 1794.

Tlie Intention of Marriage between Phinehas Leonard of West Spring-
field and Content Wheeler of Montgomery was entered December 27*^ &
published the 28. 1794.

Orra Frink Daughter of Luther Frink and Phebe Frink was born Octo'
5«* 1794.

The Intention of Marriage between Gideon Matthews Jn' of Chester &

• Some of the sesarnamcs were Iwrne by settlers of Watcrtown, Mass., namely, Thorosoiir
Priest Hnd Orecn. John Thomson and Edward Gartield were admitted freemen of Maasa-
chosetts Che same day, May 6, 1635. The Hubbards arc Huberts on their gravestones, and
the Marretts of the acyoiaing town of Cambridge were Marryatts when they came.— £o.

264 Marriages in West Springfield. [Joly,

Patty Ely of West Springfield was entered January 2^ and published the
4*^ 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Ephraim Barker and Sarah Day
Jones both of West Springfield was entered January 17^ & published the
18»M795.

The Intention of Marriage between John Ludington and Jenny Ely both
of West Springfield was entered January 24, and published the 25^ 1795.

Jerusha Rogers Ashley Daughter of Moses Ashley and Sarah Ashley,
was born July 6**» 1794.

Luther Bedurtha of West Springfield and Tirzah Kent of Suffield the
Intention of Marriage between them was entered February 6^ and pub-
lished y« 8*»» 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Nathaniel Taylor Junior and Jem-
sha Ely both of West Springfield was entered February 7th and published
the 8^ 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Horace Day and Theodosia Ely, both
of West Springfield, was entered February 7*** & published the 8* 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Silas Fish of Groton and Cynthia
Bliss of West Springfield was entered February the 17^ and published the
19,1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Nathan Brooks & Lucy Jones both
of West Springfield was entered February the 20^ and published the 21,
1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Samuel Smith 3^ and Olive Smith
both of West Springfield was entered Feby 20. & published the 21. 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Samuel Otis and Sybil Nott both of
West Springfield was entered February 21 & published the same Day 1795
(paid for).

The Intention of Marriage between Harris Cooly and Lucinda Button
both of West Springfield was entered March the 14^ and published the 15*^
1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Cap** Jonathan Worthington and
Mrs. Sybil Colton both of West Springfield was entered March 19'^ and
published the 21, 1795.

Rufus Leonard and Betsy Flower were joined together in Marriage the
U^ Day of June 1794. By Eliph* Leonard Just Pacis Apr* 30. 1795.

This may certify that the following Persons were joined in Marriage at
the time prefixed to their Names

Jedediah Bliss and Roxana Bancroft both of West Springfield on the 14*^
of Mav 1794.

David Worthington and Polly Rogers both of West Springfield on the
21 of May 1794.

John Worthington and Betsey Petty both of West Springfield on the
30*** of Septem' 1794.

Sampson Freeman of Glastenbury and Sally Fletcher of West Spring-
field on the 22** of January 1795.

Silas Fish of Groton and Cynthia Bliss of West Springfield on the 4*^
Day of March 1795.

Seneca Remington and Polly Sargeant both of West Springfield on the
26'*» of November 1794. By me Jesse Wightman.

The Intention of Marriage between Sebre Williams and Sally Goss both
of West Springfield was entered and published April the 80^ 1795.

1883.] Marriages in West Springfield. 265

1795 April Rev' Joseph Lathrop's Return.

Henry Day and Mary Ely both of West Springfield were joined togeth-
er in Marriage May 25, 1794. ^

Jabez Otis of Westfield and Lucy Ely of West Springfield were joined
together in Marriage June the 12**" 1794.

Cyms Starkweather of Partridgefield and Chloe Bagg of West Spring-
field were joined together in Marriage June 15*^ 1794.

Aaron Wright Junior of Northampton and Helena Talcott Breck of West
Springfield were joined together in Marriage October 9, 1794.

Warren Johnson of Woodstock in the State of New York and Sally Fam-
ham of West Springfield were joined together in Marriage Not' 2, 1794.

Abraham Ives & Eunice Day both of West Springfield were joined to-
gether in Marriage January 22, 1795.

Caleb Street and Bathsheba Chapin both of West Springfield were joined
tc^ther in Marriage January 22, 1795.

Aaron Strong of Southampton and Hannah Carrier of West Springfield
were joined together in Marriage January 29, 1795.

Gideon Matthews of Chester and Patty Ely of West Springfield were
j<»ned together in Marriage February 12, 1795.

Horace Day and Theodosia Ely both of West Springfield were joined
together in Marriage February the 18^ 1795.

Nathaniel Taylor Jun' & Jerusha Ely both of West Springfield were
joined together in Marriage February 20*** 1795.

Ephraim Barker and Sarah Day Jones both of West Springfield were
joined together in Marriage February 26, 1795.

Samuel Otis and Sybil Nott both of West Springfield were joined togeth-
er in Marriage March 10, 1795.

The above persons were married on the Day affixed to their respective
Names by Joseph Lathrop.

May 7*^ 1795, John Luttleton and Jenny Ely both of West Springfield
were joined together in Marriage by Mr. Lathrop.

The Intention of Marriage between Simeon Smith Viets of Westfield
sod Jane Mclntier of West Springfield was entered June 6*^ and publbhed
f 7*^ 1795.

John Clough and Sarah Orcutt, both of West Springfield, the Intention
of Marriage between them was entered July 11^^ 1795, and published the
nme Day. paid for.

Pemler Howard of West Springfield & Betsey Orcutt of Stafford were
jobed together in Marriage at Stafford by Rev^ Isaac Foster of Stafford
January .

Ephraim Williams of Westfield and Rachel Brooks of West Springfield
the Intention of Marriage between them was entered September the 24^
lod published the 27'M 795.

The Intention of Marriage between Cyrus Starkweather and Asenath
Winchell both of West Springfield was entered October 4^ and published
the same Day 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Samuel Cooper and Catherine Groff
both of West Springfield was entered Octo' 10^ and published the 11^
1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Philip Cambridge and Sylvia Shel-
don both of West Springfield was entered the 10*^ Oct' and published the
\\^ 1795.

TOL. ZZZVII. 25

266 Marriages in West Springfield. [July*

Nathaniel Bancroft of Hartford West Division, and Thankful Mason of
West Springfield, the Intention of Marriage between them was entered No-
vember 2* 1795, and published the 7"» 1795.

Pliny Pepper Son of Gains Pepper and Lettisa Pepper was bom May
the 8*^ 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Edward White and E[annah Be-
dortha both of West Springfield was entered December the 18^ and pub-
Hshed the W^ 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between John Lyman Jun' of Southampton
and Eunice Ely of West Springfield was entered Decem' 26^^ and publish-
ed the 27^*^ 1795.

The Intention of Marriage between Hezekiah Jones and Huldah Chapin
both of West Springfield was entered December 31, 1795, and publbhed
January 3, 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Pelatiah Ashley and Polly Jones
both of West -Springfield was entered January 21 and published the 24,
1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Brigham Day of West Springfield
and Silence Pitt of Westfield was entered January 30^ and publish^ the
31. 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between David Wilder and Elizabeth Ba^
both of West Springfield was entered February 2. and published the 7^
1796.

Jonathan Bedortha and Sylvia D[ay ?] both of West Springfield, the In-
tention of Marriage between them was entered February 5*^ and published
the T^ 1796.

Gideon Goss and Sally Ed both of West Springfield the Intention

of Marriage between them was entered Feby 6. and published the 7'* 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Clark Loomis and Nancy Bagg
both of West Springfield was entered February 1 9*** and published the 20*
1796.

William Horton Mumford Son of Will" Mumford and Lucy Mumford
was born October 24"» 1789.

Lucy Mumford their Daughter was born March 14*^ 1791.

The Intention of Marriage between Solomon Ely and Jerusha Day both
of West Springfield was entered February 26*** and published March 6,
1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Joshua Spear and Miriam Leonard
alias Miriam Miller both of West Springfield was entered March 4. and
published March 6*»» 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between John Rice Ju' of Granby in Con-
necticut and Sally Cooper of West Springfield was entered March 12^'^and
published the 13, 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between H Cooly and Dinah Kent both

of West Springfield was entered March 12"* and published the 13, 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Ebenezer Wedger and Lucinda
Smith both of West Springfield was entered March 28*^ 1796, & published
the 31'* of the Same Month.

The Intention of Marriage between Cap" Benjamin Bams of Groton and
Wid® Lucretia Miller of West Springfield was entered & published March
31, 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between [Stephen?] Chapin Ju* and* Lucinda

1883.] Edward Randolph. 267

[ColPjton both of West Springfield was entered and published March 31,
1796.

The Intention of Marriage between James Wilsay [?] of Longmeadow
and Mrs. Mary Day of West Springfield was entered & published April 4,
1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Eliphalet Taylor & Mrs. Thankful
Fowler was entered April 9"» and published April 10, 1796.

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Wan tor [?] More & Miss Luer-
cry [?] D[ay ?] both of West Springfield was entered May 7, 1796 &
published May 8.

EDWARD RANDOLPH.

Commnxilcated by O. D. Soull, Esq., of Oxford, England.

[Continaed flrom page 169.]

[These letters and documents, with those printed in the last Reg-
ISTEB and in Hutchinson's " Collection of Papers," show that our
ancestors did not over-estimate the instrumentality of Randolph in
wresting from them their colonial rights. They give a graphic pic-
ture of the times. — Ed.]

To the Archbishop of Canterbury,

Boston Decemb' IV^ 1682.
May it please yonr Grace.

When I was last to pay my Duty to y' Grace I did promise to give
you an Account of y* Genius and Temper of y* People as to matters of
Religion and I find not only in this Province, but also in the Massachu-
setts Government where I have had opportunity to make observations, that
they are wholy averse to y* Discipline of y* Church of England th® it hath
been otherwise represented by M' Mason, who hath brought over Com-
mon prayer Bookes from my Lord Bishop of London. So y^ I can give
no Incouragement to invite an Orthodox Divine to come hither, where both
maintenance wilbe wanting and he would be otherwise uneasy. I am sorry
y* I am able to give your Lordship no more pleasing an account concerning
them but this is the truth of y® Matters so farre as 1 can Learn.

1 am your Graces most humble & obed' serv^

[Unsigned.]

Memorial addresssed to Archbiihop of Canterbury.

May it please your Grace

Forasmuch as upon the newes of the Quo Warr*** against New Eng-
land some malicious people may be apt to infuse false and seditious insinu-
ations into the minds of the people touching His Majesties Pleasure of the
necessary Settlement of that Country and bringing the people to an imedi-
ate dependance upon the Crown —

Its humbly proposed that some Declaration from his Majesty of their
liberties and properties being preserved unto them upon this change of Gov-
ernment whereby the people will be easily induced to surrender their Char-

268 Edward Randolph. [July,

ter or to submit to sach regulations and Hmitatiops of their Charter as Hii
Majesty shall prescribe and that in order hereunto some person may be
immediately appointed to carry over such Declaration with the Quo Want*
(as hath been formerly done upon vacating the Originall Charter) and that
some small Frigott may be ordered to attend that Service.

I am certainly informed that ye Maremaid Frigott is suddainly bound
for Barbadoes. It will not bee above a fortnights oayle out of her way to
touch at Boston and carry over the person appointed by Hia Majesty which
will give a great credit to the whole business.

July. 11. 1683.

Edwctrd Randolph to Df Uoyd Bishop of S Asaph.

Mt Lord Whitehall March 1685.

In obedience to your Lords^ desires I inclose abstracts of letters I
lately received from the cheife of late magistrates in Boston, they are all of
ffood estates at home & of known creditt at Court, by which you may easi-
ly see the unhappy condition that countrey are now brought into by the ob-
stinate resolutions of some few zealous persons who have (by the artafioe
of 5 or 6 of their independent ministers) lately gott the sole management
of their Grovernment turning out M' Stoughton, Dudley & Bulkley (men-
tioned in M' Wharton's letter) for persuading y* people to submitt to his
Maj'** Declaration &c, and they most justly deserve to be discountenanced
& made uucapable of ever engaging in any publick business ; being so like
our late Sequestrators in zeale & ignorance, that nothing but the tyme &
place makes the difference. These have been so vilye arbitrary in abusing
the Inhabitants that the worst of the ffrench Pesants have in comparison
lived easily. And my Lord, the present state of that Country is in most
circumstances very like that of England at the tyme of his late Majesties
happy restauration : and I can confidently aver, That the most & best part
of the Inhabitants groaning under above 30 years oppression will as much
rejoice upon y* hopes of liberty as wee did here. But in regard of the late
Indian Warr & 3 great fires in Bonton by which New England has (since
my first going over) lost over 1«50,000£ & with the decay of their trade
fiirrs & ffishing occasioned by the french in our Neighbourhood, they are
generally miserably poor. So that whoever goes over Governor with ex-
pectation to make his ffbrtunes ; will dis-serve his Majesty, disappoint him-
selfe and utterly mine that Country. My Lord, this I speak upon my
own knowledge and offer it the rather because 'Tis the interest of the
Crowne to keep up those inhabitants after they have submitted to his
Majesties regulation, for they are a Great body of people, sober & indus-
trious & in tyme of Warr able to drive the french out of all their Ameri-
can dominions and be a Good defence & releefe to all his Majesties forain
Plantations. There is one thing has fallen out lately amongst them very
unluckily for his Maj***" service which is the sending over Cranfeild to be
Governor of the Province of New Hampshire who by his arbitrary pro-
ceedings has so harrassed that poor people. That although they have
cause to complain of the hard usage of the Boston Governor (under whom
they lately were) and pray'd his Majesty to take them from that yoak« yett
they have greater reason now to pray an alteration & wish again to be
under the Bostoners, for M' Cranfeild has quite ruined that place & his
open immorality as well in Boston where he hired a house & told them he

1883.] JEdward Randolph. 269

had assarance of that Grov' upon the vacating their Charter ; has rendred
his Maj^** GrOYem' very contemptible & was one great reason why the
Bostoners did not submitt upon my last going over, and should a Grov' go
over who will tread in M' Cranfeild*s steps or do worse things, if possible,
It will cool the inclinations of good men and make them take the first occa-
sion to free thenL«elves, besides 'twill above all greatly reflect upon our
church to have men of ill principle & debauch'd lives appeare as the promo-
ters of that religion, they so much dishonour in their Conversation. I am
well assured that they will easily upon Grant of a Grenerall Pardon, liberty
of Conscience & Confirmation of Propertyes be ready to subscribe to any
condition his Majesty shall ' bee pleased to propose and a prudent sober
Grent" sent their Gov' will be very acceptable to the people, which is the
only way to preserve them from Ruine. I intreat your Lordsh^ to pardon
my hasty lines & to give me leave to say that I am in all duty y' Lord'p'
most obedient & most humble serv^ Ed. Randolph.

P. S. My Lord I yesterday gave my Lord Clarendon an abstract of
the letters with one originall which I had not tyme to transcribe. I hope
when his Majesty is made sensible that there is more need of a prudent
man to reconcile, then of a hott, heady passionate Souldier* to force ; that
the Gent" under present thoughts may be designed for a Service more prop-
er for his qualifications. I would be glad I might have liberty to inform his
Majesty the truth & present state of his subjects in N. £ng^. My Lord
the sooner y' Lordship pleases to communicate the inclosed to y* Lords'*
your Lordship mentioned, the better. Its great pitty & lookes like injus-
tice that a great Country of good subjects should not have some tyme of
tryall before they are all at once condemned to the passion & avarice of an
unreasonable man.

An abstracl qf Letters sent me from Boston since the notice qf the vacating their

Charier,

ffirom Symon Brad<*troet. )

Gov' at Boston: 8 Dec' 1684 > I am afraid (by what 1 heare) that by this tyme
some Judg* is passed against our Charter : but if his Maj*^ would be graciously

£ leased out of Lis Prinoely clemency, to pardon what is past k to oontinue the Gov'
ere in such a way, as is intimated in his Mig^^ ^;racious declaration to which my-
■elfe & seTerali of y« Magistrates voted a Submission, I doubt not but it would
oonduoe as much to his }/^y^ honour. Dignity, profitt k satisfaction, as y* sending
over a Gov which would be very chargeable k y* people here, you know, are gen-
erally very poor, unlesie some row in Boston, most of them not so rich as they are
thought to bee : the warr witHlllb Indians & late ji^reat fires have much impoTer-
ished^this Country the unprofitableness of trade, every where, doth much discour-
age. I hope amonest all the faults wee are or may be charged with, the service
wee have done his M^**^ in subdueing & securing with y* Expenoe of so much blond
it treasure) so larg a tract of Land annexed to y^ Crowne of Engl*^, will not be
wholly forgotten. It is no small greife to see & heare the miserable condition of our
neighbours of Now Hampshire Some tyme a hopefull & flourishing plantation, but
DOW in a manner undone, no face of trade, nor much care of any thing else, their
own vesseb being afraid to come into their own port from whencesoever they oome
— as some of them have declared to my selfe but enough of this. I suppose you will
heare more from others ; this makes our people dread the like conditton nrom M'
Dudley one of their cheife magistrates turned out last election.

ti. Bradstrkit.

Jany. 38th 1684. S>^~Yours'by Jenner containes nothing other Tas to y* event of
J* scire facias, then what every private man Expected & ii those things, of a Gen^

« We presume that Col. Piercy Kirke is here referred to.— Ed.
TOL. xxxvn. 25*

870 Edward Randolph. [July,

PlirdoD, Indulgence in Religion 'k Confirmation of PioprietyaB might bee, yoa
would highly deeerre of this people who will hardly if ever be persuaded to api^j
for themselves &c &c. Joexra Dudlkt.

Boeton ffeb^ S: 1684
ffirom M' Wharton a
great merch* k a great-
er sufferer by y« Got'
at Boston.

The people are now nndeceiTed k see hid M^*** is ii
Earnest, the Rumors that are spread of some Regiments to
come w^ y* new Got' Causes tne old one to call nis Coun-
cill k them to summon a Gen^ Court to consult some ex-
pedient for prevention & to lay the ship onder an Embar-
go for y« packett (which shee carryes to M' Uomphr^yes)
limed with a very thin addresse to nis Miy*** but sufficient to shew the humors k i»-
torest prevalent in our Corporation councills, k y* necessity of regulation, tht
Court sate from Wednesday to isaturday in y* afternoon k then committed Htuit
result to ye Secretary, as a Grand Secrett, Mr Stoushton, Mr Dudley, mr Buckley
k all that seem sensible of Duty or interest were kept Ignorant of v* Import : the
Stile is too well known to those Gentlemen and to many more, who would mote
dutifully assure his Maj^ of the Loyall affections of most of bis subjects here k
their reaidiness to submitt to such Gov' k regulations as his Maj^ shall please to
ordaine. k humbly implore, that the errors or obstinacys of some few (that have
eloathea themselves with his Mt^j'*^ Authority k therewith awe others) may not
draw the effects of his Maj*^ displeasure upon so great a body of people, who will
undoubtedly give ready obedience k sul^ection to liis Maj'*** Commission k fflagg.
And that his M^^ would graciously grant his Generall pardon Confirmation of
propertys k such libertys in Civill k Ecdesiasticall concemes as may still nourish the
plantation and carry on y« Improvements Soo hopefully begun, under Rojrall k gra-
cious indulgences, but since there is not opportunity fi>r such an addresse I know
your good disposition to his Mfg^~ Service, 3'our Kindness to y* Country in generall
k your charity to those that have been most ii\juriouB will make the occasion veiy
acceptable to you thus to represent us to his Majesty.

Richard Whaitov.

JSdwd Randolph to Dr W^ Sancroft Archbishop of Oanterhtry.

Boston: in New England. Ang^: 2: 1686.
May it please your Grace.

Its long since I received your Grace's Blessing and also your Graoei
noble gift of D' Hammonds work bestowed on our Colledge : I intend-
ed long since to give y' Grace an account of my proceedings therein;
but I have forbom that I might have opportunity to make y' Grace some
remarks upon this new Constitution of Gov^ At my first Landing which
was not till the 14**^ of May last, I was received by the honest party, very
kindly, who upon y* frigotts tedious passage did idl feare that I was cast
away with his Maj'ties Commissioners. The factious party were of opinioOt
that (according to their prayers) God would never suffer me to land againe
in this Country and thereupon began in a most arbitrary manner to assert
their power higher then at any tyme before, and having made it a capitall
offence to say their charter was vacated were prosecuting a Merch' in Bol-
ton worth 10,000£ to death or Banishment in saying only, that he hoped
the frigott would arrive, and that very morning I landed he was to be
brought upon his Tryall ; but that was adjourned sine die. 'Twas with
great <lifficulty that wee obtain'd y* Govn* on y* 25*** following & then 3 of
y* persons nominated to be of y* Councill reused to accept & be sworn;
upon their fond opinion that their Govn* is in being and that alth^ hii
Maj*^* has obtained a judgm* ag* their charter, yet they have not consented and
therefore hope some providence like that of Munmouths Rebellion may fiiU
out vf^^ will restore them to their former priveledges ; & enjoyment of thdr
precious things (which God avert) however, that they may have some foot-
ing the Late Gov* db Company before they broke up adjourned themselves

1883.] Edward Randolph. 271

to y* second Wednesday in Oc* next & this is one great reason which still
supports the faction. I know y' Grace may question why this new Govn*
woald suffer an adjournm^ to stand upon RcK^ord hut when y*^ Grace has the
account of the persons now in Gt)vn* that matter will be easily answered.
As to M' Dudley our President he is a N: Conformist minister & for sev-
erall yeares preach'd in New Eng^ till he became a Magistrate <& So con-
tinued for many yeares, but finding his interest to faile amongst that party,
•ett up for a Jong's man, and when in London, he made his application to
my Lord of London and was well liked of by some about his late Maj^*'
person, whereupon he was appointed for this turn to be president, who at
niy arrivall with all outward expressions of duty & loyalty received his
Maf *** Commission. Sweetued with liberty of conscience, and now we
beleived wee had gain'd the f>oint supposing the President our own for y*
C of Eng'. At the opening his Majesties Commission I desired M*^ Rat-
diffe our minister to attend the ceremony & say Grace, but was refused. I
am not to forgett that in the late rebellion of Munmouth not one Minister
op'ned his lipps to pray for the King hoping that the tyme of their deliver-
ance from monarchy & popery was at hand. Some tyme after the scttlem*
of the Gov' I moved for a place for the C: of England men to assemble in ;
after many delayes, at last wee gott a small Room in y* town house, but our
Company increasing beyond the expectation of the Govn' wee now use y*
Exchange, and have y* comon prayer and two sermons every Sunday & at
7 o'clock in y* morning on Wednesdays & frydays the whole service of y*
church, and some Sundays 7 or 8 persons are in one day Baptized, and more
would dayly be of our communion had wee but the company & counte-
nance of the President & Councill, but instead thereof wee are neglect-
ed & can obtain no maintainance from them to support our Minister. Butt
had wee a Gen^^ Gov' wee should soon have a larg congregation and also
one of the churches in Boston, as your Grace was pleased to propose when
these matters were debated at ye Councill Table. I humbly remind your
Grace of the money granted formerly for Evangelizing the Indians in our
neighbourhood. Its a great pitty that there should be a Considerable stock
in this Country (but how imployed I know not) <& wee want 7 or 800£
to build us a church. Their ministry exclaim ag' y* Common Prayer,
calling it, mans Invention & that there is more hopes that whoremongers
9t adulterers will go to heaven then those of ye C of Eug^ ; by these
wicked doctrines they poison the people and their Ministers Carry it as high
as ever. In regard the president & all the Councill save M' Mason &
my selfe are C members or hangers on : and could they gett me out of the
Councill their work was done ; but now they can passe no orders without
my knowledge. They give all encouragement to phannatticks of all Sects
& receive them from all places. About 2 months ago here arrived one M'
Ifourton from Newington Green, he was under excommunication, yet treat-
ed by the presid' & some of y* Councill with great respect: and was de-
agned to be head of our colledge but that was too large a step, they there-
fore call him to a very good living at Charlestown neer Cambridge, where
be is ready for y* Colledge preferment The President has often told me
that they intended to receive y' Graces Gifl of D' Hammonds works with
neat solemnity, but both in that & in things of a higher nature relating to
nit Maj**** Service I find him very treacherous, and now my 1 1 yeares ex-
perience of these people confirmes to me ; that there must be something
more then wax & parchment to reduce them to their perfect duty & obedi-
Moe, for alth® the old Gk)v^ is dead in Law yett 'tis revived in y * presid' &

272 Edward Randolph. • [July,

coancill, aod how can it be otherwise expected when as every C member
in full Comunion is obliged by Oath to observe the orders of his church ds
parson & liable to open Censure upon neglect So that I looke upon what
our Presid' now does in accepting the (Commission is a thing dispenc'd witk
to serve y* turn, for the tyme he has been in, makes it his business to oblige
that party & so strongly drives on his private interest that the members of
the Councill are unwilliug to meet ; So that I feare the Grovn* will be lost
unlesse his Maj'** will be pleased to send us over a Gren^^ Gov* with all con-
venient speed ; otherwise both myselfe & those of y* Charch of Eng' most
leave the place. Your Grace can hardly imagine the small artifices thej
have used to prevent our meetings on Sundays, and at all other tymes to
serve God : they have libelled my wife & our minister, and this is dono
(as credibly beleived) by y* minister of the fregott yett its Conntenanoed
by the faction : who have endeavoured to make breach in my family be-
twixt me & my wife, and have accomplished another designe in setting np
& supporting Cap' Georg, Commander of the Rose fregott against me;
this is their masterpeece for he being a stranger beleives what they say,
when at the same tyme they would rejoice to see us or any others intrusted
by his Majesty hang'd at our doors. Now as to myselfe, your Grace may
please to remember what complaints I have justly made of their ill trea^
ment, w*** I received at Boston for attending his Maj**** service- Who
would have questioned, but that my bringing over an Olive Branch to wit,
liberty of conscience, that I should bee received w**' all respect, bat the
very thought of chang in their Govn' makes them much more my enemys
then before, so that from y* several 1 grounds of their irreconsilable quarrell,
I am attack'd from every part : the Ministers quarrel! for my bringing in y*
Comon prayer, the 6ld magistrates and freemen for vacating their Charter:
the mobile are troubled that the Lawes of Eng' are in force ; & the Me^
ch** for putting the acts of trade in full execution : by which they have lost
severall ships & large quantityes of Goods ; the proprietors of Main are
troubled that province is taken from them & is now (being well stored with
Masts & other navall Stores) become his Majestys ; the Tavern Keep-
ers & victualling houses Curse me for advancing their excise whereas y*
presid* has farm'd it out & his son has one third of y* profitt : the other
Colonys have a great charge ag* me for serving Quo warranto ag* thrir
Charters, and all are highly incensed to see me their enemy his Majesties
Secretiiry of the councill here : but without his Maj**** Extraordinary fiir
vour <& protection I am like to expect Sampsons fate, for such is their im-
placable malice, that Oliver the late Tyrant was not more ingratefull to the
Koyalists then I am to the most of the people & now nothing can settle this
distracted country & checq the Insolencyes of this people but a sober & un-
byased Gent" from England to be our Gov' ; who must hold the raines of
Gov* in his hands & restrainn the liberty of Conscience which they now
grosly abuse. Its necessary y* Gov' licence all their ministers, & that nooo
be called to be a pastor of a congregation without his approbation ; by dus
method alone the whole country will easily be regulated and then they will
build us a church and be willing to allow our Ministry an honourable main-
tenance. Wee have a sober prudent Gent" to be our minister & well ap-
proved ; but in case of Sicknes or other casualtyes if he have not one
sent from Eng** to helpe him our church is lost, 'tis therefore necessary that
another sober man come over to assist ; for some tymes 'tis requisite that
one of them visite the other colonyes to baptize & administer the sacra-
ment, and in regard wee cannot make 40£ a yeare sterl' by contributions

1883.] Edward Randolph. 273

lor support of him & his assistant, 'twould be very gratefnll to our church
affiiires if his Maj^ would please to grant us bis Royall letters — ^That the
8 meeting houses in Boston, which severally collect 7 or 8£ on a Sunday :
do pay to our church warden 20£ a weeke for each meeting house which
will be some encouragement to our Ministers, and these they can but raise
against y* service of y* church, they have great stocks & were they direct-
ed to contribute to build us a church or part from one of their meeting
houses such as wee should approve, they would purchase that exemp-
lion at a great rate, and they could but call us papists, and our Minis-
ters Baal's Priests : as to IK Hammonds works, they are still with me, but
ready to be placed in the library so soon as the colledge is duly regulated,
that matter also must attend the sanction of a Gren" Gov* in which I ques-
tion not but your Grace will please to continue your Assistance, in r^ard
the beginning was promoted by your Grace's £Eivour.

I humbly beg in all Duty your Graces Blessing and remain your Graces
moat obedient and most Humble servant E^ Randolph.

by my matter and y* length of my discourse your Grace will easily find
I write from New England of which place Our minister and my selfe are
nifficiently tyred. I could say more &c &c

Edward Randolph to Dr TFm Sancroft Archbishop of Canterlury.

Boston: in New England May 28*^ 1689.
Hay it please your Grace —

I humbly recommend to your Grace by the bearer hereof Mr Rat-
diffe our Minister above 3 yeares ; the sad & distracted Condition of this
Ministry of New England occasioned by a discontented party who on y* 18
of AprQl last tooke Armes seized upon the ffort Castle & Rose ffrigott at
tnchor in the Harbour in Boston, they have imprisoned y* Gov' in the fort
nnder a strict Gard, they keep me in the common Goal, giving out he is a
Papist & that I have committed Treason. Their printed Papers which
H' Ratcliffe wUl present to your Grace will give an account of their ao-
tioDS, but nothing therein thats justly charged. They had a desire to return
to their former Uov' & proposed this as the onely meanes, which they have
so onhappily accomplished that they have endangered the losse of the whole
country, for the ffrench our neighbors have above 4000 able souldiers with
the Indians now in open warrs against us sett op by y* french & have onely
waited for an opportunity to enter upon a larg part of this Colony included
in their Grant from y* ffrench King who now proposes to make himself e
master of the Beaver trade & of all the fishery upon y* coast of Nova Scb- /
tia. 1 heare M' Mather a Minister in Boston & others are soliciting hard
Ibr a New charter ; having applyed to m' Brent & Sir Thomas Powis late
Attorney Gen" & had then by them the promise of it but I hope I may
have his Maj^** Commands to come for England <& shew the Reason why
their former was vacated & shew the Great & irrepairable losse that will
attend the Crown upon Granting it, not but that such grievances as they
eomplaine of may & ought to be redressed, when sufficiently proved before
y* Gov' who can make his defence for what they have charged upon him
as male-administration : It's true he has endeavoured to have the Acts of
ParliaS relating to trade & navigation duly observed & prevented their go-
ing oat to rob in the Spannish W: Indies & harbour pyrates as formerly :

MARRIAGES RECORDED IN WARWICK, R. L, IN BOOK OF

MARRIAGES No. 1.

CommoDfcated by Bbnjaxik W. Smith, Esq., ProTidenoe, B. L

Joseph Ho ward t and Rebecca Lippettf on Feby 2^ 1664.

John Lippett (the 7oanger)t and Ann Grove on Feby 9 1664.

John Potter and Ruth Fisher on June 2^^ 1664. [Both probably d
Portsmouth, R. L]

David Shippe (of Mansfield) and Margrett Scranton (of Pnidence) o&
Aug 15, 1664.

Jeremy Westcottf and Ellen England on Feby 27 1665.

James Green and Elizabeth Anthony (of Portsmouth) on Aug 3, 1665.

John Harrudef and Elizabeth Cookef on Dec. 24, 1666.

Amos Westcottt and Sarah Staffbrdf on July 13, 1667.

t The names with this sign affixed are recorded as of Warwick. The record is silent tf
to the residence of the other persons, except when the name of a town is appended.

274 Marriages in Warvnek^ It. L [Jolyf

this is the bottom & ground of all their complaints & this liberty they oomt
& Sue for under the name of a charter : They have sett at libOTty 7 pynti
in this Groal, for murther & destroying 8 Spaniards & taking their ships ds
loading worth above 2000£ & have sold lately powder & ammanitio& to
the french & Indians in warr with us, who are come into the provinoe of
Maine, kiU destroy & bum what they left standing last winter, the present
GrOYu' having withdrawn all the forces left there in very good forts, wcB
man'd by the Grov' S' E^' Andros & kept them under sn<^ restnunt & want
that the Indians would have been forced to sue for peace upon any Termoi
before this tyme. This I humbly submitt to your Graces consideratkxi
humbly intreating the favour that I may be sent for home to answere dM
crimes laid to my charge & my accusers to come & prosecute me in any of
the courts in England Uiat I may not after all my difficultyes & hardstdps j
rott to death in a nasty Groal for my BEuthfhll Service to the Crown. I ]
intreat your Graces pardon for this hasty paper and am in all Duty, your '
Graces most humble & most obedient servant £^ RakdolpOi ■•

I have to add that M' Mather has published here a booke called ^ ths
Idolatry of y* Common prayer worship '' which renders all of us of tint
church obnoxious to the common people who account us popish A treat oi
accordingly. M' RatclifPe can say more of it. I intended to present oos
of these books to y' Grace, but my books & papers & writings are sQ
seized upon in hopes to discover a popish plott. £. B.

The bearer hereof M' Ratcliffe was above 3 yeares luro recommended to
us by my Lord Bishop of London. He is a very sober Gentleman has gott
us a church built & a large Congregation, but now he b forced to come for
England to solicit for the enlargement of many of his constant hearers ioh
prisoned for no other reason but because they were of the church of Ed^
land which I hope his Majesty by your Graces favour will be pleased to
encourage <& countenance otherwise these poore people are by their open
profession so long as they, or this present distracted Gov* continues expos-
ed to all contumely & hardshipps in their estates and libertys. of this V
Ratcliffe can give your Grace a full account E: Randolph

3.] MarrictgeB in Warwick^ JR. I. 275

fathaniel Cole (of Oyster Bay L. L) and Martha Parkeson (of Hemp-
i L. I.) Aug 30, 1667.

[oses Lippeuf and Mary Enowles on V"" 19, 1667.
3hn JohnBonf and Mary Anne Downef on Dec 15, 1667.
ohn Grortonf and Margrett Wootenf on January 20, 1668.
'rancU Bndlong and Bebeca Howardf (widow of Joseph) on Mch 19
8-9.

[oees Mudge and Elizabeth Wood on Dec 17 1668.
tichard S. Smith and Hannah Johns '* Published by wrighting on a
>*• (lately <^ Salem) on Oct 19, 1669.
.bell Potter and Rachell Warner on N'''' 16, 1669.
Linoe Westcott and Deborah Staford on Jany 9, 1670.
reorge Gamerf and Tabitha Tiffef on Feby 13, 1670.
kiward Searlef and Ann Lippett ('' widdow'') on Feby 21, 1670.
ohn Warner and Anna Grorton on Aug 4, 1 670.

I . Q '-^ i " ot Monheagon now " ) and Mary Busecottf on Dec
eeier opicer |«Noridge, Coneticott") 15, 1670.

lichard Codner (of Swansey) and Phebey Bartonf on May 23, 1671.
''rancis Grilboame (of Portsmouth) and Mary Wickesf (d. of John) on
ie9, 1671.

ohn Holmes (of Newport) and Frances Houldonf (d. of Randall) on
5 1, 1671.

^ohn Carder (s. of Richard) and Mary Houldonf (d. of Randall) on Dec
671.

rhomas Stafford Jr. and Fanne Dodge on Dec 20, 1671.
feremiah Smith (s. of John of Prudence) and Mary Grerreardy (d. of
to) on Jan 2, 1672.

fohn Crandall Jr (of Newport) and Elizabeth Gortonf (d. of Samuel Gor-
Sr.) on June 10, 1672.

benjamin Bartonf and Susan Gortonf (d. of Samuel G. Senior) on June
1672.

3enjamin Gorton and Sarah Carder (d. of Richard) on Dec 5, 1 672.
fohn Lowf (s. of Anthony) and Mary Roadsf (d. of Zachary) on Mch 3,
^4.

Fohn Rissef and Elizabeth Houldon on July 1 6. 1 674.
rhomaa Hedgerf and Elizabeth Burtonf (d. of William) on Oct 30, 1674.
^miam Greenef (s. of John) and Mary Sayles (d. of John of Providence)
Dec 17, 1674.

ifalachy Roadsf (s. of Zachary) and Mary Carder (d. of Richard) on
J 27, 1675;

fohn Hazleton and Katherin Westkot ("widdow of Robert who was
led by the Indians in the late warre '*) on April 10, 1678.
John Holmes (of Newport) and Mary Greenef (widdow of William) on
1 12, 1680.

William Andrenef and Hester Dexterf (" widow " of Providence) on Oct
,1680.

Ifark Roberts and Mary Baker on Jany 1, 1682.
John Potterf and Sarah Collinsf (widow) on Jany 7, 1684-5.
Job Greenef (s.*bf John) and Phebe Saylesf of Providence (d. of John)
Jany 22, 1684-5.

John Roades (s. of Zachariah) and Wait Waterman (d. of Resolved of
evidence) on Feby 12, 1684-5.
James Renals (of Kingstowne) and Mary Greenef on Feby 16, 1684-5.

276 Peter and John Brwon. [Jolfi

Samuell Gortonf and Sasannah Bartonf (d. of William) on Dec 11, 168i

Peter Robertson and Sarah Baker on April 27, 1685. •

James Carderf (s. of Richard) and Mary Whyppoll (d. of John of Profi-
dence) on Jany 6, 1686—7.

Thomas Greene Jrf and Ann Greene (the younger) May 27, 1686.

James Greene Jr. (Ensigne) and Mary Fones (d. of John of Rochester)
on Jany 29, 1688-9.

Benjamin Greenf (s. of Thomas) and Susannah Holdenf (d. of Randall)
on Jany 25, 1689-90.

Amos Staffordf (s. of Samuell) and Mary Burlingamf (d. of Roger the
Senior) on Dec 19, 1689.

Benjamin Smithf and Phebe Amoldf (d. of Stephen of Providence) on
Dec 25, 1691.

Richard Greenef (s. of John) and Ellin Sailes (d. of John of Proridence)
on Feby 16, 1692-3.

Thomas Collins and Abigail House on Feby 17, 1692.

Stnckly Westcoatf and Prosilah Bennit (of East Greenwich) on Dec 21,
1693.

Samuel] Greenef (s. of John) and Mary Grortonf (d. of Benjamin) on
Jany 24, 1694-5.

John Warner Jr and Elizabeth Coggshall on N®^ 27, 1694.

Peter Greenef (s. of James) and Elizabeth Slocum of Quononacat, now
Conanicut (d. of Ebinezer) on Feby 12, 1695-6.

Samuel Gorton (s. of John) and Elizabeth Collins (d. of Eliza) on May
9, 1695.

John Rice (s. of John) and Elnathan Whyppoll (d. of John) on Jnly 25,
1695.

Peter Stonf and Elizabeth Shaw (d. of John) on June 25, 1696.

Jabez Green (s. of James) and Mary Barton (d. of Benjamin) on Moh
17, 1697 or 98.

Simon Smithf (s. of Benjamin) and Mary Andrewesf (d. of William) oo
Jany 5, 1 C98-9.

Israel Ariioldf (s. of Israel) and Elizabeth Smithf (d. of Benjamin) oo
Feby 28, 1 698-9.

John Wickes (s. of John) and Sarah Gorton (dan. of Capt. Benj.) on
Dec. 15, 1698.

John Gorton (s. of John) and Patience Hopkins (d. of Thomas of Prov-
idence) on Feby 2, 1699-1700.

Malichy Roadest and Dorothy Whyppol (d. of John S' of Providence)
on Moh 8, 1699 or 1700. *

Note.— These are all the marriages on record to 1700 A.D. The original qieUiof
is given, s. stands for son, and d. for daughter.

PETER BROWN AND JOHN BROWN OF DUXBURT.

By F. B. Sanborn, Esq., of Concord, Mass.

IN W. T. Davis's '* Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," an admirable
book, I notice it is said (page 46 of the genealogies) that Peter Brown,
who came over in the Mayflower, is ** supposed to have been the brother of
1st John," — that b, of the worthy John Brown of Duzbary, who was one

1883,]

Peter and John Brown. 277

of the pillars of the Old Colony from 1640 to 1660. Bat is it not known
thatiS^ohn Brown was the brother of Peter ? The latter died without a
will in the aatamn of 1633, some years before his brother John came over ;
and I find the following entries concerning his property and children in the
Plymouth Colony Records. The Court of Assistants, Nov. 11, 1633, or-
dered, —

That whereas Peter Browne dyed w*N)ut will, having divers children by divers
wives, his estates amouDting to an hundred pounds or thereabouts, it is ordered,
that Mary, his wife, who is allowed the administratrix of the said Peter, forthwith
pay downe fiflteen pounds for the use of Mary Browne, daughter of the said Peter,
to M' John Done, of Plymouth aforesaid, w^ whom the said Court haue placed the
said Mary for nine yeares ; at the end whereof the said John is to make good the
ffteen pounds to her or her heires, if in case she die. Also it is further ordered,
that the said widow Mary Browne pay or cause to be paid into the hands of M'
Will. Giison the full sum of fifteen pownds, for the use of Prisilla Browue, another
of the daughters of the said Peter, the Court having placed the said Prisilla w^ the
■aid Will, for 12 yeares, at tbeod whereof the naid VVill is to maice good the same
anto her, as her father's legacy, as aforesaid ; & to that end the saidJohn & Will
either stand bound for other for p*formance of the severall paym^, as also for such
other pTomianoe of meet, drinks, cloathing, etc, during the naid term, as is meet.

And for the rest of the estate, the widow having two children by the mid Peter,
together w^ her owne 3^, it is allowed her for bringing up the said children, provid-
ed that shec di(»charffe w^soever debts shall be proved to be owing by the said Peter,
k the legacies given oy the Court. For performance whereof shee & M^ W ill Brew-
iter bound in two hundred pownds."

When John Doane had complied with his part in the above agreement,
and the nine years of Mary Brown's service had ended, her uncle John
having become a resident of Duxbury in the mean time, the same Court of^
Assistants, October 10, 1644, gave the following memorandum of record :

** Memorand. the tenth of October, 1644 ; that whereas M' John Doane had some
tyme since xv" the childs por<:*on of Mary Browne, whom he was to keepe and
bring vp vntil shee should accomplish the age of seaventeene vearcs,and should haue
the uw of the paid p*con untill then — now, the said terme being expired, the said
J(^n Doane hath deliued, w^ the consent of the said Mary Browne, and by or-
der of the Court, vnto John Browne of Duxborrow, two ©owes at xiij'» and fourty
ibillip^ in Rwyne, and wheate, and is by the Court discharged of the said xv" ; and
the said John Browne in to keep the said two cowcs and their enci-ease for their
Biilk, w^ the rest of the stock as afores'd, vntill the said Mary shalbe marryed, or
thaaght fitt to marry, wherevnto the said Mary bath consented.**

It is not expressly said in the entry that John Brown was the uncle of
Hary, but when Priscilla's affairs were next mentioned (Oct. 28, 1645), the
record describes him as her uncle. Peter Brown, whose first house and
** meerstead *' was on the south side of Leyden Street, near the water-side
io Plymouth, afterwards moved to Duxbury, and his brother John may
liave taken his land afterwards.

*' S8 October 164$. Prisilla Browne, daughter of Peter Browne deceased, baue--
ing accomplished the terme she waa to dwell w^ W™ Giison of Scittuato, who was
to pay her xv^^ in thend of the terme ; now the said Priscilla came into the Courts
tad bath chosen John Browne, her vnckle, to be her guardian, and to haue the
pbcein^ and disposeinff of her vntill the Court shall judg her mcete to be at her
owne dispoMKing; and likewise to take her porc*on, viz, xv^^ and to ymproue it by
pottiniC it into a breeding stock, and keep them, and giue her half thencrcase, or
dbe to use it as his owne, and to pay her the saidf xv^ when the Court shall judg it
Mete for her to haue it at her owne disposeing."

From Peter Brown's son Peter by his second wife, was descended the
John Brown of Osawatomie and Harper*s Ferry ; while the descendants of.
Peter's brother John are very numerous in Massachusetts, Rhode Islandr
and New York.

VOL. xzxvii. 26

278 /Soldiers in King Philip's War. [July,

SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIPS WAR.

Commanicated by the Rev. Oeorob M. Bodob, of Dorchester, Man.

CoDtinaed from page 189.

No. UL

Capt. Thomas Prentice and his Troop.

IT may be in order here to recall attention to the very efficient
organization of the colonial militia, noted in Article I. We
have seen that Capt. Henchman's foot company was made up of
quotas of men from all the surrounding towns ; Capt. Mosely's
was of hastily collected volunteers, and we now come to the third
branch of the service, the '* Troopers," in some respects the most
important. It seems to have been a matter of solicitude in the col-
ony for many years to increase the number of horses, and as early
as 1648 laws were passed encouraging the formation of cavalry com-
panies. Those who would enlist as troopers in local companies and
keep horses were allowed five shillings per year, and their head-
and horse-tax abated. It naturally followed that the most thrifty
and well-to-do in the colony would become troopers, and the men
of greatest ability and influence would be made their officers. At the
beginning of the war there were five regular cavalry companies or
"troops" in the colony. The Suffolk County Troop was command-
ed by Capt. William Davis, who died October, 1676, and was suc-
ceeded by Lieut. Thomas Brattle. The Middlesex Troop was com-
manded by Capt. Thomas Prentice. Essex County had two troof)?,
one raised in Salem and Lynn, of which George Corwin was cap-
tain. Another, raised in Ipswich, Newbury and Rowley, of which
John Appleton was captain. In Hampshire and Norfolk the horse-
men were attached to the various companies in the regiment, eight
or ten to each company of foot. Besides these regulars, there was
an independent company raised at large in the counties of Suffolk,
Middlesex ^nd Essex, called the " Three County Troop." Edward
Hutchinson had command of this up to October, 1674, but then re-
signed, and the court had not found a suitable successor who was
willing to accept the appointment, and Lieut. William Haisy was
in command in June, 1675. Out of these ''troops" quotas were
drawn to make up the company required for special service, and
officers were chosen at the option of the court. In this first cam-
paign the troopers were mostly from the towns immediately around
Boston ; and, in addition to these, were a few Indians from Natick
and Punckapoag. The Captain and Lieutenant were from Cam-
bridge, and the Cornet from Woburn.

The commander, Capt. Thomas Prentice, was bom in England

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 279

about 1620. He came with wife Grace and daughter Grace to Cam-
bridge, and settled on south side of the river; freeman 1652. (For
further account, see Binney's History of the Prentice family,
Paige's History of Cambridge, and Jackson's History of Newton.)
He was a very active and influential man, and a trusted oflBicer both
in civil and military service. He died 1709, July 7, aged 89 years.

Capt. Prentice was appointed captain of the special Troop, June
24, 1675, and sent out with Capt. Henchman, as has been related.
On arriving at Swansey, at Miles's garrison, the Indians began firing
from the bushes across the river at our guards, and twelve of the
troopers volunteered to go over the bridge and drive them off. These
were commanded by Quartermaster Joseph Belcher (hitherto sup-
posed to have been Andrew, but the Journal settles the point) and
Corporal John Gill. Mr. Church went along with them and also a
stranger, and William Hammond acted as pilot. As they advanced
across the bridge the Indians fired upon them and wounded Mr. Bel-
cher in the knee, killed his horse, and shot Gill in the breast, but
his buff coat and several thicknesses of paper saved him from injury.
They killed the pilot outright, and the troopers were forced to re-
treat, bringing off Hammond and his horse. On the renewal of the
attack by the Indians next morning, the troop, supported by Mose-
ly'e volunteers, charged across the bridge and drove the Indians
from the " Neck " and across to Pocasset. June 30th was spent by the
army traversing Mount Hope neck, and at evening Capt. Prentice
with his troop rode to Rehoboth and quartered over night. On the
morning of July 1st he divided the troop, sending one division back
under command of Lieut. Edward Oakes (not Thomas, as in Mr.
Drake's note, Hubbard, page 70). It is not certain whether both
divisions rode back by the same route, but it would seem thus from
the result. The captain's division came upon the Indians burning
a house, but could not get at them on account of several fences which
had to be torn down, giving the Indians time to retreat to a swamp.
Lieut. Oakes's force, however, discovered them from a more advan-
tageous quarter, and chasing them over a plain killed two of Phi-
lip's chief men, but in the fight lost one of their own men, John
Druse** of Roxbury. The next few days Capt. Prentice and his
troop spent in searching the swamps, and then went with the army
to Narragfinsett, as has been related heretofore. Capt Prentice's
name stands second of the signers to the treaty with the Indians,
July 15, 1675.

After the return to Swansey and the news that Philip was shut up
in Pocasset Swamp, when the main body of Massachusetts troops
were sent away to Boston, Capt. Prentice and his troop were

• In hfs note In Hubbard, pafce 73, Mr. Drake says Druse was not killed outright, but
HTcd to reach his home. Mr. Savage says he was ** brought home and died next day,"
hot in the Roxbury records (Vol. vi. Report of Record Commlsslouers, memorandum of
Amos Adam?, p. 182) I find this, with a wrong date evidently, " John Drube dytd in tho
wmns & was there buryed. be acquited himself valiantly.*'

280

Soldiers in King Philip^ s War.

[July,

ordered to scout towards Mendon, where the Indians had lately
made an assault upon the people, killing several. The troopers met
Capt. Johnson's company at Mendon, as will appear from the fol-
lowing minutes of the Council :

" July 26^^ 1 675 Council Mett" (Archives, vol. 67.)
"^ The Council on perusing of y* letter of Capt Prentice & capt Johusoo,
Dated July 23*^ 1675, judged it meet to order that Capt Prentice & his
Troopers he presently called home <& y' Capt. Johnson with his Souldiers

be also sent to Returne leaving of his foot Soaldiers the Scout'(?)

to remayne as a Guard to Mendon and of his foote at Wren-

thani as their Guard Referring it to the sayd Captaine to consult with the
Sarjant or other chiefe Officers of each Towne how many to leave at eau^h
Towue with their Armes ? Remayne till further order."

The letter referred to is now lost from the files.
The following arc the soldiers who served in the first or Mt. Hope
campaign :

August 27*^ 1675

John Needham. 02 00 00

Jonathan Fairbank. 01 18 06

Samuel Pollard. 01 18 06

Fathergon Dinelv. 02 03 00

William Brooks.' 02 03 00

William Agur. 02 08 06

Jabes Jackson. 02 08 06

Francis Wayman. 02 01 06

Samuel Gulliver. 02 03 00

Thomas Woolson. 02 08 06

John Livermore. 02 08 06

John Gibson. 01 01 06

William Read. 02 03 00

Benjamin Moore. 02 03 00

William Brown. 02 03 00

Joseph Parmiter. 02 04 03

Joseph Curtice. 02 03 00

Daniel Dean. 02 08 06

Thomas Goble. 02 08 06

Ebenezer Prout 02 08 06

James Miller. 02 08 06

Robert Evans. 02 08 06

John Baxter. 02 08 06

Solomon Phips, Corp"^ 02 18 04

Benjamin Scott. 02 02 06

Christopher Grant. 01 00 00

Nathaniel Howard. 01 13 00

Stephen Pain. 02 08 06

Henry Summers. 02 18 04

Jonathan Bunker. 02 03 00

James Lowden. 02 08 06

John Powle. 01 13 00

John Gill, Corp\ 02 1 1 00
Joseph Belcher, Qar^ M' 02 01 00

Nehemiah Hayden. 01 07 Oa

James Whitehead. 02 00 00

John Wayman, Cornet ■ 04 17 00

Septembers'^ 1675

John Bisco. 02 08 06

Oliver Willington. 02 08 06

John Mason. 02 C 3 00

William Bond. 02 00 00

Thomas Boylston. 02 17 06

September 16**»

James Indian. 02 04 08

Thomas Indian. 02 04 08

September 21*

Matthew Bridge, Qe Mr 03 13 00

Anthony Cooke. 01 00 00

John Druse. 00 1 1 06

Edward Oakes, LieuL 05 00 00

Thomas Oliver. 01 01 06

John Clark. 02 03 00

Thomas Hunter. 01 U 04

Felix Indian. 01 00 06

Benjamin Ahaton. 00 10 00

Harry Indian. 01 00 06

John Adams. 01 00 00

Jeremie Indian. 01 00 06

Zachary PhUlips. 02 10 00

Joseph Allin. 04 00 00

Jonathan Orris. 01 18 06

David Thomas. 01 10 00

Caleb Carter. 01 12 06

Abraham Skinner. 01 08 00

November 30**^1675

Nathaniel Richards. 02 03 00

Samuel Payson. 02 03 00

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

281

3d, 1675, Capt. Prentice is appointed to command a troop
e in the Narraganset campaign, joined the army at Dedham
ind marched with it, as related heretofore, to Wickford, whence
16th he rode with his troop to Petaquanscut, and brought
le news of the destruction of Bull's garrison. *<* On the 19th
irt in the battle at the fort. All the mention of his presence
have found is the pair of mittens that Church had borrowed

which were ** wounded " in Church's pocket,
in the Archives, vol. 68, page 104, 1 find that John Wy-
of his troop, was killed, and Nathan Richardson and Nathan

(Billings) of Wobum, and Samuel Stone of Cambridge,
ounded.

r this battle Capt. Prentice was active in the subsequent scout-
Is into the adjoining country. On December 27 he rode into
m's country (now Warwick, R. I.) and destroyed many wig-
>f an Indian village, but found no Indians. On January 21

again scouting, and met with a party of Indians, of whom
re captured and nine killed. On the 27th the army started
mit of the enemy, and after several days marching returned
on, and the Massachusetts men were dismissed, for the time,
• homes.

following is the list of credits for this campaign. Appended
; of the same, as returned from the various local companies for
vice, copied from Mass. Archives, vol. 68, showing the local-
m\ which they came.

February 29, 1 6^

r5-6

John Adams.

04 10 00

Pen i man.

04 10 00

Joseph Plummer.

04 00 00

Weeden.

04 10 00

Charles Blinko.

04 10 00

Weeden.

04 10 00

William Miriam.

04 10 00

fCenny.

01 10 00

John Edmons.

• 04 10 00

)aford.

04 10 00

Thomas Johnson.

04 10 00

Moore.

04 10 00

John Welcott.

04 10 00

Brown.

04 10 00

March 24*^ 1675

-6

iurnam.

04 10 00

Richard Mather.

04 10 00

el Ballard.

04 10 00

Nathaniel Billinge.

04 10 00

Putman.

04 10 00

John Andrews.

04 10 00

1 Potter.

04 10 00

Joseph Marshall.

04 10 00

Champnes.

06 12 00

William Kent.

04 10 00

I Delaway.

04 10 00

John Windham.

04 10 00

iter In Drake's Old Indian Chronicle, so called, relates that on this occasion Capt.
I troop took fifty-five Indians, killed ten, and burnt one hundred and fifty wig-
d had four of their own men killed and four wounded, but this may bo and prob-
mingling of several occasions, that in ** Pomham's Country," and that on Jana-

me volume, page 159, is a petition of Lieut. John Wyman, asking for the release
1 who is lately married, and ho states that himself has been in both the Mt
I Narragansett* campaigns, and at last place received a wound in the face; that
son was slain at Narragansett, and a servant is in the country's service all the
er, &c.

, p. 1, we find the complaint of John Seers, Constable, that this John Wyman and
Iter Batlishcba have resisted the impressment of one of his horses for the coun-
and in Hull's account they are each charged £2 fine for that oflfonce.

L. XXZYII. 26*

283

Soldiers in Eing Philip's Witr.

[July,

Jacob Nash.

04 10 00

John Stem.

John Eames.

04 10 00

Joseph Hutchinson.

James Lowden.

04 10 00

John Richards.

Samuel Pay son.

04 10 00

Thomas Geery.

William Shattock.

04 10 00

Francis Wayman.

John Bush.

04 10 00

John Barrett

Thomas Goble.

05 08 00

Nath. Richardson.

John Pason.

04 10 00

Hugh Taylor.

Joseph Wright

04 10 00

Caleb Grant

June 24** 1676.

Thomas Peirce.

John Willington.

02 08 06

Thomas Hodgman.

John Guppj.

01 10 00

Benjamin Davis.

Samuel Chapman.

04 10 00

John Acy.

Joseph Grout

04 10 00

Stephen Cooke.

Daniel Thurston.

04 10 00

Isaac Brooks.

William Dodg.

04 16 00

Increas Wing.

John Acy.

04 02 00

Henry Summers.

Joseph Parmiter.

04 10 00

John Kendall.

Henry Kllitt

04 10 00

Samuel Stone.

John Wyman, Lieut.

11 05 00

Samuel Whiting.

Thomas Prentice, CapL

18 00 00

Nathaniel Cann.

William Mingo.

04 10 00

John Wyman.

04 10 00

05 08 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00

04 10 00

05 08 00
02 05 08

06 15 00
04 10 00
02 18 03
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
04 10 00
00 15 08

List of Capt, Prentice's Troopers. (Mass. Arch., vol. 68.)
On the back of this list is written, " Capt Prentise's 73 Troopers."

Troopers belonging to Capt Appleton's Troope.

James Bumtim, John Andrews, £dmond Potter, Samuel Chapman, John Asee
(Acy),^^ John Spaford, Daniel Thurston, Joseph Plumer, John WooUcock,Tbomtf
Johnson. 10.

Troopers belonging to Capt Curwin.

Steeven Hascull (Basket), Charles Blincko (for Jon* Gorwins), Thomas Bow*
ard (forBei\j. Browne), William Dodge fJr,) Tboraas Putman Junionr, John Rich-
ards, Nathaniel Ballard junr, John Edmonds, William Merriam, Thomas Flint

(Sen').

Troopers belonging to Capt Hutchinson.

Mr. Eliakim Hutchason, Bei\jamin Muzzey, Sam^ Weeden, Joseph Weeden, John
Guppie (Goopy), Daniel Greenland, John B&rret, Thomas Uodflmaan, Benj* Dareiit,
John Gooll (Gould), Joseph Marshall, Thomas Geery fGrary), Thomaa Hart.IsadL
Brooks, .rof>eph Rieht (Wright), John Kindall, Nath^ Richardson, Thomas Pearoe,
Increas Wing, Nath* Cann.

Troopers belonging to Captin Davis.

William Kent, John Buggies, Sampson Chester, William Towers, [John Miner
erased], Ilcnry Eliot, John Person (^Pason), Richard Mather Juniour, Martin
Sanders, Crosby of Braintree (Joseph), Joseph Penniman, Samuel Haidne (Bal-
den), Ebenezer Haidne (Haiden), John Riplee, Samuel Whitney. 14.

Troopers belonging to Middlesex.

Mr John Long, Mr Joseph Line, James Lowdne (Lowden), Thomas Browne,
John Adams, Simiuel Stone Juniour, Daniel Champney, John Earns, William Sha^
took, John Steams, Caleb Grant, Joseph Groute, Joseph Moore, Joseph Parmiter,
David Stone, Nathaniel Billing, Thomas Goble Juniour, Ebenezer Proute, John
Wyman Juniour, Francis Wyman Juniour. 19.

** 73 besides Peter Woodward k Joseph Proate."

^ The names in brackets are added firom another list on ptge 100 of the ssme toIium.

1883.] Soldiera in King Philip'a War. 288

In the aforesaid Indian Chronicle it is related that Capt. Pren-
tkse with six troopers went to the rescue of that portion of Capt.
Wadsworth's ill-^ted company that took refuge in the mill at Sud-
bury, and these three names may be of those troopers.

Aug 24 1676 JohnCuttin. 00 18 06

Samael Church. 00 11 05 Samuel Goff. 01 00 00

Capt. Prentice had charge of the impressment and equipment of
Middlesex men in the winter and spring of 1675-6, as shown by va-
rious orders of the court to furnish troopers, guards and scouts.
He had much to do later in settling the affairs of the friendly Indians,
by whom he was greatly respected. After the death of Philip, the
Nipnet sachem John, accepting the court's amnesty, came in with
some of his men, and were kept in Capt. Prentice's charge at his
bouse. A credit of £6 ** for fetching y** Natick Indians " refers to
his conducting their removal in 1676 to Deer Island. July, 1689,
Capt. Prentice, with Mr. Noah Wiswall, was sent to arrange mat-
ters with the uneasy Punckapoags and Naticks. When Sir Edmund
Andros, on July 2, escaped from prison in Boston and fled to Rhode
Island, Capt. Prentice was ordered to march down with his troop
and receive him after he was arrested by the people at Rhode Island.
This order he obeys, and writes the Court from Bristol, July 8th,
an account of his reception of the prisoner, and his purpose to return
by way of Dorchester to the Castle, to avoid disturbance. (See
Mass. Archives, vol. 107, page 256; also the "Andros Tracts,"
voU. iii. page 101.) In Archives, vol. 106, page 435, is a certifi-
cate from Capt. Prentice that he was billeted with his troop on the
journey to and return from Rhode Island, two nights at Woodcock's
tavern. On the death 'of Major Gookin, the various tribes of
''Praying" Indians petitioned the court in 1691 to appoint Capt.
Prentice superintendent of their affairs in the beloved Gookin's place.

Lieut. Edward Oakes and his Troopers.

Edward Oakes came from England before 1640 ; freeman at
Cambridge, May 18, 1642; brought from England wife Jane
and sons Urian and Edward ; had baptized at Cambridge Mary and
Thomas ; was selectman twenty-six years, from 1643 to 1678 ; dep-
uty to General Court from Cambridge fifteen years, between 1659
and 1681, and from Concord 1683, '4 and '6 ; Lieutenant of Capt.
Prentice's troop, June, 1675, and served in the summer campaign
at Mount Hope, of which account is given above. The service for
which the following credits are given was probably rendered in the
winter of 1675-6. From the letter** of Rev. John Wilson, of Med-
field, February 14, Archives vol. 68, page 134 (and published in

•■ A P.S. to this letter Is omitted In the publication, which is as follows : " Hon* S« I
wrote these lines not knowing yt Capt Oakes woald come downe, being not ftilly satisfied
In hia own mind he comes down to oommnnicate what he nnderatandeth of things."

284

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

[July,

the Rev. C. C. Sewall's Address at the Bi-Centennial of the Burnmg
of Medfield) it appears that Lieut, (or, as he is called. Captain)
Oakes was at Lancaster after its destruction February lOch, and
was afterwards scouting between Marlborough and Medfield, and at
the attack on February 21, was quartered there with his troopers.
Simon Crosby puts in a small bill for billeting his troop at Billerica,
but date of service does not appear. He died at Concord, October
13, 1689, aged, probably, 85 years.

Credits under Lieut, Edward Oakes,

March 24"» 1675-6

James Miller. 01 12 10

Johu Gibson. 01 12 10

Solomon Phips, Qatr Mr, 02 09 04
Thomas Creswell (Croswell)

01 12 10
April 24^ 1676

John Hastings. 00 19 08

Luke Perkins. 00 19 08

Stephen Cooledg. 00 19 08

Samuel Whiting. 00 19 08

June 24^ 1676

Thomas Peirce. 00 19 08

Thomas Edmons. 00 19 08

William Reade. 00 19 08

Jonathan Bunker. 01 12 10

Stephen Paine. 01 12 10

Thomas Henshaw. 01 11 04

Stephen Richardson. 01 12 10

Christopher Grant. 01 12 10

Thomas Strait. 01 03 00

John Seers.
Timothy Simmes.
Matthew Griffin.
John Teed.

01
01
00
02

00 00
09 06
19 08
16 06

W" Auger (Agur, Alger) 01 12 10
Timothy Hawkins. 01 12 10

John Mousall. 01 12 10

Capt Oakes. July 24**^ 1676

Jacob Hill.

00 19 08

Samuel Hayward.

01 10 00

Henry Spring.

01 12 10

Thomas Mitchenson.

00 19 08

Joseph Cooke.**

04 02 00

Thomas Frost.

01 00 06

Edward Oakes.

06 11 OO

August 24*^ 1676.

John Streeter.

00 19 08

James Prentice.

00 18 OO

Sept 23^ 1676

John Green.

01 12 10

John Fowle. .

01 19 04

Capt. Nicholas Paige and his Troop.

Capt. Nicholas Paige came from Plymouth, England. He was
in Boston as early as 1665. In 1675, June 27th, was appointed
captain of a troop to accompany Maj. Thomas Savage in the expe-
dition to Mt. Hope; took part in the movements there; accompa-
nied the army to Narragansett and back, and then returned to Boston
with Major Savage and disbanded his men, and there is no farther
account of any service in this war.

Capt. Paige was active in business, and in the civil affairs later
on ; was of the Artillery Company, 1693 ; later its commander and
a colonel. He died in 1717. He left no children, and in the joint
will of Nicholas and wife Anna, made in 1703, after many small
legacies, gave the bulk of property, including the farm at Rumney-
Marsh, where they lived, to their kinswoman Martha Hobbs, also
made her executrix and gave her some good advice about marrying**
into a godly family ; should she fail of issue the property goes to his

^ Cambridge, appointed lieatenant of Capt. Oookin's company, 1677.

M Slie married Capt. Nathaniel Olirer, 1709, and had children, Paige and Martha.

1883.]

Braintree Heeards.

285

cousin William Paige, of Liondon, England. EBs wife Anna was a
granddaughter of Capt. Robert Keajne and a niece of Gov. Joseph
Dudley. Her first husband was Edward Lane.*'
The following are the credits for his men in this campaign :

August 23* 1675

John Picard.

02 00 00

John Ballard.

02 00 00

Daniel Wycom.

02 00 00

John Breid.

02 00 00

William Reeves. .

02 00 00

Samuel Moore.

02 02 00

Nicholas Maning.

02 08 00

Sept 3*

John Whipple, Lieut .^^

05 00 00

Samuel Giddings.

02 00 00

Francis Young.

02 00 00

Joseph Proctor.

02 00 00

Ephraim Fellows.

02 00 00

Nathaniel Engersell.

02 00 00

James Hoult.

02 00 00

WUliam Osbom.

02 00 00

Joseph Safford.

02 00 00

Lawrence Hart.

02 00 00

Thomas Newman.

02 00 00

Joseph Needham.

02 00 00

Uzall Wardall.

02 00 00

Nicholas Paige, CctpL

08 00 00

Daniel Wilkins.

02 00 00

Francis Coard

02 00 00

Samuel Sillesbie.

02 00 00

Enoch Lawrence.

02 00 00

William Due.

02 00 00

Benjamin Wilkins.

02 00 00

William Curtis.

02 00 00

Thomas Noyce, Oomd^'^

04 00 00

Daniel Welcom.

02 00 00

James Ford.

02 00 00

Thomas Albey.

02 00 00

Esekiel Mighill.

02 00 00

Mark Hascall.

02 00 00

Thouias Tharly.

02 00 00

BRAINTREE RECORDS.

Commanicftted by Samuel A. Bates, Esq., Town Clerk of Braintree, Mast.

[ConUnaed from page 100.]

Sarah hay ward daughter of Jonath hay ward & Sarah his wiffe dyed the
5"» mo. 13. 76.

& margery hay ward widow dyed 1 8'^ day of the same month.

Annes Thompson wiffe to John Thompson dyed 5^ mo. 15. 76.

Sam" hayward son of Jonath hayward & Sarah his wiffe dyed the 6'^
mo. 4«»» 76.

The widow poffer dyed the 12 mo. 18. 76. Aged

The widdow harbour died the 3 mo. 6*** 77.

ebenezer king dyed the 5**^ mo. 22. 77.

Joseph Steevins dyed the 4**" mo. 19. 77.

John Aldridg wiffe dyed the 12 mo. 25. 77.

Debora Thayre daughter of

Liddia Saunders the daughter of Martin Saunders & Liddia his wiffe
dyed the 6*^ mo. 25. 77.

hannah Thayre daughter of Shadrach Thayre & deliverance his wiffe
dyed the 12 mo. d**" 77.

John Mills Clarke. Records of marriages 6*^ mo. 10*^ 1654.

M Notice carious reference to Edward Paige, son of Nicholas and Anna, in N. E. Hist,
and Oen. Register, vol. 23, p. 267.

•* Thomas Noyce, of Newbury, was chosen, 1683, Capt. of the second Newbury company.

^ John Whipple, appomtcd Comet of Ipswich Troop in 1663, and then said to be '* son
of Elder Whiple." He was captain of a special Troop, Feb. 1676-6, of which see hereafter.

286 Braintree Records. [July^

John Mills Janior and elizabeth Shove were married the twenty-sixth of
the second month 1653. maried by Mr Belingam of Boston.

Laurance Copeland and Lidia townsend were maried the twelfth day
of the tenth mo 1654 maried by M' hibbins of Boston.

fiarthanandoe Thayre and halda hay ward were maried the (14) (11)
1652 by M' Tory of Waymoth.

Thomas fiackson and deborah Thayre were maried the (ll)th (2) 1653.
by Sag' Lasher of dedham.

William Scant and Sarah Browne were maried the (29) (1) 1654. by
M' Tory of Waymouth.

Alleesander Mash and mary Belcher were maried the (19) (10) 1655.
by maior Autherton of dorchester. *

Samuel deering and mary Ray were maried the (5) (9) 1651. by M'
fflynt of Concord.

humphry Greggs and grizel Juell were maried the (1) (9) 1655, by H'
Belingam of Boston.

William Savill and Sarah gannitt were maried the (6) (9) 1655, by maior
Autherton of dorchester.

Christopher webb and hanua Scott were maried the (18) (11) 1654. by
Capt Tory of waymouth.

James Poffer and Mary Swalden were maried the (14) (12) 1655, by
Capt Tory of Waymoth.

Samuell Tomson and Sarah Shepperd were maried the (25) (2) 1656,
by M' Browne of watertowne.

Thomas Barrett and ffrancis woolderson were maried the (14) (7) 1655,
by maior Autherton of dorchester.

Nathaniel mott and hanna Shooter were maried the (25) (10) 1656 by
William allis of Braintree.

Samuel deeringe and mary nucome were maryed the 9'** mo. 10"* 1657
by M' endicote Govern our.

Martin Saunders and elizabeth bancraft were maryed the (23) (3) 1654,
by capt Guggins of cambridg.

david Walsbee and Ruth Ball were maryed the (24) (7) 1656, by maior
willard of concord.

John pray and Johanna downam were maried the 3** mo. 7^ 1657, by
william Allis commissioner of Braintree.

Robert Gutridg and Margrett Ireland were maried the (25) (10) 1656
by william Allis of Braintree commissinour.

Martin Saunders Junior and Liddia hardier were maried the 2. mo. 1*
1651. by M' Thomas dudly of Roxbury.

John harbour Junior and Jael Thayre were maried the (17) (1) 1654,
by capt Tory of waymoth.

Richard Thayre and dorathy pray were maried the (24) (10) 1651, by
m' Thomas fflynt of concord.

Sidrick Thayre and Mary Barrett were married the 11*** mo. 1. 1654, by
capt Tory of waymoth.

James Mycall and Mary ffarr were maried the 10*** mo. 11*** 1657 by maior
Autherton of Dorchester.

Robert Twells and Martha Brackett were maried the (23) (9) 1655, by
M' Belingam of Boston.

henry neale and hanna pray were maried the (14) (12) 1655, by capt
Tory of waymoth.

John Bass and Ruth Aulden were maried the 12 mo. 3, 1657, by M' John
Aulden of duxbery.

1883.] Braintree Records. 287

John Saunders and Mary Mangy were maried the 8^ mo. 9^ 1650, by
M' hibbins of Boston.

Simon Crossbee and Rachell Brackett were maried the (15) (5) 1659
by maior Autherton of dorchester.

John Bacster and Anna White were maried the (24) (9) 1659 by capt
Tory of waymoth.

John hoidon & hannah Ames were maryed the 2. mo. 6^ 1660 by M'
endicote, Governor.

William Tosh & Jaell Swilvan were maried the 12 mo. 7**^ 1660. by maior
Autherton.

John cheny Senior and Grizell kidbee were maried by peter Brackett the
9"»mo. 12. 1661.

peter Brackett & elizabeth Bozworth were married 7*** mo. 6*** 1661, by
peter Brackett

Joseph Niles & Mary Mycall were maried the 9^ mo. 15, 1661. by peter
Brackett.

John Brackett & hanna ffrench were maried 7^ mo. 6**^ 1661. By peter
Brackett.

Joseph Aldridg & patience ozbourne were maried the 12 mo 26. by capt
Tory of waymoth.

John dassitt & hannah fflynt were maried the 9*^ mo. 15. 1662 by maior
willard.

John Ruggle8& Rebeca ffarnsworth were maried the 1 mo. 18^ 1662, by
capt hubbert.

Matthias poffer & Rachell ffarnsworth were maried the 1 mo. 18. 1662,
by capt hubbert.

Edmond Sheffeild <& Sarah Mash were maried the 7'^ mo. 5'^ 1662. by
peter Brackett.

John Rockwood & Joanna fibard were maried the 7^*" mo. 15, 1662, by
peter Brackett.

denice darly & hannah ffrancis were maried the 11^ mo. 8. 1662, by
peter Brackett.

Jonathan hay ward & Sarah Thayre were married the 3*^ mo. 6'** 1663.
by peter Brackett.

Samuell Belcher & Mary Billings were maried the 10'^ mo. 15. 1663. by
capt clapp.

John Cleavery & Sarah Steevins were maried 1 mo. 18. 1664, by Capt
clapp.

John Darlin & elizabeth downam were maried 3 mo 13. 1664, by capt
hubbert. -

John parris & hanna Juell were maried 6^^ mo. 30. 1664, by M* bel-
lingham.

Sam^^ hoidon & hanna Thayre were maried 8*** mo. 28. 1 664, by maior
Lasher.

Steevin Scott & Sarah Lamb were married 5*** mo. 27, 1 664, by M' bel-
lingham.

John peniman & hanna Billings were maried 12 mo. 24, 1664, by M'
belli ngham.

John Greenlief & hanna veasy were maried 7'** mo. 26. 1665, by capt
dapp.

Mr Sam" Shepperd & mts dorathy fflynt were maried 2 mo. 30*** 1666,
by capt Gookins.

[To be oontinned.]

288 Descendants of l%oma» Deane. C^iilj*

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS DEANE OF BOSTON AND
SALISBURY, MASS., AND HAMPTON, N. H.

By John Ward Dban, A.M., of Boston.

GENEALOGIES of two families of Deane have already been
printed in the Register : 1. Descendants of John and Wal-
ter Deane, of Taunton, vol. iii. pp. 375-87 ; 2. Descendants of
Jonas Deane, of Scituate, vol. xxv. pp. 358-62. Genealogies of
two Dane families — some of the members of both of which have
written their names Deane — have also appeared in this periodical :
1. Descendants of John Dane, of Ipswich, vol. viii. p. 148 ; 2. De-
scendants of Thomas Dane, of Concord, vol. xviii. pp. 263—4. Pre-
fixed to the article in the third volume is a brief account of the ori-
gin and history of the name in England. It is not known that any
of these persons were related to each other, nor has any relationship
been traced between them and the ancestor of the following family.

1. Thomas Deanr, the progenitor of the family to which this article is
devoted, is first found in Boston, p

Mass., in 1692, where he carried ^ J^Q}ft4^^^i
on business as a draper and tailor. y^

At one time he owned pasture and wood lots in Wrentham, Mass.,
where Thomas Deane, of Boston, Mass., and Freefolk, England
(Reg. iii. 380), was an early proprietor. These lots he sold to the
Rev. Samuel Man, at what date is unknown, but it was previous to
October 26, 1699, when Mr. Man's house was burnt and in it the
deed of this property. Mr. Deane made a new deed in 1704. There
is no evidence that he ever lived in Wrentham, nor has any connec-
tion been traced between the two Thomas Deanes.

Mr. Deane remained in Boston till 1704, and probably later.
Between this date and 1721 he removed to Hampton, N. H., where
he kept a tavern. About the year 1726 he again removed and set-
tled as a trader in Salisbury, Mass. But he did not remain there
long, as in 1729 he had returned to Hampton. He died April 16,
1735. He married Jane, daughter of Richard Scammon* by his
wife Prudence, daughter of William Walderne t She was born
June 21, 1667, died at Hampton, October 1726, in her 60th year,
and was buried at Salisbury. The inscription on her gravestone
(see Register, xix. 38) gives the day of her death as the 9tb,
but her son records it in two places as "October y* 22 Day 1726."
Thev had children :

i. Mary,' b. at Boston, Aug. 20, 1692; m. April 6, 1710, David Carwithin,

b. March 3, 16S8-9, d. about 1713 ; m. 2d, Mr. Wadl. [Qu. Wadleigh?!

She d. June 0, 1736.

2. ii. Thomas, b. at B., Nov. 28, 1694 ; d. 1768 ; a physician of Exeter, N. H. ;

m. Ist, Deborah Clarke; 2d, Mrs. Katharine Odiorne ; 3d, Mary .

iii. Jane, b. at B., June 16, 1696 ; d. young.

iv. EuzABETH, b. at B., Sept. 20, 1697.

V. Jane, b. at B., Sept. 2, 1696.

• See Bboistbr, viU. 65; xiii. 139-^.
t See Bboutbb, vili. 78.

1883.] Descendants of Thomas Deane. 289

2. Dr. Thomas' Deane ( Thomas^) was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 28,

1694; settled in Exeter, N. H., where

he died in 1768, a. 73. He was a select- Q^n^rniif ^ tA/H^y
man of Exeter in 1742,"^ and perhaps in

other years. He also appears to have held the military office of Major-
He was one of the opponents to the settlement of Woodbridge Odlin
as coUeacrne pastor over the church at Exeter in 1743, and for some
time left the communion of that church in consequence. He was one
of the principal men in founding the new church at Exeter, over which
the Rev. Daniel Rogers was settled in 1748.t He was one of the peti-
tioners for the charter of Gilmanton, N. H., and a proprietor in that
township, as were also his step-father, the Rev. John Odlin, and his
brother-in-law, the Rev. Ward Clark. A copy of "The Art of
Chirurgery," which formerly belonged to him, now owned by the
writer of this article, contains his family record in his own hand-
writing. He married 1st, October 2, 1718, Deborah Clarke, born
at Exeter, Nov. 3, 1 699, daughter of the Rev. John Clarke,^ of Ex-
eter, by his wife Elizabeth Woodbridge,§ daughter of the Rev.
Benjamin Woodbridge. He married 2d, June 4, 1761, Katharine,
widow of Capt Ebenezer Odiorne, of Greenland, and daughter of
John and Hannah Sherburne. She died 1766. He married 3d,
Mary , who survived him. By wife Deborah he had :

3. i. John,' b. at Exeter, Sept. 5, 1719 ; m. Abigail Lord.

4. ii. Jane, b. at E., June 20, 1721 ; m. Juhn Giiman.

iii. Thomas, b. at E., Dec. 23, 1723. Perhaps the Thomas Dean of Exotcr,

published at Salem, Feb. 21, 1764, to Eliza Woodbridge.
iv. Elizabeth, b. at E.» Dec. 28, 1725 ; m. 1st, John Giiman, son of Col.
Samuel Giiman. Their son, iSamuei* GHmarif was drowned Feb.
28, 1750, aged 3 y. 7 mos. She married 2d, John White, II. C. 1751,
a merchant of Haverhill and a member of the Provincial Congress,
by whom (see Bond's Watertown, p. 891) she had :
1. JoAn* While, b. in E., June 28, 1752; 11. C. 1771 ; m. Susanna
White and had — 1. Charles^; Susanna,* m. Benjamin G. Boardman,.

and John,* d. youno;.
I. Samuel Giiman* White ^

b. June 2, 1754: m. Deborah Giddingsand
had six children.

3. Nathaniel* White, b. March 7, d. July 20, 1756.

4. Elizabeth* While, b. May 15, d. July 14, 1757.

Mrs. Elizabeth' White died Nov. 2, 1757, a. 32, and her hasband m.
Sarah Le Barron, Nov. 10, 1761.

▼. Deborah, bom at E., June 15, 1728 ; d. Sept. 6, 1735.

▼i. Mary, b. at E., July 17, 1731 ; d. Sept. )9, 1735.

Tii. Abigail, b. at E.. Jan. 28, 1732-3 ; d. Sept. 18, 1735.

viii. Sarah, b. at E,, April 20, 1735 ; d. Sept. 15, 1735.

11. Deborah, b. at E., July 12, 1736 ; m. first, Joseph Emeison ; m. second^
Mr. Harris, of Newbur>port.

X. Ward Clark, b. at E., Nov. 3, 1738.

xi. Benjamin Woodbridge, b. at E., March 27, 1742 ; m. Eunice Sibley, b.
Oct. 17, 1744, daughter of Samuel Sibley. Mr. Dean settled in Gil-
manton, and servea in the Revolutionary War in 1777, under Gen.
Stark, in Col. Thomas Stickney's rei2:iment. His son,
1. Thomas* m. Feb. 25, 1790, Lucy Price, who survived him.

• New Hampshire Provincial Papers, ix. 256.-

t Ibid., pp. 279, 282, 292.

t G. K. Clarke's Clarke Genealogy.

$ See Register, xxxii. 272-6, 342.

VOL. XXXVII. 27

290 Descendants of Thomas Deane. [JQly»

3. John' Dean {Hiomas^* Thomas^) was bora Sept 5, 1719, and died

Sept 14, 17G8, aged 49. He did business as a hatter at Exeter.
The inscription on his gravestone at that place is as follows : ^ Here
lies the body of Mr. John Dean, oldest son of Major Thomas and
Mrs. DelK)rah Dean, who died Sept. 14, 1768, a. 49 years." He
married March 1, 1744, Abigail, daughter of John Lord* by his wife
Abigail Oilman, daughter of Moses Oilman, Jr.f She was bom
Jan. 15, 1723-4, survived her husband and died Nov. 21,1778.
Their children were :

i. Abigail,* b. at E. , July 8, 1745 ; d. Nov. 17, 1747, 0. S.

5. ii. Ward Clark, b. at E., April 16, 1747, 0. S. ; d. July 15, 1898 ; m. first,

Elizabeth Hill : second, Ann Webster; third, Marsaret Wood.

6. iii. JoDN, b. at E., July 14, 1749, 0. S. ; d. Aug. 15, 1819 ; m. first, Sarah

Bridges ; second, Mrs. Mary Tenney.

iv. DKDORAn, b. at £., July 11, 1751 : d. March 18, 1779 ; m.Mr. McClare.

Y. AuiOAiL, b. at £., July 13, 1753; d. unm. at E., March 13, 1777, a. 23.

vi. Elizabeth, b. at E., July 20, 1755; d. Oct. 11, 1767, a. 19.

vii. Thomas, b. at E., May 16, 1757 ; d. May 18, 1894, a. 67. He m. April
13, 1781, Lucretia Coffin, who died Feb. 19, 1898, a. 63. They had
children : 1. Peter Coffin,^ resided in Boston, left children ; 9. Tho-
mas^ ; 3. Nathaniel^; 4. Lucretia^; 5. Nancy^ ; 6. Mary C.,* m.
Stephen Kimball, resided at Bangor, Me. ; 7. Eiizabeih Ann^^ m.
Lucian B. Robie, of Exeter.

Tiii. Nathaniel, b. April 30, 1759 ; resided at Stratham ; d. Dec. 7, 1838,
at Portsmouth, buried at Exeter; m. Sept. 18, 1781, Elizabeth Plam-
mer, who died March 4, 1834, a. 70. Left no children.

ix. Benjamin, b. June 99, 1769 : resided at Dover, N. II. ; d. March 18,
1793 : m. Sept. 30, 1789, at Dover, Betsey Gains, who survived him.
Children : 1. Eliza Ann^^ m. Mr. Miller; 9. Ncuhaniel* d. unm.

7. X. Eliphalet, b. April 28, 1764 ; d. Aug. 96, 1807 ; m. Olive Swasey.

4. Major John Gilmax married Dec. 28, 1738, Miss Jane* (Tliomas,^

Thomas^) Deane. Mr. Oilman " was a major at Fort Edward, and
in 1757 was sent to Fort William Henry with reinforcements. Ar-
riving just after the capitulation, he was captured by Gren. Mout-
calm's savage Indian allies, stripped, and with great difficulty es-
caped." (See Gilman Genealogy, ed. 1869, p. 69.) They had
children :

i. Joanna,* b. Sept. 30, 1739; d. April 5, 1899; m. Jan. 31, 1769, Dea.
Thomas Odiorne, by whom she had 1. Deborah^ Odiome, b. May 11«
1763, m. Richard Thayer ; 9. George^ Odiorne^ b. Aug. 15, 1764, re-
sided in Boston and Maiden, Mass., father of James (>ei^htoo* Odi-
orne, author of the Odiorne Genealogy, Boston, 1875, which see; 3.
Jane^ Odiorne, b. March 3, d. April 5, 1766 ; 4. John* Odiorne, b.
March 91, 1767: 5. Thomas* Odiorne, b. April 96, 1769, d. May lA,
1851, grad. Dart. Coll. 1791, author of two Tolumea of poems; 6. Jo-
anna* Odiorne, b. Feb. 6, 1771, m. Rev. Jonathan Strong, D.D ,and
had nine children, among whom were Alexander* Strong (see Rtcisr
TER, XXXV. 399) and Joanna,* wife of Rev. William Cogswell. D.D-
(see Register, xxxvii. 117), whose daughter Mary Joanna^ CogswellB
the wife of Rev. E. O. Jameson, of East Med way, Mass. ; 7. Elx*'
ezer* Odiorne, b. May 7, 1773 ; 8. Elizabeth* Odiorne, b. Jan. 7, 1775,
ni. James Brackett ; 9. Ann* Odiorne, b. Oct. 9, 1779, m. UeniT
Moore.

ii. John \VARD,b. May 9, 1741 ; d. June 16, 1893; m. Hannah Emery. He
was post-master of Exeter for forty years. lie had twelve children,
among whom was Allen* b. July 16, 1773, d. April 7, 1846, graduated
Dart. Coll. 1791, a lawyer of Bangor, Me., and its firat mayor.

iii. Petbr, d. in infancy.

• Son of Thomas^ (Robert* Robert*) Lord,
t Oilman Genealogy, ed. 1869, p. 42.

>S83.] Descendants of Thomas Deane. 291

It. Thomas, b. Jano 15, 1747; d. May 13, 1823; m. Elizabeth Rogers. Sev-
en children.

▼. Nicholas, d. in infancy.

vi. William Clark, d. in infancy.

Tii. Jans, b. June, 1755 ; m. Joseph Boardman.

Tiii. Nathaniel Clare, b. Au^. 1756 ; was married, died at sea in 1799.

iz. Elizabeth, b. 1757 : d. Jan. 1793 ; m. Nicholas Giliuan.

X. Peter, b. May, 1760 : d. Feb. 1768.

xi. Benjamin Clark, b. July 8, 1763 ; d. Oct. 13, 1835 ; a merchant at Rxe-
ter ; m. Mary Thing^Uilman. They had eigiit children, among whom
was Hon. William Charles,^ b. May 2, 1795, d. June 6, 1863, mayor
of Norwich, Ct., 1838, father of Daniel Coit* Oilman, LL.D., presi-
dent of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

5. Ward Cl\rk* Dean (John* Thomas* Thomas^), born at Exeten
April 16, 1747, was a merchant at Exeter. He married first, Jan.
25, 1770, Elizabeth Hill,* of Portsmouth. He d. at E., July lo,
1828, a. 81. He married second, July 14, 1781, Ann Webster, of
Salisbury, who died April 13, 1795; married third, December 3,
1796, Margaret Wood, of Charlestown, who died No7. 29, 1843, a.
76. By wife Elizabeth he had children :

8. i. John,* k at Exeter, April 7, 1771 ; merchant at Newburyport, Maps. ;

d. at N., March 11, 1854 ; m. Anna Boardman, b. July 27, 1778, died

Jan. 3, 1862.
ii. Elwha Hill, b. at E., Nov. 9, 1772 ; d. July 2, 1777.
iii. Deborah, b. at £., June 9, 1775; d. Jan. 27, 1860; m. Dec. 11, 1790,

John Oardner,f merchant, who succeeded to the busineHSof Mr. Dean,

his father-in-law, at Exeter. They had children :

1. John Dean* Gardner, b. Dec. 22, 1799 ; d. Jan. 25. 1869 ; m. Nov.

24, 1824, Susan N. Dicks, of Portland, Me., and had, besides those
who died young :
i. George Arthur,^ b. Nov. 22, 1829 ; d. Sept. 27, 1879 ; m. first, Dec.
25, 1850, Mary C. Le Breton, of Newburyport. Ch. 1. Edmund
Le Breton.' 8. Susan Isabel,' besides others died young. Mar-
ried second, Nov. 22, 1865, Susan E Mount, of TFenton, N. J.
Ch. 3. John Dicks.' 4. Mary Caroline.' 5. Arthur McK.' 6.
Margaret D.» 7. Charlotte E. P.'

2. George^ Gardner, b. Aug. 24, 1801 ; d. Aug. 11, 1857 ; m. Jane Low-

ell. He succeeded his mther in business in Exeter. Children :

i. George L.^, b. and d. 1844.

ii. Cordelia A.^ m. Oct. 1859, Isaiah W. Gill. Ch. 1. George W.'
2. Wallace.'

iii. John Edward,^ H. Coll. ; m. Jan. 13, 1875, Miriam S. Nightin-
gale. Ch. 1. Perley.' 2. John E.'

iv. Elizabeth J.^, the artist. Maria P.^

3. William henry* Gardner, b. Nov. 27, 1806 ; d. Oct. 10, 1873 : m.

Caroline R. Dunham. Ch. Caroline.^ William 11.^ and Emily
Shaw, of New York.

4. Elizabeth Dean* Gardner, b. June 23, 1809; m. June 19. 18.33, Rev.

Samuel Cutler, b. at Newburyport, May 12, 1805, d. at Boston, July
17, 1880. rector of St. Andrew's Church, Hanover, 1841-72 ; of the
Reformed Episcopal Church, Boston, 1878-9 (seeREO. zxxv. 213-18).
Ch. Samuel G.^d. Feb. 12, 1869.

5. Josqth Buckminsler* Gardner, b. Oct. 6, 1811; died July 4, 1882;

m. Delia Cutter. Children :

i. Edward.^

ii. John D.^, d. young:.

iii. Alice Julia,^ ra. Feb. 2, 1875, George G. Hopkins, M.D., Brook-
lyn, L. I. Ch. I. George Gallagher' Hopkins. 2. Mary Murrey'
Hopkins. 3. Joseph Gardner* Hopkins.

• Danghtcr of Dca. Elisha* (John,=» Roger.* PeteH) Hill.

t Son of Oliveif (Elisba,' Dciuamin,^ Thomas,' Thomas,' Thomas*) Gardner.

292 Descendants of Thomas Deane. [July,

By second wife, Add, Mr, Dean had cbildreD :

iv. Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1782 ; d. June 23, 1806.

V. Sally, b. March 16, 1787 ; d. Jan. 27, 1790.

vi. Clark, b. April 30, 1792; d. April 18, 1826; m. Oct. 18. 1818, Cor-

delia Alp^er, who survived him and m. September 12, 1828, John T.

Burnhara.
vii. A daughter, b. and d. March 31, 1795.

6. John* Dean (John* Thomas,^ Thomas^)^ bom at Exeter, July 14,
1749, carried on the business of a hatter in Exeter, N.H., and Head-
field. Me. He married first, Sarah, daughter of Moody Bridges*
by wife Naamah Frye,t who died at Readfield, March 6, 1809, a.
54. He married second, Aug. 31, 1813, Mrs. Mary (Scott) Tenney,
widow of John Tenney, who survived him and married Samuel
Brown. Mr. Dean died at Readfield, August 15, 1819, a. 70. ^j
his wife Sarah he had children :

i. Charlks,* b. at Exeter. Oct. 9, 1779 ; d. at Portland, Me., Jan. 1, 1829.
Ue was educated at Phillips Academy, was a saddler, and carried on
that businens io Wiscasset, Hallowcll and Mt. Vernon, Me. Hem.
Patience Kingsbury,]; daughter of John and Miriam (Place) Kings-
bury, by whom ho had children :

1. Sarah Bridges,* residence Charlcstown, Maes.

2. Mary Morse,* d. at Gharlestown, March 13, 1876.

3. Charles* d. young.

4. Charles* d. in New York city, June 23, 1848 ; m. Jane Maria Wright,

by whom he had
i. Emma Jane,^ d. young,
ii. Charles John,^ residence Lunenburg, Mass.

5. John Ward* editor of the Historical and Genealogical Register, and

the compiler of this genealocrv ; m. Lydia Bmorson.

6. Jeremiah,* bookbinder, carried on business in Boston ; d. there June

4, 1882 : m. Martha A. Nelson, and had

i. Ileurv Kingsbury ,^ residence at Boston,
ii. Jeremiad, b. at Exeter, July 21, 1782 ; d. at Boston, Mass., Dec. 6, 1799.
iii. Sarah Frye, b. at E., Jan. 23, 1788 ; d. at Portland, Me., Feb. 2, 1864;

m. Capt. Aaron Winslow, shipmaster and farmer, son of Nathan sod

Jane (Crane) Winslow. They had

1. Jane Crane* Winslow, m. Hezekiah Winslow, lumber merchant; res-

idence Portland, Me. They had
i. Harriet Jane,^ d. young,
ii. Sarah Jane,^ m. Ardon W. Coombs, a lawyer of Portland, county

attorney for Cumberland County,
iii. Mary Elizabeth,' d. Sept. 26, 1853.
iv. Fanny Elizabeth,' d. Jan. 31, 1868.

2. Nalhan* Winslow, shipmaster and farmer ; residence at Gorham, Me<;

m. first, Lorinda Clement; m. second, Lydia Clement Dyer. By

wife Lorinda he had
i. Sarah Frances,' d. young,
ii. Helen,' d. young.

iii. Ellen Lorinda,' m. Samuel Goold, lawyer ; residence Skowhegao,
Maine.

3. Harriet Jewell* Winslow, m. Thaddeus Jones, and had child

i. Theodora' Jones, m. Thomas Hudson, and had 1. Winslow Jones*
Hudson.

4. Sarah Bridges* Winslow, m. Dr. Marcian Seavey, one of the early ed'

itors and publishers of the Maine Farmer, and afterwards editor and
publisher of the Farmer and Artizan, Portland, Me. Residence*
Woodford's, Deering, Me.

• Sec Register, viii. 252.
t See Keoister, viii. 226.
X See Register, xiii. 158.

$83.] Descendants of Thomas Deane. 293

5. Charles Dean* Winslow, enlisted January 22, 1802, in the Third Reg-

iment of Vermont Volunteers, Company F ; was taken prisoner and
confined in Libby Prison, Richmond. He died at Fortress Monroe,
Oct. 14, 1862, oi sickness contracted while in prison. He m. Lou-
visa Witham. Children :

i. Elizabeth Ann,^ m. Seth W. Ladd.

ii. Minnie,' m. Ira Ladd. '

iii. John.'

It. Nathan/ d. voong.

6. Edward^ Winsiow, res. Buxton, Me. ; m. Louisa P. Hamlin, and had
i. Charles Henry,' d. 1879 ; m. Henrietta Patterson, and had 1. Leah.'
ii. Albert Norton,' res. Portland, Me. ; m. £mma Wobb, and had 1.

Henry,* d. young ; 2. Edward' ; 3. Clarence.'
iii. Anna Crosby,' m. Willie H. Leavitt, a lawyer, and had 1. Ernest
Augustus* Leayitt.

7. France^ WinsloWj d. Aug. 6, 1826.

8. Horace* Wtnslow, res. West Minot, Me. ; m. Phebe Q. Dow, and had
1. Mary Ellen,' m. Edwin Davis, of Portland, Me.

li Rosooe ' m

iii. Sarah Bridges,' d. Feb. 27, 1882.
iv. Horace.'
V. Frederick.'
17. John, b. at E., March 6, 1794 ; d. at Oakdale, in the town of West
Boylston, Mass., April 29, 1876. He was a hatter, and carried on that
business in seyeral places. He m. first, Emily Brown, and had

1. Samuel Brown,* m. Mrs. Eliza (Baker) Cutting; residence Oak-

dale. Children :

i. Jane Eliza,' m. Charles Grant ; residence Belmont, Mass. Child-
ren : 1. Albert' Grant ; 2. Harvey' Grant ; 3. George' Grant.

ii. Albert Eleazer,' residence Oakdale ; m. Sarah Henry. Children :
1. Frederick E.' ; 2. Otis' ; 3. Charles.'

2. Ber^amin* d. young.

3. Emily Sarah* m. Charles Morris Harris, manufacturer, Oakdale.

Children :

i. Henry Francis' Harris, grad. Tufts Coll. 1871 ; a lawyer in Wor-
cester, Mass. ; m. Emma F. Dearborn.

ii. Charles Morris' Harris, Jr.. manufacturer, Oakdale; m. first, Ella
M. Lourie ; m. second, Clara A. Maguc. Children by first wife :
1. Alice Emily' ; 2. George Lourie' ; 3. Nellie Grace' ; 4. Ella
Bertha' ; 6. Florence May,' d. young.

iii. Emily Armilla' Harris, m. Lyman Payson Goodell. Children :
1. Kosooe Harris' Goodell.

4. Martha Putnam* d. 1882; m. John Farmer, of Leominster. Child-

ren, besides several who died young :
i. Emily Jane' Farmer, m. Salathiel R. Walker; residence Leo-
minster,
ii. Martha A.' Farmer, m. Frank Pierce ; residence Leominster.

5. John Prentice* m. Mrs. Elizabeth Rudman ; residence Natick.

6. Charles,* d. young.

7. Sarah Bridges* d. young.

Mr. Dean m. second, Susan Seaver. Children :

8. Charles Augustus,* d. young.

9. Mary Susan,* d. young.

10. Susan Maria,* m. Silas Cutting ; residence Boylston, Mass. Children :
i. Minerva Angelina' Cutting.

ii. Silas Augustus' Cutting.
iii. Martha Susan' Cutting.
iv. Elizabeth May' Cutting.

11. George Henry,* m. Lizzie McWha; residence Labyette, Indiana.

Children :
i. Bayard Clifton.'

V. Benjamin, b. at E., July 7, 1797 ; d. at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 18, 18.^6.
He was a hatter, and carried on the business in Readfield, Me., and
Augusta, Ga. He m. Hannah Bloomer^ by whom he had
TOi. XXXVII. 27*

294 Deacendaiita of Thomas Deane. [July,

1. ^«yy flmin ,• d. youn^.

2. Charfes Sfeuart,* d. young.

3. Hannah Virginia* d. young.

4. John.*

5. Virainia,* m. James Garrell ; residence Boothby Hill, Harford Co.,

Maryland.

7. Eliphalet^ Dean (John* Thomas* Tkomcui^), born at Exeter, April

28, 17G4; died August 26, 1807 ; married Olive Swasey, and had :

i. Elizadeth,^ m. Abel Brown, of E., and had 1. Samuel Broton, d. at the
west ; 2. Mary* Brown, m, E. N. Medbury, of Lynn ; 3. Abel* Brown^
of Newton, N. H., m. Miss Smith.

11. Henry, of Portsmouth, b. Oct. 28, 1788 ; d. July 19, 1849 ; m. Betsey
Webster, and had children, 1. Jonathan Webster^* d« young ; 2. EliZ'
abeih Abbot* d. Dec. 7, 1860; m. Forest Trafton, ch. I. Howard Green-
ville^ ; 2. Wilbur Ilsley^ ; 3. Forest Judson^ ; 4. Bertram Dean.'
3. William Henry,* d. Sept. 1839 ; 4. Ward Clark,* d. young ; 5. Sarah
Thompson* d. young.

iii. LucRETiA Swasey, b. at E., March 17, 1791 ; d. March 20, 1870 : m.
Amos Morse, of East Haverhill ; children, 1. Lvcretia S* Morse;
2. Dean* Morse, d. July 7, 1872 ; 3. Olive L* Morse, d. unmarried,
Dec. 16, 1864 ; 4. Mary C* Morse, d. Feb. 2, 1868 ; 5. Sarah A*
Morne, d. March 1, 1869; 6. Elizabeth P.* Morse, d. unm. Nov. 8,
1849; 7. Catharine J.* Morse, d. Aug. 14, 1859; 8. Amos Fronts
Morse,

iv. Olive Lamson, m. Samuel Shackford, of Portsmouth, and had children,
1. Olivia E* Shackford; 2. Margaret* Shackford; 3. Caroline* Shack-
ford. '

V. Jane M., d. Oct. 18, 1859 ; m. Samuel Webster, of Salisbury, and had
children :

1. Sarah Jane* Webster, m. John P. Pftyson, master of the Williims

School, Chelsea, Mass., and had
i. Sarah Frances' Payson, d. 1851.
ii. Ellen Augusta' Payson.
iii. Catherine Putnam' Payson.
iv. Cordelia Dean' Payson.
V. Emma Phillips' Payson.
vi. Clara' Payson.

2. Samuel* Webster, m. Hannah Davis.

vi. William, of Haverhill, Mass. ; m. Adeline Brown and had one child.

vii. Eliphalet, d. at sea.

viii. Margaret Ann, b. at E., Feb. 19, 1804; m. William B. Dana. Both
are dead. Their children were : 1. Elizabeth Ann* Dana, m. John
L. Orne; 2. William Henry* Dana, of Charlestown, Mass., m. Emily
W. Pevear, has two children.

8. JoHN*^ Dean ( Ward Clark,* John,* Thomas,* Thomas^), born at Exe-

ter, April 7, 1771, was a merchant in Newburyport; w^as vestry-
man in St. Paul's Church in that place years. He married

May 11, 1799, Anna Boardmau, born July 27, 1778, died Jan. 3,
1862. He died March 1 1, 1854. Their children v^ere :

i. William Henry,« b. March 2, 1800 ; d. March 20, 1800.

ii. Margaret Ann, b. April 21, 1801 ; d. Jan. 16, 1802.

iii. Margaret Ann, b. Oct. 13, 1806; d. Sept. 17, 1808.

iv. Margaret Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1808 ; d.

V. Jodn Gardner, b. June 4, 1810 ; d. April 16, 1836 ; m. Feb. 5, 1833,

Mary R. Pierce, sister to Jacob Willard Pierce (vide inf.). Children.'

I. Annah P.^ : 2. Charles jG,/ d. in infancy,
vi. Elizabeth Little, b. Sept. 13, 1812 ; d. Feb. 6, 1813.
vii. Charles Little, b. Nov. 20, 1813 ; d. July 16, 1846.
viii. Mary Boardman, b. Au^. 31, 1815 ; m. Feb. 8^ 1842, Jacob Wili*™

Pierce. Children, besides several who died in iii£sincy :
1. Mary Boardman'^ Pierce,

1883.] Register Plan for Genealogical Records. 295

S. Elizabeth Deari' Pierce.

3. Annie Skinner^ Pierce^ m. 24 April, 1873, Josiah L. Hale, M.D.,* of

Brooklinc, Mass. ; grad. Uobart College, 1860 ; Medical School Uar-
Tard Univ. 1868.

4. Jacob WillartP Pierce.

5. Caroline WillartP Pierce.

6. Dean^ Pierce, m. 31 Oct. 1882, Louisa H., daughter of William I. and

Sarah R. (fligeinson) Bowditch.
iz. Sakuel BoARDMAN, D. JuDC 15, 1817; d. June 24, 1818.
z. Elizabeth Hill, b. Nov. 17, 1818 ; d. Dec. 3, 1844.
zi. Samuel Boardman, b. Oct. 8, 1820 ; d. April 1, 1854.

KEGISTER PLAN FOR GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.

DURING the first twenty-three years of the publication of the Regis-
ter, 1847-1869, no fixed plan for the arrangement of genealogies
was required by the conductors of this work, but each person was allowed
to arrange his genealogical contributions according to his own taste or fancy.
In the latter year the Publishing Committee, finding that so many different
plans were confusing to the readers of the Register, agreed to adopt one
of their own, and require articles to be arranged according to it. The plan
then adopted was the work of Col. Albert II. Hoyt, the editor at that time,
with suggestions from Mr. Dean, the present editor. The following ex-
planation of the plan was published in the Register for January, 1870
(xxiv. 68-9) :

Genealogies. — In the twenty-three volumes of the Register will be found a very
large number of genealogies and genealogical notes, including many of the oldest
families of New England. Besides these there have been printed several hundred
volumes of family genealogies and pedigrees, more or less extended ; in the whole,
making quite a large lihrarv of books relatim; to this department.

Prior U> the existence of the New England Historic Genealogical Society scarce-
ly anything had been done in the United States, in this direction ; and it is due to
that society to state that through the aid, no where else to be obtained, of its libra-
ry, and through the pages of the Register, great proeress has been made in histo-
ncai and genealogical studies, which have resulted in the marvellous multiplication
of family, town and state histories. That society may fairly bo said to have created
a taste lor these studies. It has liberally aided all inquirers, and is honored alike
by the work already accomplished and that which the future promises.

Every one who compiles a jzenealogy has his own plan of arranging his matter.
Hence there are as many different plans as there are volumes. And, as it seldom
happens that the same individual will compile more than one genealogy, we cannot
hope to aid those who have finished their labors ; but for the benefit of future con-
trioutoTS to the Register, and perhaps of those about to publish family genealogies,
we have arranged [a genealogy] on a plan easily understood and convenient for refer-
eDoe. The obvious merits of this plan are :

1. — It avoids all unnecessary figures. More than enough of these adds greatly to
the cost of printing, confuses the reader and mars the page. Consecutive numbers
have no advantage except as aids to reference ; hence no consecutive number is

flaoed against a name which is not subsequently taken up as the head of a family,
igures used as exponents, as John,^ are employed but once with the same name.
§. — The personal history of each individual is given in connection with his appear-
ance as the head of a family. If any name is not subsequently taken up as the
head of a family, then his or her history is given when the name first occurs.

3. — Historical matter is printed in largo type, and the names of children in small
type. This economizes space, and ansists the eye in reading.

The Publishing Committee authorize us to state that all genealogical matter,
hereafter contributed to the Register, must be arranged, in the MS., on the plan
bcre indicated.

* See Bboibteb, zzxi. 89.

296 Records of Winchester ^ Jf. H. [July*

In preparing matter on this plan for the press, put against the name of each
child sufficient dates of birth, marriage and death to fill the line. Write on one side
of the sheet only.

The article then arranged on the Register Plajc and printed in that
number of the Register, was the Sherman Grenealogy. The Deane
Grenealogy in this number is also arranged on this plan.

It has now been in use thirteen years and has given satisfaction. The
Publishing Committee will continue to require genealogies intended for the
Register to be arranged on this plan.

PARTIAL COPY OF RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF WIN-

CHESTER, N. H.

Communicated by John L. Albxan dbb, M.D., of Belmont, Mass.

These records were destroyed before the copy was completed.

1765 Enoch Stowell married Sarah Field Sept 12"*.
John Willard married Sarah Willard Sept 12*^.

1766 Rev Micah Lawrence married Eunice Willard Sept 16***.
Samuel Scott married Abigail Sept 17*.

1767 Elijah Dodge married Ann Butler Mar 22<>.
Benjamin Melvin married Mehitable Page Nov 19*^.
Elijah Alexander m. Susannah Trowbridge Nov 1**.

1768 Francis Verry m. Rebeckah Simonds Apr 1^\
Seth Alexander m. Hannah Oaks June 17*^.

1769 Joshua Whittemore m. Sarah Burt Jan^ 16*\
Eleazer Risley m. Ann Pierce Nov 15***.
Seth Lewis m. Catherine Willard Dec 14*\

1770 John Brown m. Lucy Eaton Aug 5"*.

Dr. Theodore Watkins m. Ann Alexander Oct 15***.

1771 John Alexander m. Thankfull Ashley Oct 7"*.

1772 John Goss m. Hannah Scott Oct 15*^
Samuel Cary m. Priscilla Dodge Oct 26***.
Nathaniel Chase m. Rachael Pierce July 6*^.

1773 Jacob Bates m. Bathsheba Pierce Sept 2^.
Amos Willard m. Sybil Scott Oct ll*^

1775 Ezekiel Kemp m. Rebeckah Healy Dec •

John Higgins m. Sarah Burt Nov 22^.

1776 Benjamin Wright m. Sybil Burt July 24*\
Amos Conant m. Elizabeth Erskine Aug 21"*.
Benjamin Rockwood m. Susannah Griffith Sept 19*^.
Abraham Scott m. Abagail Latham July 29***.

1777 Daniel Ashley m. Mercy Pratt Aug 11***.
Israel Stowell m. Sarah Carpenter Aug 25*^.
David Cady m. Lois Fassett Mar 2*.
Ichabod Franklin m. Hannah Franklin Mar 7*^.

1779 Philip Goss m. Esther Gale Sept 23*.

Robert Codding m. Zuriah Pierce Apr 5***.
Lemuel Wright m. Deborah Erskine Dec 21**.
Nathan Collar m. Lucy Wilder Sept 21.
Daniel Wise m. Lydia Owen Nov 23^

13.] Records of Winchester, Jf. H. 297

William KeUey m. Mary Whiting Aug 17*^

1 Jonas Cowan m. Mary Dunbar Oct 2^.

Rev Solomon Reed m. Susannah Willard Mar 14.

Israel Stowell m. Mary Leonard Aug 21.

Abijah Codding m. Sarah Pierce Sept 17.

Nathan Night m. Abagail Short Nov 29.
'2 Samuel Moor m. Hannah Humphrey Jany 10.

Willard Humphrey m. Betsey Lee Jany 10.

Moses Robinson m. Hannah Smith Jany 30^.

Thomas Gould m. Thankful Amsden July 27.

John Hatch m. Zilza Mastraft Nov 4.
(3 Jesse BrowA m. Fallany Healy Feb 20.

Joseph Cross m. Anna Cook Mar 13.

Nathan Ripley m. Mary Hawkins Apr 15.

Peter Haywood m. Hannah Fay May 6.

Silas Warren m. Hannah Foster May 8.

Elijah Butler m. Hannah Gashet July 5.

John Follett m. Hannah Alexander Nov. 18.

Thomas Curtis m. Azubah Stone Mar .

Seth Willard m. Abagail Brett Oct 28.

Ebenezer Scott m. Seelia Brett Oct 28.

Abel Scott m. Minna Narramore Oct 28.
M John Patridge m. Martha Willard Feb 18*^

Isaac Fuller m. Dorothy Packard Mar 7.

Alpheus Taft m. Lydia Humphrey Sept 7.

Aaron Whitney m. Hannah Willard Sept 23.

John Foster m. Sylvia Butler Oct 12.

Bamebas Horton m. Molly Morse Oct 21.

Thomas Sanderson m. Sarah Hatch Nov 9.

Andrew Farrand m. Rebeckah Cowden Nov 5.

Prentice Willard m. Mindwell Taylor Dec 16.

Nehemiah Ward m. Hannah Packard Dec 22.
B5 Isaac Atwood m. Elizabeth Dodge Apr 19.

Solomon Willard m. Polly Cahoon Aug 22.

James Scott m. Eunice Lawrence Oct 15.

Daniel Franklin m. Sebra Temple Nov 24.

John Pearlin m. Mary Owen Dec 23.

James Foster m. Hannah Stetson Dec 15.
B6 Syrenas Knapp m. Hannah Gould Nov 23.

John Oldam (Oldham) m. Sarah Roberts Mar 1.

William Martain m. Lydia Gould Mar 4.

Ebenezer Lowell m. Submit Roberts May 5.

Thadeus Bancroft m. Molly Houghton May 5.

Richard Gail m. Mary Wright Aug 15.

Benjamin Gould m. Elizabeth Amsdale Aug 23.
^7 Simeon Bixford m. Hepsibeth Chamberlain Feb 27.

William Humphrey m. Elizabeth Jewell Feb 27.

James Foster m. Hannah Alexander May 14.

Joel Roberts m. Sarah Goss Apr 10.

Joel Wright m. Chloe Oct 21.

Benjamin Marble m. Mehitable Shattuck Aug 8.

Daniel Houghton m. Susannah Pierce Aug 8.

fTo be oontinaed.]

298 The Name and Family of Broughton. [July,

THE NAME AND FAMILY OF BROUGHTON.

Bj Henbt E. Waitb, Esq., of West Newton, Mass.

HE name is derived from the Saxon JSroc, which means brook
or broken land, and Tan^ the dwelling or town. In King
Ethelred's charter to the monastery of Shaftesbury in England, A.D.
1001, Elfwig's boundaries at Broctun are mentioned. The domes-
day book of William the Conqueror, A.D. 1086, 'describes thirty-
four manors of Broctun, variously latinized by the clerks of the rec-
ords to Brochthon, Brocton, Brotton, Broton, Brogton and Brough-
ton, perhaps according to the pronunciation peculiar to the localities
where the manors were situated. Later the orthography of Brough-
ton (Braw'-ton) seems to have been generally adopt^. There are
now twenty distinct parishes, besides hamlets and different localities
in England that bear the name, and in America it is locally applied
to a small parish in Canada, and to an island in the AJatamaha
river in Georgia, while it rarely occurs in either country as a famil/
name.

With few exceptions, all the families that have borne the name in
England are traced to the counties of Chester and Buckingham.*
The name continued prominent among the knights and sheriffs of
England for three or four centuries, until the titular male lines be-
came extinct and their estates passed through female heirs to other
families. The following are brief sketches of immigrants to Ame^
ica, viz. : .

Henry Broughton, a passenger in the "Alexander," May 2, 1635,
aged 20, of whom nothing more is known.

Thomas* Broughton, a passenger in the "America," embarked at
Gravesend below London, June 23, 1635, aged 19, for Virginia. Savage
identifies him as of Watertown, Mass.

Thomas Broughton, of Watertown, married Mary, daughter of Nathan-
iel Briscoe, before 1643, and removed to Boston about 1650, in which year
and the next he received grants and made large purchases of land at Sal-
mon Falls, now Berwick, Me., where he erected mills. In 1656 he bought
one^uarter of the mills at Dover, and the next year a farm of three huo-

♦ In the county of Chester the Bronghtons descend in the male line from Hugh dc Vcr
non, baron of Shipbrook at the time of the Conquest, whose fourth son, Richard de Vcrnoo,
was father of Adam de Napton, county Warwick, whose issue assumed their local nAine
from Broughton in Stafifordshiro.

In the county of Buckingham, at the domesday survey, the principal manor of Broogb-
ton was lield by Walter Giffard, earl of Buckingham and cousin of the Conqueror. H|J
Bubfeudatory was his brother Hugh de Bolebec, whose descendants the Veres earls of Oxford
continued to hold it, admitting under tbem another subfendatory — supposed to have been
a junior branch of the same family — who took his name firom the place before the ye*''
1200. [See OrmertxVa Cheshire, Shatc's Stafordshire, The Norman People, Liptcombi
Buckinghamahiret ElHs^s AntiqtdUes of Herautry^ Burhc'$ Peerage, ^.]

1883.] The Name and Family oj Broughton. 299

dred acres on the line between Cambridge, Charlestown and Wobnrn, for-
merly granted to Increase Nowell ; also land on Mystic river in Cam-
bridge, where he had previously built corn and fulling mills ; also Noddle's
Island, now East Boston. The two followiug years he was a selectman of
Boston, and was then called *' a rich and active merchant," but met with
severe reverses a few years later. In 1674 he was living at ** Center Ha-
ven,'* the north end of Boston ; wrote his age in September, 1 678, as " about
64 years," and died Nov. 12, 1700. The name of his " brother" WiUiamy of
Watertown, appears upon the court records in 1650, but is not found again.
His *' cousin " Peter Cole was a merchant at Leadenhall Street, London,
in 1657. The children of Thomas and Mary Broughton were:

2. i. GlORGK.'

3. ii. John.

iii. , b. at Watertown, March 3, 1643-4 ; d. in 7 days.

ir. Elizabbth, b. at W., Jan. 15, 1646; m. Obadiah Reed. She was a

widow in 1726, when she sold 100 acres of land at Salmon Falls

granted her in 1671.
▼. Mart, b. at Boston. Jul}' 5, 1651.
vi. Thomas, b. at B., May 26, 1653 ; d. Jan. 7, 1654.
vii. Nathaniel, b. at B., Dec. 5, 1654. On the tax list there in 1674;

master of Barqae '* Exchange,'' of Boston, five men, for Antego,

Nov. 3, 1688 ; not living in 1702.
viii. Thqmas, b. at B., Dec. 23, 1656, and d. there unm. Dec. 4, 1702. He

was a gunmaker, and was ** Armourer at her Majesty's Fort at Cas-

CO Bay," forty-six weeks shortly before his death.
iz. Hannah, b. at B., Dec. 28, 1658 ; m. there, October 12, 1713, John

My rick.
X. Sarah, b. at B., June 9, 1660 ; was livinc: there in 1727, unm.
xi. Patikncb, b. at B., April 14, 1663 ; d. there Dec. 28, 1705.

2. George^ Broughton {Thomas^) was at Salmon Falls in 1657;
afterwards a merchant at Boston, and in 16G7 of the Artillery Company
there. In 1670 he bought a wharf at Charlestown, and the next year was
granted one hundred acres of land at Salmon Falls ; was a captain of sol-
diers there, and in October, 1675, wrote to Major Waldron for help against
the Indians. He was licensed at Boston in August, 1689, as a '* retailer
out of doors," and had been killed by Indians before May, 1 690, when his
widow petitioned for a continuance of his license. He married Feme,
daughter of Edward Rawson, secretary of the colony. She was born in
May, 1 646, and seems to have been a subject of much uncertainty in the
two histories of the Rawson family and Savage's Dictionary. The children
of George and Feme Broughton, born at Boston, were:

i. John,' b. Jan. 22, 1667. Killed hy Indians, April 20, 1689.

ii. Rachel, b. Sept. 1, 1670.

iii. Mart, b. Auj<. 10, 1672. Living; at Boston in 1701, unm.

iv. £dward, b. Oct. 12, 1673. Was perhaps the schoolmaster of that
name at Lancaster, Mass., in 1723 ; husband of Martha, daughter
of Josiah Wheeler; and who purchased land at Farmin^ton, Conn.,
in 1729, then a merchant, and was dead in 1744, leavmg children,
iSarah, Copla and Patience.

▼. Perne, b. June 15, 1677.

vi. Sarah, m. Johnson, and was a widow in 1700.

vil. Rebecca, m. at Boston, April 10, 1707, Edward Cowell, of Truro,
Mass. In 1701, she with her sisters Mary and ISarah sell their father's
grant of one hundred acres at Salmon Falls.

3. John' Broughton ( Thomas^ ) married Abigail, daughter of the Rev.
John Reyner, of Dover, N. H. He was granted one hundred acres of land
in 1671 at Salmon Falls, was a captain of soldiers, and wiis killed by In-

300 2%c Name and Family of Broughion. [July?

dians, Jane 19, 1689. His widow sold their homestead in 1690 and re-
moved to Woburn, Mass., where she married, March 30, 1696, Thomas
Kendall, and died, Dec. 31, 1716. Their children were:

i. Elizabeth,* b. at Boston, Sept. 82, 1677 ; d. March 22, 1703-4, nnm.

ii. Nathaniel, was witness to a bill of exchange drawn at Salem on Loo-
don, Oct. 21, 1707 ; of Boston in March, 1710, when he sold his hr
ther's grant of one hundred acres at Salmon Falls. If he left descend-
ants they were possibly the Brougbtons of Portsmouth, N. H.*

iii. Mart, m. at Woburn, Nov. 3, 1701, Jacob Fowle.

iy. Abigail. In 1751 Sarah Callishan, of Portsmooth, N. H., mnd-
daughter of Capt. John Brongnton, sells twenty-foar acres o? land
near Great Falls.

JoHN^ Broughton, a passenger in the " Thomas," embarked at Gravet-
end in August, 1 635, aged 20, and may have been the planter of that name
at Windsor, Conn., who married, Nov. 15, 1650, Hannah, daaghter of Tho-
mas Bascom, of Windsor, and soon after removed to Northampton, Mass.,
where he died March 16, 1662. Their children, bom at Northampton,
were:

i. John,* b. 1654 ; m. Oct. 29, 1678, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew
Woodruff, and again Nov. 19, 1691, Hannah " AlTioe." He was in
Capt. William Turner^s company in February, 1676, and removed
to Windham, Conn., about 1696, where bed. Jan. 5, 1731. flis
children, b. at Northampton and Windham, were :

1. Ason,»d. March 24, 1679.

2. A daughter, b. 14th, d. i6th Feb. 1680.

3. John, b. Jan. 7, 1680-1 ; m. at Windham, May 10, 1709, T&biths

Kingsley, and had : Mary, June 12. 1710. T^bitha, Jan. 9, 1713.
AmoH, May 23, 1718. Elizabeth, March 9, 1720. Phebe, 3iarDh
15, 1722.

4. Samuel, m. at Windham, May 2, 1711. Martha Lilly, and had: Sam-

uel, Dec. 15, 1711. Mnrtha, June 15, 1715. John, June 16, 1717;
m. Abit^il Dean. Atkinson, Aug. 24, 1719. Sarah , January 87,
1722. Margaret, Oct. 6, 1724. William, March 20, 1727. Ze^
viah, July 5, 1729.
6. Mary, d. Northampton, Oct. 7, 1690.

6. Ehenezer, b. Aug. 26, d. Sept. 6, 1692.

7. Mary, b. and d. Oct. 1093.

8. Hannah, b. April, 1695 ; m. Nov. 6, 1717, Humphrey Ballard, of

Andover.

9. Mary, b. at Windham, June 19, 1697 ; d. 1707.

10. Esther, b. Feb. 10, 1700.

11. Mehitabfe, b. March 8, 1703.

12. Abigail, b. April 5, 1705.

13. Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1707: m. at Windham, Nov. 15, 1738, Adrie

Crane, and had : Eunice, 1739. Joanna, 1741. Lydia, 1742. Ke-
ziah, 1744. Delii^ht, 1747. Prudence, 1749. Jemima, 1751.
Alice, 1753, and ElJenezcr, who removed to Irasburg, Vt.

ii. Mary, m. Northampton, Feh. 18. 1674, James Bennett.

iii. Hannah, b. Oct. 1656; d. July, 1657.

iv. Sarah, b. August, 1658.

V. Thomas, b. March 30, 1661 ; settled at Deerfield, Mass., and was kill-
ed by Indians with wife and three children in June, 1693.

Thomas Broughton, living at or near Charleston, South Carolina, as
early as 1 699 ; was on the list of proprietors' deputies as the representa-

• For the early Bronghtons of Portsmouth, see lists from records of Hon. Joshoa Peiree)
published in the Rbotstrr, vols, xxiii. to xxvii.
Botton Records, " Jemima, dau John & Ptiebe Broughton, b. July 4, 1697.

Sarah, dau. Randul and Sarah Broughton, b. Jan. 12, 1696."

1883.] The Name and Family of Broughton. 301

Uve of Lord Carteret in 1702 ; colonel of one of the royal regimenls in
1704; councillor and collector of customs, 1708 ; surveyor general, 1709 ;
speaker of the House of Assembly, 17 16, and 1725 to 1730, then lieutenant-
governor, and finally governor of the province from May, 1735, until his
death in 1738. He married a daughter of Sir Nathaniel Johnson, General
of the Leeward Islands and one of the early governors of South Carolina.
His son Nathaniel Broughton, in 1733, was one of the trustees of a free
school erected at St. John's Parish.

Sampson Shelton Broughton, " a barrister of long standing in the
Middle Temple, London," was appointed attorney-general of the province
of New York before June 21, 1700. Sailing from Gravesend, April 26th,
he landed at New York, July 24th, 1701. He was a member of the gov-
ernor's council in 1703, and died in the winter of 1704-5, leaving a wife
Mary. His son Sampson studied with his father in the Middle Temple,
and was called to the bar in 1700, but came with his father to New York ;
succeeded him as attorney-general, and was commissioned naval officer, May
16, 1711. He was granted license to marry Mary Ravaud, Dec. 24, 1705j
and received grants of land in Dutchess County.

John Broughton, a sea-captain and merchant of Marblehead, Mass.,
in 1720, like many living there at that time, doubtless came as a mariner
from the south of England or the Channel Islands, and possibly by way of
the Barbadoes, the Carolinas or Virginia. He was progenitor of a race " who
seemed like descendants of the ancient sea-kings." Through four genera-
tions for over one hundred years every male member of his family was mas-
ter of a vessel, and every female member the wife of a sea-captain. \\U
fiunily arms, transmitted by his son
Nicholson to a granddaughter now ^ ^
living, were : " Argent, a Chevron ^jJr
between three Mullets Gules."* kCh/Tl^

The following is a facsimile of his ^ ^^

signature :

On the third of December, 1718, he married Sarah, daughter of John
iDd Sarah (Maverick) Norman, and granddaughter of Lieut. Richard Nor-
man, of Marblehead. She inherited their residence from her grandfather
Moses Maverick, one of the " proprietors " of the town, and was a widow
when admitted to the First Church, July 5, 1741. Their children, born at
Marblehead, were:

i. Anni.* b. July 26, bapt. Aug. 9, 1719 ; m. Deo. 9, 1736, Capt. Jonas
Dennis, Jr.

ii. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, bapt. Deo. 3, 1721 ; m. Aug. 14, 1741, Capt. Rich-
ard Webber.

3. iv. Nicholson \ '^*"*> W*- Sept. 13, 1734. John d. in infancy,
V. Norman, bapt. April 9, 1727 ; d. young.

• Thej»e arms are found in " Fuller's Worthies," published at London In 1662, borne by
John de Broughton, shcrifT of Bedford and Bucks, 48th and 60th Edward III.
John Broughton f sheriff of Bedford and Bucks, 13th Henry VI., and sheriff of Cumber-
Und. 14th and 23th Henry VI.
Nieholaa Broughton, sheriff of Devonshire, 24th Henry VI.

John Broughton, sheriff of Bedford and Bucks, 88th Henry VI. tod 6th Edward IV^
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302 The Name and Family of Broughton. [July,

2. Nicholson* Brouohton (/oAw'), bapt at Marblehead, September
13, 1724; married September 26, 1749, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and
Sarah (Martin) Pedrick.

He received such educational advantages as could be imparted at bis
native town, and developed much vigor of character. Accustomed to the
sea, and residing at a port distinguished as the nursery of mariners, he be-
rime a skilful and intrepid ship-master before he was thirty years of age.
For several years he was associated with Captain Robert Girdler in enter-
prising and successful commercial ventures,— despatching fishing sloops to the
banks of Newfoundland and merchant vessels to foreign countries. He was one
of the leaders of the revolutionary movement at Marblehead in 1774, and
the next year was chosen a captain in the famous *^ marine " regiment
commanded by Col. John Glover. At Cambridge, Mass., Sept- 2, 1775,
he was directed by Washington to execute the first naval commission,—
three days later, with a detachment of the army in the schooner *' Hannah,''
fitted out at the continental expense, he sailed from Beverly '* to defy the
proud navy of England," and on the 7th instant captured the British ship
** Unity," laden with supplies for the ministerial army. He also received
the second naval commission, October 16th of the same year, and ou the
20th instant sailed from Beverly in the schooner " Lynch,** as commodore,
with seventy men, and Captain John Selman in the schooner *' Franklin,"
with sixty-five men, for the river St. Lawrence, under the special order of
Congress to intercept two transports from England with supplies for Qae-
bee. They reached their destination after a long passage '^ through the
stormy paths of the Northern seas,** being detained by adverse winds and
weather, only to find that the transports for which they were in search had
escaped. They, however, captured ten other vessels, and also the British
recruiting officers at the island of St. Johns, and returned in December to
find their prizes and prisoners released, and to be reproved by Washington
for exceeding the letter of his instructions, the spirit of which these zealous
commanders interpreted as set forth by Chief Justice Marshall, who, in his
life of Washington at this period says : ** Though general letters of reprisal
were not immediately granted by Congress to their continental cruisers, a
measure of equal efficacy but less hostile in appearance was adopted. Their
ships of war were authorized to capture all vessels employed in giving as-
sistance to the enemy in any manner whatsoever ; and the forms used in
their resolution were such that no capture could be made which might not
be construed to come within it.'*

Feeling keenly the reproof, after the many hardships and privations they
had undergone, when Washington reminded them that the year of enlist-
ment had nearly expired and requested them to take their command again
in the Marblehead regiment, they replied that they would not.

On the 14th of February, 1776, Captain Broughton was commissioned hj
the Provincial Congress at Boston, as Second Major of the Fifth Regiment
of Essex County militia under Col. Jonathan Glover.

He was a prominent and active member of the First Church at Marble-
head until his death. The inscription upon his monument reads as follows:
" On August the third 1798, was translated from this World to the Region
of Spirits, the Immortal part of Nicholson Broughton Esq. aged 73 years
and 7 months, A man whose life and conversation shed lustre on his reli-
gious profession and furnished an example every way worthy of imitation.
The children of Nicholson and Sarah Broughton were :

1883.] TTie Name and Family oj Broughton.

303

i. Sarah,' b. 1753 ; m. Capt. Daniel Lisbrel.

ii. Mart, b. 1755; m. Capt.> John Devereux.

iii. Nicholson, b. 1757 ; d. youn^.

iv. Anne, b. 1759 ; m. Capt. Joseph Proctor.

V. £lbanor, b. 176*2 ; m. first, Capt. Thomas Williams, and second, Capt.
Samuel Horton. ■

3. vi. Nicholson, b. 1764.

The christian name of the head of this family is variously written. Upon
the baptismal register of the First Church at Marblehead is the followinir
record, under the date of Sept. 13, 1724, in the handwriting of the Rev.
John Barnard, viz. :

" John I Twin ) John > ^ ht "

Nicholson J inf. of ( Sarah f °

Until 1775 he wrote his name,

^uma£^ l^yf^<HijiU^

and afterwards

His son wrote hiR name, in 171)7:

and afterwards :

^yuh/u/t^kr?v

And his grandson's signature i
1825 was :

There are found no indications of relationship with the early Nicholson
familj of Marblehead, or esteem for Sir Francis Nicholson, who heads the
list of the founders of St. Michael's Church there ; nevertheless, accepting
the baptismal name as correctly recorded, the variations of orthography.
indulged in by those who have borne it, are suggestive of its original use

a patronymic to designate " the grandson of Nicholas."

3. Nicholson' Broughton {Nichohon^ John^)^ born at Marblehead,
Oct. 29, 1764; married April 17, 1788, Susanna, daughter of Gen. John
Glover, and died at the island of Martinique, June 21, 1804. With the
advantages of education, energy and affluence, he began his career under
the most favorable auspices. Imbued with the intense patriotic spirit of

304 The Name and Family of Bnmghton. [July^

his native town that during the Revolution ^' won for herself a renown
which is still recognized as a hrilliant chapter in American history," he en-
listed as a soldier at thirteen years of age, and served at Winter Hill and
Cambridge during the whiter of 1777-8. Before he had reached manhood
he was commanding one of his father's vessels, and was afberwanls engaged
in tha West India trade with Col. William Raymond Lee and his son Wil-
liam Lee, and occasionally commanded different vessels io their joint inter-
est during the war between England and France that began in 1793, the
cruisers of both powers constantly committing depredations upon American
commerce. Within the following six years his cargoes were confiscated
three times by the French, and his vessel captured by the British in 1797,
and again in 1799, when she was run ashore and burned at Monte Christo,
a French port under the administration of the colored statesman and mili-
tary chieftain, Touissaint L'Ouverture. His claims for reimbursement,
with those of others, the United States government volunteered to collect,
and used in the year 1800, to discharge the burdensome stipulations in the
treaty of alliance entered into with France in 1778, thus originating the
well-known " French Spoliation Claims."

Of his four sons, all sea-captains :

i. Nicholson,* the eldest, bom in 1790, was sailing-master of the pri-
vateer *' Tomahawk " in 1815, when she was captured by the fog-
)i8h74>gun ship ** Bulwark '* ; afterwards a captain and supercargo
in tne China trade for several years, then a merchant, and finally,
from 1825 to 1835, he had built for him at Newburyport, by Jackmaa
& Currier, thirt3*-two ships, briffs and schooners, and most of them
sailed from his wharf at Marblehead with cargoes for foreign ooan-
tries. He was twice married, each tipe to a daughter of the late
Hon. Nathaniel Hooper, of Marblehead, and died at Weet Newton,
Mass., in 1873.

ii. John, b. in 1792 ; was a privateer in the war of 1812 ; captured by
the British and imprisoned at Dartmoor. He was afterwards master
of vessels sailing from Marblehead to foreign countries.

iii. Norman, b. in 1794 ; was lost at sea in 1825.

iv. Glover, b. in 1796 ; was, with his brother John, a privateer and
imprisoned at Dartmoor. After a long experience as sea-captain, be
was town clerk of Marblehead for many years, and died in 1869.

William^ Brouohton, a mariner, and perhaps brother of John, ma^
ried at Marblehead, August 13, 1720, Elizabeth Oakes. She m. again,
Feb. 1, 1750, Israel Mark, of Great Britain. Children :

i. John,* m. Dec. 31, 1740, Elizabeth Gross. She m. again, Jan. 1,1765,
Samuel Stevens, of Marblehead. Children :

1. Beryamin* bapt. Aug. 4, 1748.

2. Bery'amin, bapt. May 5, 1750.

3. John^ bapt. June 21, 175*2. liis widow Rebecca, m. Oct. 11, 1770,

Manuel Saunders, of M.

4. Thomas, bapt. Feb. 6, 1757 ; m. June 9, 1805, Margaret Doak, wbo

m. again, Sept. 7, 1813, William Allen, of M.
ii. William, m. first, Jan. 28, 1746, Margaret Neal, of Marblehead, and
second, Aug. 27, 1760, Hannah Horton. Children :

1. Margaret, bapt. Feb. 28, 1748.

2. Martin, bapt. Julv 1, 1750; m. Aug. 16, 1772, Hannah Savage. ^

m. again, Oct. 3, 1790, James Dennis, of Marblehead. Children:
i. Hannah, bapt. Nov. 8, 1778 ; m. Jan. 10, 1804, Joseph firown.
ii. William, bapt. Oct. 5, 1783.

3. Margaret, bapt. April 29, 1753.

4. miliam, bapt. Nov. 2. 1755.

5. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 6, 1757 ; m. June 27, 1778, Samuel Vickery.
lii. £uzABETH, m. Feb. 1, 1750, James Vinson.

1883.] Notes and Queries. 305

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Notes.

M». Hknrt F. Waters and his English Researches. — It was announced in the
newBpftpere, some months ago, that the New England Historic Genealogical {Society
htd appointed a committee to obtain subscriptions to defray the expense uf employ-
ing Mr. Waters to visit England and engage in researches among the public records
for the ancestry of the settlers of New England. Mr. Waters already had experi-
ence in ^nealogical investigations in that country, having spent in them several
■ODths ID the summer and autumn of 1H79, some of the results of which were
poblisbed in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. A reprint of these
articles in a volume entitled, ** Gleanings from English Records," was noticed in
tbeRsoiSTBR, vol. zxxiv. pa£(cs 422-4. This notice closes with these remarks: ** Is
it too much to hope that as the New England Historic Genealogical Society grows
in age and prosperity, it may at some future time be endowed with funds sufficient
to enable it to maintain an accredited agent in the mother country, constantly en-
gaged in 8uch researches as these? Sucn an agent, released from the necessity of
depending upon the support of private patrons and allowed to consult the gene-
III interests and needs of New England history and genealogy, would place us in a
position never before reached, and his work would be rich in results not otherwise
likely to be obtained.**

Mr. Waters has peculiar qualifications for this work. We feel confident that no
one now living has gathered such a mass of information as he, derived from oriirinal
records as well as printed books, concerning the pedigrees of our early New Eng-
lud families. In addition to his many labors in every part of the historical and
antkaiiarian field, he has made a thorough and exhaustive study of the early records
and nlee of the four original counties of Massachusetts, Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex
and old Norfolk, and has made copious minutes of their contents. The advant-
ages which such a training gives Mr. Waters are obvious. The experience thus
tcqoired is simply invaluable.

The committee is.Hued a circular, written by the chairman, John T. Hassam,
A.M., from which we extract the following :

*' The death of the distinguished American antiquary and genealogist, the late
Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., of London, has brought to an end
investigations which concern every one interested in the genealogies of New Eng-
land families. There is no one now in En^^land who can fill his place. Uis death
iea serious loss to the cause of genealogical research. It is of the utmost impor-
tance that this loss should not b^ suffered to be anything more than a temporary
check to researches which affect so large a number of people in New England. The
work which he has left unfinished should be carried on by a competent successor.

*" The New England Historic Genealogical Society is desirous of beginning and
maintaining a thorough and systematic search of the English Records for every-
thing which relates to the family history of the first settlors of this country. It is
believed that a search so made would bring to light much valuable material, as yet
undiscovered, which otherwise would be completely lost to us. To this end it soli-
cits contributions, not only from members of the Society, but also from all others
who are interested in the history of New England and the genealogies of any of the
fiunilies of its early settlers.

" The searches which have hitherto been made— often at great cost, and there-
fore possible only to men of large means — have been almost invariably made for
K>pie seeking information concerning their own ancestors, and have accordingly
ta slij^ht degree of interest for those who do not belong to these particular fami-
liea. It IS desired to place the contemplated search on a broader basis, so as event-
tally to put the inquirer in this country in possession of every known clew which
may serve to connect any given family in New England with the parent stock in
Old England.

" Whoever is intrusted with this important work must, of course, be exception-
ally well qualified for the task. A thorough knowledge of the genealogies of New
EDj^land families and great experience in making such investigations on both sides
of the ocean are prerequisites.

VOL. XXXYU. 28*

306 Notes and Queries* [Jolji

'* The Society has chosen for thU sorvioe Henry Fits-gilbert Waters, an eminent
antiquary and genealogist, the results of whose researches, both in this country and
in England, are well known to ail genealogists, and in whom all these requirements
are more than met/'

The answers received in response to this circular were so enoouraf ing as to justify
the society in undertaking this important work. Sufficient fnnds naving been cof-
leoted to enable a ffood beginning to be made, Mr. Waters sailed in the Catalonia
on the 5th of May last from Boston for England. He is now at work in London.
More money is however needed to enable him to continue properly his investigations.
To bring them to a satisfactory conclusion several years will be required. Sabscrip-
tions may be sent to John Ward Dean, the librarian, at the Society's House, No.
18 Somerset Street, Boston, Maes., or to Charles A. Drew, clerk of the committeef
No. 60 Devonshire Street, Beston, Mass.

Mr. Waters may be addressed at the American Exchange, 449 Strand, London,
England. He will contribute from time to time to the Registkr the results of his
researches. These contributions will form a new and interesting feature of the
Register, and will add greatly to its value.

Lynn Deaths, 1773. — In an interleaved almanac for 1772, containing manuscript
entries evidently made bv a minister of Lynn, probably Rev. John Treadwell, I find
the following list of deaths given as having occurred in that year :

*' Infant child of Henry Bachelor.
John Ineals, Ap^ 30.
Anna, Wife of Amos Ingals May 29.
Lois, Wife of Sam^ Graves Mav 31.
James, child of James Newhafl, Jn** Au. 14.
Infant child of James Williams.
Nathanael Ingals Sept^.
Child of m^a>x.
Child of m^ Blaneys Nov' 21.
Widow Catherine Newhall Nov' 29.
Wife of Timothy Ramsdell, Dec. 18.*' D. P. Corkt.

Stephen Whitnet Phcextx, Esq. — A memoir of this accomplished genealogist
and liberal benefactor to Columbia College and the New York Historical Soci-
ety, written by Mr. Moore, the able and efficient librarian of the last-named insti-
tution, appears as the leading article in this number of the Register. We are in-
debted to the liberality of Henry T. Drowne, E^., president of the New York Gen-
ealogical and Biographical Society, and an intimate friend of Mr. Phoenix, for im-
pressions, to illustrate the article, from a portrait on steel belonging to him.

Mr. Phoenix was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society,
and a sketch of him by the historiographer wifi be found in the Rbqistbr, volume
zxxvi. page 206.

VmiNG. — Upon a dark-hued stone slab, set against the front underpinning of the
P. E. Church in Salem, N. J., is an inscription, a copy of which is below given as
I took it, verbatim. May 9, 1883, as follows:

In Memory of Benjamin Vining. esq late Collector of Salem & marual Head in
New England Son of^ William & Mary Vining of Ports'** in Hamp Shire who dyed
the First of Sep^ 1735 aged 52 Years 1 M^ 22 Day«.

*' Marual ** or Marvel- Head is an old form of Marblehead. " Ports^ in Hamp
Shire** is Portsmouth, New Hampshire. R. Manning Chifman.

2004 N. nth St., Pkiladelphia, Pa,

Eablt Recjords of Oasco or Falmouth, Me.— The Deposition of Capt NatW Fryar
being of full ageTestifieth & saith that Sometime before Capt Bracket of Casco Bay
Dyed being upward Ten years Since I the Depon*, was there and s<^ Bracket told me
was a Record belonging to Kittery town which book he showed me and I saw it was
So, And s*d Bracket told me the Depon^ that he had it of the Indians, and farther
1 luiow that the people of Casco Did improve the 3 books to record matters beloog-

1883.] Notes and Queries. 307

ing to their Town in And farther I the Depon^ told them that it would be neces-
sary to Return the 3 books to Kittery again, But 1 do not Remember that ever it
was. Sworn in court by Nath^ Fryar Attest Elisha Cook Clerk

Kittery y« Hay 13. 1703

The above is a copy of a deposition used in a court held in York County, Maine.
Cspt. Fryar was a merchant oi respectability at Great Island (Newcastle), opposite
the town of Kittery . He held responsible positions under the Massachusetts Bay
gOTernment. He was often at Casco, and conversant with their affairs. Capt. An-
thony Bracket was killed by the Indians at his farm at Back Cove, now Deerin^,
Me., in 1689, and if the Casco records had been destroyed at the time of Mr. B. s
death, Mr. ¥rjKt would have naturally mentioned it in his deposition. Some of the
records of the town of Kittery are missing as well as those of Casco. I have caused
the archives of Great Britain, France and Canada, as well as our own country, to
be examined to see if these records could be found, but I have not found them.

Cape ElizaUthy Me. S. P. Mayberrt.

Alexander Willums. — This gentleman, the head of the well-known firm of A.
Williams & Co., proprietors since 1869 of the ** Old Corner Bookstore," No. 283
Washington Street, Boston, a place ** rich in historical reminiscences pertaining to
the book trade," retired from business in April last, after a successful career of
over forty years. His father, Robert P. Williams, also a bookFeller, a member of
the firm of R. P. & C. Williams, fifty years ago kept in Joy*s Buildinjg, which
stood on the site ot the second and third meeting-houses of the First Church, where
Rogers Building now stands.

Mr. Williams commenced business in 1841 ; and he has been located at No. 8
State Street, No. 100 Washington Street, the present site of the Boston Daily Ad-
vertiser Office; and lastly at &3 Washington St. At the time of his retirement he
was the senior bookseller in Boston actively engaged in that business. The ** Cor-
ner Bookstore," while he was at its head, was the resort of many literary celebri-
ties and lovers of literature. His enterprise and courtesy have been well rewarded,
and he retires with the respect and good wishes of the community.

Queries.

Dartmouth Graduates. — Further information is wanted concerning the follow-
ing graduates of Dartmouth College, by John M. Comstock, Chelsea, Vt.

1773. Stephen Davis, son of Thomas and Martha (Squire) Davis, b. Mansfield, Ct. ,
Nov. 17, 1750.

1775. William May, probably a son of Dea. Ezra May, of Chesterfield, Mass.

1776. Solomon Wolcott, b. Windsor, Ct. ; pastor Congregational Church, North

Stamford, Ct., 1784-5; do. Wint(mbury (now Bloomfield), Ct., 1786-90.
Said to have gone to Can^joharie, N. Y.

1778. Bei\jamin Burt, son of John and Mary Burt, from Longmeadow, Mass. ; b.

there Nov. 1, 1734 {?).
Nehemiah Finn, probably from Salem 0>., N. J.
Ebenezer Johnson, from Willington, or perhaps from Ellington, Ct.
Nathaniel Smith, grandson of Nathaniel Smith of Middleboro,' Mass.

1779. John Jones, son of Col. Ezra and Elizabeth (Jennison) Jones, b. Barre,

Mass., Feb. 24, 1754.
1782. Hugh Holmes, from Montreal, Que.
1784. David Searl, b. Southampton, Mass.
1786. Nathan Muzzey, son of John and Mary (Ball) Muzzey, b. Spencer, Mass.,

Feb. 39 (sic) J 1762. A clergyman, sometime living at Marietta, Ohio.
1788. Thomas Brooks.

Benjamin Chapman Curtis. A sister married Col. Cooley of Rupert, Vt.

1790. Simon Griffin Morrison. Said to have died early in the Bermudas.

1791. John Waldo Ames, son of Thaddeus and Irene (Waldo) Ames, b. Orange,

N. H., 1755; became Dutch Reformed clergyman ; last heard from at To-
ronto, Ont.
John Walbridge, son of Isaac and Hannah (Smith) Walbridge, from
Lebanon, N. li. ; practitioner of medicine, first in Maine ; said to have
gone to Western N. Y.

308 Notes and Queries. [July,

•

1793. Samuel Crossett, b. Pelham, MasR. ; practitioDer of medicine there ; was
principal of an academy at Jamaica, N. Y.

1793. Jonathan Davis, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Parker^ Davis, b. Mans-

field, Ct., March 14, 1763. Resided at one time at Whitestown, N. ¥.
Silas Paul, son of £dward and Elizabeth (Short) Paul, b. Killingiy, Ct ;

W practised law some years until 1800, at Leominster, Mass.
arner Rollers, b. Sianta Cruz, VY. I. ; m. Elizabeth Shaw, or Shum, at or
near Parsippany, N. J.

1794. John Conway, b. Castleton, Vt. ; said to have been a Methodist clergyman

in Tennessee.
Ashbel Fen ton, son of Maj. £lgah and Lois (Hovey) Fenton, b. Willington,

Ct.,Nov. 17, 1771.
Darius Shaw ; taught at New Ipswich, N. li., and Lexington, Mass. ; was

also a merchant at L., leaving in 1801 ; m. Lucy, daughter Simon W^io-

ship, of L., July, 1797.

1795. Alpheus Cheney, b. Sturbridge, Mass. ; was a book-keeper at Pftinted

Post, N. Y.; removed to Pennsylvania about 1812.

1797. John Whitney, son of Ezra and Mercy (Morse) Whitney, b. Douglas, Mass. ;

was insane.

1798. Archibald Burnet ; received the degree of A.M. from Middlebnry College

in 1803.

William Craig; assistant instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, 1797-6.

William Moody, son of Humphrey and Abigail (Peaslee) Moody, b. Ando-
dover, Mass. ; located in Baltimore, Md.

Thomas Pratt, son of Isaac and Mehitabel (Nichols) Pratt, b. Beading,
Mass., Oct. 9, 1772 ; a merchant at Mecbanicsburg, Pa., and later in Phil-
adelphia.

1799. Luther Emerson, son of Rev. Ezekiel and Catharine (Dorr) Emerson, bom

Georgetown, Mass., Sept. 26, 1772 ; practised law at Vassal boro\ Bangor,
Blue Hill and Sedgwick, Me. ; removed to Ohio about 1815.

1800. Alexander Conkey, son ot Alexander, b. Pelham, Mass. ; was a Presbyterian

clergyman in the Oneida Presbytery, N. Y. ; deposed in 1831.
David Curtis, son of David or Joseph, b. Wayland, Mass. ; read law and

went to Canada.
John Dane, son of. Daniel and Priscilla TPhelps) Dane, b. Andover, Mass.,

1778 ; pastor Congregational church, Newfield, Me., 1802-4.
1802. John Ruggles Cutting, son of William, b. Acton, Mass. ; pastor C-ongrega-

tional church, VValdoboro', Me., 1807-12; then became a teacher, and

finally went South or West.
Luther Stone, son of Eliphaiet and Lydia (Groddard) Stone, b. Marlboro',

N. H., Nov. 17, 1774 ; d. early in Connecticut.
Nathan Wood, son of John and Anna (Ball) Wood, b. Hanover, N. fl.;

practised medicine at Strafibrd, Vt. ; went West.
1806. Nathan Kimball Clough, b. Francestown, N. H. ; became a lawyer in Ohio.
1809. Ira Allen Partridge, son of Eli and Persis (Earle) Partridge, b. Chesterfield,

N. 11., July 19, 1785; taught at one time in a military school at Middle-
town, Ct.
1814. Samuel Israel Wells, b. Shelburne, Mass. ; practised law at Salisbary,

N. H., and Windham, Me. ; removed to Alabama.
1818. Joseph Ilaynes, from Portland, Me.
1829. Moses Stone, from St. Johnsbury, Vt.

1835. Stephen Fowler, from Northtield, Ma.ss.

1836. Henry Davis Towne, son of Rev. Josiah and Charlotte (Penfield) Towne, b.

Hanover, N. H., August, 1815 ; sometime a cashier at Springfield, 111.

Jones. — Savage in his Genealogical Dictionary says that Oapt. Samuel Jones of
Saybrook, who died in 1704, was the eldest son of Thomas. Does he mean TbomM
Jones of Guilford ? If so, what is his authority ? Where did Samuel Jones, son of
the first mentioned, marry? Henry Champion Jones.

Bangor^ Me.

Alling. — Savage gives the names of several children of John Ailing, son of Ro^r,
of New Haven, and adds, ** and others, as is said." I am very desirous of learning
the names of these other children. I especially desire to know if one was named
Job, and if so, the date of his birth. Jobn K. Allsk.

Lansing^ Mich,

1883.] Jfotes and Queries. 309

ScivoBY, Sktsrt, Sevibrit, Saterit, Savbret, Sbtbrt, Skvuit. — Such are the va-
rioQS ways in which at Marblehead, Ipswich and Wenbam, the names of people
evidently of the same fomily are spelled in the earliest church and town records.
The name of Joseph S , founder of the Sutton family (see Tracy's History of Sut-
too) is spelt at Ipswich Ovhere he marrried Sarah Stockwell in 1713) as S€»very ;
and at Wenham ne is published to Sarah iStockwell as Joseph Saverit. His descend-
ants have a tradition of a Jers^ origin. At Wenham *' Goodwife Seyerit died
March 1737," and ** John Seven diedS*** of November in the 98**» year of his age,
1742.'* We also find there '* John Severit Jr. and Martha his wife " ; and that
Martha Severy diedHhere 19 Deo. 1768, aged 85. We find at the records of Pro-
bate, Plymouth, in 1737, a fourth share oi the estate of Thomas Parlow is allotted
to his (iaoghter Martha, wife of John Severy ; the name of whose son John once
appears on the records of deeds there as Severit. and in later generations it
took the form Savery. Contemporary with all this tne spellings Savory and Savery
are always applied to those known to be descendants of Thomas S., of Plymouth, in
1633, and of Kobert, of Newbury, in 1056, never varying in the first vowel, and
always ending y or ie. Can any one throw any light on the origin of the strange
Bamo I have referred to, if it be, as would seem, a distinct name from ours? Is it
referable to the Jersey settlers at Marblehead ? Whose son was the John Severi
who died aged 98 in 1742? Is there in print anv full list of the earlv immigrants
to Marblehead from the Channel Islands 1 Was there any Jersey-French name likely
to have undergone such mutations? Can any one, veraed in the early nomenda-
tare and genealogy of those places, account for the origin of this family ? It has the
terminal letter t in most cases. A. W. Satert,

Digby, Nova Scotia, Genealogist of Savery Family.

BAYoar, EusTis.— In vol. 32 of the Register, p. 215, in the *' Eustis Genealogy "
there published, we find Hannah,' daughter of Thomas Fustis, bom March 19, lo02.
married Aaron Savory. Who was this Aaron Savory? Where was he born?
Where did he live ? Who were his parents? A. W. Saysrt.

D^by, Nova Scotia,

Savage. — John Savage, bom about 1707, married Eleanor, who was'bom about
1714, and by her had Martha, bom about 1733, and Edward, 1745; settled in Pel-
ham, Mass., as early as 1746 ; and had children probably born there, viz. : Eliza-
beth, who married Abram Chattin ; Abram, born 1751, and Sarah, bora 1759.

Information is desired as to his previous history and the parentage of his wife.

Salem, N. Y, James Gibson.

Turner. — Alexander Turner married Mary Conkey or M'Conkey, probably at
Worcester, Mass., and there resided till he settled in Pelham, Mass., about 1742,
where be died about 1766. Had children — James, born about 1735, Andrew, Dan-
iel, Reuben and Sarah. Information is desired as to his parentage and that of his
wife, and their places of birth. James Gibson.

Salem, N. Y,

Spraoue. — Can an^ of your readers give us any information in regard to Rev.
David Sprague, of Uingham, Mass. . wno remov^ from that town about 1730 to
1740? Was a Baptist preacher, ana well known as such in southera Rhode Island
from the date above until his death in 1777. Any information in regard to his
aooeatry, his wife's family, &o., will be very gratefully received.

HamtUon, R, i. Jambs N. Arnold.

Gov. Stephen IIopkins, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence. — Wil-
liam £. Foster, A.M., librarian of the Public Library, Providence, R. 1., has in
preparation a historical monograph of Gov. Hopkins, whoso biographv has been
too long neglected. It will appear in the series of *' Rhode island Historical
Tracts, published by Sidney S. Rider. Mr. Foster will feel obliged to those who
refer him to any material liable to escape his notice.

310 Notes and Queries. [July,

HuLEN— Union. — There is found in Marblehead a remarkable case of Tariation of
surname among descendants in the male line from a common ancestor. On the seo-
ond book of records of the First Parish in that town occur the births, deaths uid
marriages of two groups of persons of the family in question, each group consisting
of father, children, grandchildren, etc. ; the fathers appear to have been brothers.
In the first group the surname occurs twenty-seven times between 1762 and 1829,
being written Hulion once, Union nine times, Huling four times, and Hulen thir-
teen times ; modem representatives of this group use the form last mentioned. In
the second group the surname is mentioned eleven times between between 1779 and
1833, being written Uuling six times and Union five times : tke living members of
this group Dear the latter name. It is hard to determine from these records which
is the earliest form of the name. '* Elias Hulion " married February 7, 1703, Elii-
abeth Selman. His children, baptized between 1763 and 1777, are all called child-
ren of '' Elias and Elizabeth Union." Two of them at marriage are called ** Ho-
ling" and three *' Hulen." The family, according to tradition, had its origin ia
the Isle of Guernsey. Perhaps it was the diflkulty of preserving the French pro-
nunciation of the name, together with an infrequent use of the pen by the eaify
members, which occasioned the present variation. The name seems to have been
at first Hulin, as it now is found in Normandy and in Pkris.

This Marblehead fomily appears to be entirely distinct in origin from the Rhodt
Island family named Huling, apparently of English origin ; from the Pennsylvania
family nam^ Hulinjg, Huungs and Hewlings, of SwMish origin ; and also from
the North Carolina family named Hulin and Hulen, which is ot French origin.

FUMurg^ Mass, Ray Gresnb Huuno.

Parsons. — I am desirous of obtaining genealogical information in remd to a
Thomas Parsons, of Windsor, Conn., who married Lydia Brown, June 38, 1641,
according to Savage in his Genealogical Dictionary, and also Stiles in his Hbt<»y
of Ancient Windsor. C^n any one throw light upon his hbtory or the antecedeofii
of himself or bis wife ? R. w. l.

Batt. — ^What became of Dorothy Batt, aged 30^ who came over in the '' Bevis*'
from Southampton to Newbury, early in iS^S, with her brother Christopher and
bis family ?

Did she marry, and if so, whom, when and where? S. P. BIat.

Newton f Mass.

Thomas. — Samuel Thomas died at Worcester, Mass., in 1755, aged 67 ; his widow
Jennett died in 1756, aged 56 years. His will names children — Jane (M'Master),
Martha (Wylie^, Mary (Slarrah), Robert, Sarah, Susanna, John, late of Leicester,
deceased, and David. Information is requested as to the parentage and place oi
birth of Samuel and Jennett Thomas. James Gibson.

Salem f S. Y,

** Harrt the Coachman." — Under date of 38 June, 1655, the following entiy is
to be found in the York County Court Records :

** Wee p'sent Jonathan Thing for speakeing discomfully of the Courte of Yofke
saying no question but you may cast any cause at the Courte of Yorke so long as
Harry the Coatchman sits Judge." As this incident occurred shortly after theMai^
sachusetts usurpation ( 1653), it is undoubtedly a fling at some of the Boston offidab
who came to York to hold sessions of the court, but I find no one named Henry who
served as Associate at that time. The allusion was a bye-phra8e, it would appear,
as I note a similar reference in a rare contemporaneous pamphlet, written in 1680
by a royalist. In his arraigimcnt of Massachusetts he speaks of the elevation of
'* turbulent men of low condition and less breeding " to important positions, **I8
a sublimated Coach-man from the Box to the Bench." [Gardener, New England's
Vindication, 5. J This evidently had its foundation in fact, as the allusion is specific,
and it would be interesting to know which Puritan worthy answers to the title of
** Harry the Coachman " (and a " sublimated " Jehu at that) , who rose from hif
box to the judge's seat. Aucocisoo.

1883.] JTotes and Queries. 311

Rkplrs.

Tbx Sabdc Faxilt (ante, zxxri. 53 ; xxzrii. 37). — A tradition, such as that of the
■apposed Uagoenot descent of William Sabin, »aasuredly, as Mr. 8avery points
oat in the Janaary namber of the Register, of little value aniess substantiated by
docamentary eridence. We do not anfrequently, find that some more or less lite-
nury member of a family makes a j^uess as to the possible origin of his family, or
laggeets a theory as to the meaning of his name, based very often on materials far
too scanty to warrant any trustworthy inference, lie may be quite aware what
talae can be attached to his suff^tions, but other uncritical members of the family
will iCMulily catch them up, andin a short time they become firmly believed in as
aathentic nunily traditions which it were mcrilege to doubt. Long before the time
of the edict of Nantes the Sabin family were settled in Northamptonshire, England.
Before the middle of the sixteenth century persons of this name were settled at
Kilsby in that county, the very same villa^, indeed, where that Qarfield family re-
sided, ^m which, as I show elsewhere, it is highly probable that the late Presi-
dent Garfield descended. It is most interesting to note that the earliest Northamp-
tonshire references of this name occur in the wills of the Garfield family, to whom
perbaps the Sabins were related. The will of Thomas Gardfvlde of KtlKsbey . dated
16 April, 1543, was witnessed by Wylliam Sabyn and John Garfeild of Kilsby,
yeoman, in 1614, bequeathed lOe. to Ellen Sabin. Wc know from the manor rolls
of Kibby which are extant for the reign of Edward VI., that William Sabyn, con-
stable or Kilsby in the second year of that king, made the presentment at a court
buon held that year, *' quod omnia ad suum officium spectantia bene ordinata sunt
ad nunc diem." His name also appears as one of the jurors of the homage, and
the name frequeiAly occurs at Kilsby in the subsidy rolls of the sixteenth century.
Mr. 'ntas, in his account of the '* Sabin Family in America," Register, xxxvi. 53,
writes that the second wife of William Sabin was a Martha Allen. It may be only
a coincidence, but it is worth observing that the name Alyn occurs in the court rolls
of Kilsby. W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.O.L.

28 Budge Bow t London, E. C, England.

Pastors OF Churches —their Portraits (ante, p. 203). — St. Matthew's Episcopal
Church in South Boston al><o commenced an efibrt. some few years since, to procure
the Portraits of as many of its Rectors as could bo obtained. Four of them were
painted in oil by a youns lady of the Parish— v iz. , those of Rev. E. M. P. W^ells,
U.D., Rev. Joseph 11. (Jlinch, D.D., Rev. J. I. T. Coolidge, D.D., and the present
Rector, Rev. John Wright. These now, in handsome frames, adorn the walls of
the Sunday School Room of the Church. D. Clapf.

Boston y Mass,

OoLiT (ante, p. 201).-'l am inclined to think that ** Sam'l Coole " of the Mass.
Bay tiolony, 1631, was the 5aame Sam'l Coole, whose name, spoiled in the same way,
appean in the records at Milford, Ct. Among the old Fairfield names are those of
Jlena Burr and Lieut. Robert Seeley, who are enrolled with *'Sam'l Coole" as
Iraemen in the Mass. Bay Colony, and it seems probable that he removed to this
ricinity with Burr, Seeley and others.

In the first volume of Fairfield Records, Peter Coolee, the grandson of SamU of
Milford, is recorded with the surname spelled in the same way.

Wei/por/, Ct, James E. Colet.

Tbatchib (ante, pp. 13-14).— Rev. Peter* Thatcher had but one wife, Mary
PHnea. She died Middleborough. Oct. 1, 1771—84. lie died April 23, 1744. Peter^
Ihatcbcr married for his second wife, Susan, a daughter of^ John and Susanna
^nstow) Carpenter, of Foxboro', and widow of Shubael Pratt, who died there
Jaly 18, 1892. '* Moses Thatcher. Licentiate, Preacher of the Gospel," preached
bit taneral sermon. The name of the first child of Peter^ and Susanna Thatcher
vatSusanBrastow, not ** Barstow." J. W. Porter.

Bemgor, Me,

Edward Randolph (ante, pp. 155-69).— The following important errors occur in
tfalt article. On pnf;e 156, line 3, the place of his death, ** Acquamak," the mod-
am Accomao, is printed ** Acgnamat.^^ On page 158, line 2^, ** not " is omit-
ted before ** debarred." It should read : ** Butt above all its very necessary that
hia hUi*^ Butyects should not be debarred the use of the Sacraments."

313 Kotes and Queries. [Jolyi

Historical Intelliosncs.

Early Records of York Countt, Maini.— John T. Hull, Portland, Me., has is-
sued a prospectus for publisbiog by subscription the ^^e earliest Yolnmes of these
records, from 1647 to 1700, containing some of the most valuable materials for the
history of Maine, now an important state in the union. They will be transcribed
and printed under the auspices of the Maine Historical Society, which has appoint-
ed a committee consisting of James P.. Baxter, Edward U. EUwell and VVilliaa
Goold, to supervise tbe work. The records will be published in four octavo vol*
umes of not less than 600 pages each, in the stvle of the first volume of ** Sufl^
Deeds,'* lately printed by the city of Boston. The price to subscribers will be ^
a volume, or $20 for the set, payable on delivery, as publiahed. The legitdatnre of
the Htate of Maine, at its last session, made an appropriation in aid of this work*
but a liberal subscription in addition will be neoeasary to ensure its publicatioD.
We commend the work to our readers.

Town Historiis in Preparation.— Persons having facts or documents relating to
any of these towns are advised to send them at ence to the person engaged in writ-
ing the history of that town.

Maiden, Mass. By D. P. Corey, Maiden.— The history of this town Is now being
prepared for the press. The work will form a lar^ octavo volume, and will trace
the civil, military and ecclesiastical history of Mystic-Side and Maiden, for a peri-
od of two hundred and fifty years, to the date of tfie incorporation of the city. Copi-
ous lists of early inhabitants, town officers, soldiers, etc., will te given in their
proper places.

While following carefully the general history of the tovm and its people, thv
more minute and not less important matter of family history has not been neglected;
and a large quantity of material, relating to that department, now gathered, will
be given as an appendix ; or, possibly, issued as a companion volume, entitled ** The
Genealogies of Alaldcn."

Descendants of old Maiden families, and others, having records and papers relat-
ing to the town and its inhabitants, may materially assist by offering them fiir the
inspection of the compiler.

Slow, Massachusetts. A full report of the Bi-Centennial Celebration at Stow,
May 16, 18H3, will be published by Pratt Brothers, Publishers, Marlboro*, Mass.,
in pamphlet form. Copies sent post-paid by the publiahers, on the receipt of tbe
price, 30 cts. Only a limited edition will be printed.

Windham, Me. By the Rev. (loor^re M. Bo'tgo, of Dorchester (^Mattapan P. 0.),
Maas. — The Rev. Mr. B.)dge will soon publi.Mh a hirttory of Windham, formerly
New Marblehead, Me., from its settlement to the present time. Mr. Bodge bMA
been collecting material for above twenty years, and is now prepared to give a full
account of all the Proprietary, Civil, Military, Ecclesiastical and Genealoffieai
affairs of the plantation and town from the beginning, and invites oorresponcfeoee
from all interested in the 8ubject,'and especially concerning the genealogy of eariy
families.

Genealooiks in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised to fur-
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other
information which they think will be useful. VV^c would suggest that all facts of
interest illustrating family history or character be communicated, especially ser-
vice under the U. 8. government, the holding of other offices, graduauon fhun
college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates of birth ,,marriages
residence and death. When there are more than one christian name they should all
be given in full if possible. No initials should be used when the full names in
known.

Bodge ^ Chute ^ Harmon (York and Wells branches), Mayberry and Plummer, By
the Rev. (leor^e M. Bodge, Dorchester, Mass. lie invites the cooperation of til
interested in these families.

Chaffee. By William 11. Chaffee, P. 0. Box 306ft, New York city. Blank forms
and directions for returns will be furnished on application.

Cogaeshall. By Charles P. C'oggeshall, 266 Devonshire Street, Boston.

Goddard. By Lucius P. Goddard, 425LMain Street, Worcester, Mass.

1883.] Societies and their Proceedings. 313

By WUliain 8. Harris, Windham, N. H. The book la now in press, and
will be furnisbed to subscribers for $3 a oonv in cloth.

Mojfo. By Charles E. Mavo, St. Paai, Minn.^This genealoj^ will be devoted
In tfaa descendants of the Rev. John Mayo, an early settler of Barnstable, Mass.,
■od afterwards the first pastor (1655-73) of the Second Church, Boston. Mr. Mayo
will have the use of the manuscripts of the late Charles Mayo, Esq., of Boston,
Mmb., and Olatha, Kansas, who was many .years engaged in collecting materials.
fifamka and circulars will be sent on application.

TBrrtU, By Gen. Vf. H. H. Terrell, 226 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis,
Ilid. — The work will be devoted to descendants of William Terrell, who came to
America between 1665 and 1700 and settled in Virginia. Gen. Terrell will send
ciiealars giving an outline sketch of this family to those who apply to him. Many
dasoendants reside in the soathem and western states.

SOCIETIES Am> THEIR PROCEEDINGS.

NsW-fiNQLANB HISTORIC GkNEALOGICAL SoCIXTT.

Boston^ Mass.., Wednesday ^ January 3. 1883. — ^The annual meeting was held at
the Socie1^*8 House, 18 Somerset Street, this afternoon, at three o^clock, the presi-
dent, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., in the chair.

The recording secretary, David G. Haskins, Jr., read the record of the proceed-
bum of the December meeting.

The Rev. Henry A. Haxen, for the nominating committee, reported a list of offi-
on and committees for the year 1883 ; and the persons nominated were unani-
■oosly elected, vis. :

President, --Eon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., of Boston, Mass.

Viec'Presidenis. — Hon. Israel Washburn, LL.D., of Portland, Me.; Hon. Jo-
Mph B. Walker, A.B., of Concord, N. H. ; Hon. Hiland Hall, LL.D., of Benning-
ton, Vt. ; Hon. George C. Richardson, of Boston, Mass. ; Hon. John R. Bartlett,
AJf., of Providence, R. I. ; Hon. Marshall Jewell, A.M., of Hartford, Ct.

Honorary Vice-Presidents, — Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes, LL.D., of Fremont,
Ohio;' WiUiam A. Whitehead, A.M., of Newark, N. J.; Hon. William A.
Biohardson, LL.D., of Washinffton, D. C. ; Hon. John Wentworth, LL.D., of
Chicago, lU. ; Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D.D., of Crawfordsville, Ind. ; Lyman C.
Draper, LL.D., of Madison, Wis. ; Rt. Rev. William S. Perry, D.D., LL.D.,
of Davenport, Iowa ; Rev. William G. Rliot, D.D., LL.D., of St. Louis, Mo.;
Rt. Rev. William I. Kip, D.D., LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal. ; Rev. Charles
Bnek, D.D., of Wdlsboro', Pa. ; Edward Kidder, Esq., of Wilmington, N. C. ;
Btiw, Edward D. Neill, A.B., of St. Paul, Minn. ; Hon. Hovey K. Clarke, of De-
troit, Mich.

Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M., of Boston, Mass.

Recording Secretary. — David Greene Uaskins, Jr., A.M., of Cambridge, Mass.

TVeomrer. — Benjamin Barstow Torrev, of Bonton, Mass.

Bistoriogrcpher. — ^Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., of Newton, Mass.

li^rorum.— -John Ward Dean, A.M., of Boston, Mass.

Directors. — Hon. Nathaniel Foster Saffi)rd, A.B., Milton ; Hon. William Clafliur
LL.D., Newton, Mass. ; Hon. James W. Austin, A.M., Boston ; Cyrus Woodman,.
A.M., Cambridge; J. Gardner White, A.M., Cambridge.

Committee on Finance. — Henry Edwards, Boston, Chairman ; Hon. Charles B.
Bill, Boston ; Hon. Samuel C. Cobb, Boston ; Hon. Airah A. Barrage, Boston ;
Addison Child, Boston ; Benjamin B. Torrey, Boston, ex^ffido.

Committee on Publication. — John Ward Dean, A.M., Boston, Chairman; Rev.
LaciiiB R. Paige, D.D..^ Cambridge ; Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M., Boston ; Jere-
mifth Colbnm, A.M., Boston ; William B. Trask, Boston ; Henry U. Edes, Bos-
ton ; Henry F. Waters, A.B., Salem.

(Committee on Memorials. -^ohn Ward Dean, A.M.. Boston, Chairman; Rev.
Henry A. Hazen. A.M., Aubumdale; J. Gardner White, A.M., Cambridge;
William B. Trask, Boston ; Daniel T. Y. Hun toon, Canton ; Arthur M. Alger,
LL.B., Taunton ; Albert H. Uoyt, A.M., Boston.
VOL. xxxvii. 29

314 Societies and their Proceedings. [Jnlyf

Committee on H^Mry.—Uaa. Thomas 0. Amory. A.M., Boston, Chtirmm:
Abner C.Goodell, Jr., A.M., Salem ; Augustus T. Perkins, A.M., Boston ; Georgt
B. Chase, A.M., Boston ; John 0. J. Brown, Boston.

Committee on the Library, ^John T. Haasam, A.M., Boston, Chairman ; WiUnd
S. AUeo. A.M , Boston; Jeremiah Colbum, A.M., Boston ; William B. Xrask,
Baston ; Deloraine P. Corey, Maiden ; John Ward Dean, A.M., Boston, ea^o^Ecit.

Committee on Papers and Essays.^ReY. Doros Clarke, D.D.. Boston, GmT'
man; Rev. [ncrease N. Tarboz, D.D., Newton ; R«?. David O. Uaskiivi, S.T.D.,
Cambridj^e ; William C. Bates, Newton ; Charles C. Coffin, Boston ; Ber. Artoaii
B. Muzzey, A.M., Cambridge ; Rev. Henry A. Haasen, A.M., Anbamdale.

Col. Wilder havine, for the sixteenth time, been deoted j)fresident of the lodefej,
proceeded to deliver bis annua] address, wbicb was printed m full in ti^a April womr
oer of the Rigistir {ante, pp. ISfMS).

At the close of the address, the Hon. Robert 0. Winthrop made some verr inter-
esting complimeDtary remarks tonchiDg the lone and Tifforoos service oi m ven-
erable president, and stated that he vras himseir one of Uie okleet roembefs of tin
society, and that during all its years he had taken a deep interest in its p i ugi Mi
and work.

The president appointed a oommittee, consisting of Rear- Admiral G(eorge H. !¥»•
blcj U.S.N., and Messrs. (ieorge H. Allan and Gmrjope K. Clarke, to present nao-
lutions of renpect to the memory of William Duane, £sq., late vioe-piesident of tin
society for Pennsylvania, recently deceased.

The president then called the Rev. Mr. Slafler to the efaair and retired, the ■■■*
bers rising as a tribute of respect.

The following annual reports were presented ;

The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the correspondiQg secretary, reported that fbrtfivo
resident and eleven corresponding members have been added to the society oiiiiii(
the year, lie also reoorted the u<«ual correspondence relating to histonoal snbisell.

The Rev. Increase N. Tarboz, D,D,^ the historiographer, reported the nombor of
members who have died during the year, as far as known, to be thir^-one, and tbit
their average age was seventy years, ten months and twenty days. Ifemoriil
sketches of deceased members have been prepared and printed as promptly as tbt
space at command would allow.

BeDJamin B. Torrey , the treasurer, reported the total income of the year to be
$3,420.00, and the current espenses $3,411.09, leavins^a balance on hand of $8.31.
The receipts for life- membership were $210.00, making the present amount of the
fund $9,057.74. The amount of the fund for the support of the librarian ii
$12,703.13; of the Bradbury Fund, $2,500.00; of the Towne Memorial Fund,
$4,909.19 ; of the BarHtow Fund, $1,000.00 ; of the Bond Fund, $812.18 ; of the
Cushman Fund, $77.03 ; and of the Sever Fund, $5,000.00 ; ma^ng a total for tb*
several funds, in the hands of the treasurer, of $39,026.44.

John W. Dean, the librarian, reported that 391 volumes and 1,836 pamphlets
had been added to the library during the year. The library now contains 17,560
volumes, and 56,657 pamphlets.

John T. Haasam, A.M., chairman of the library oommittee, reported important
additions to the society's collections of state, county, town and family histories.
The limited funds placed at the committee's disposal have been judiciously expended.
More money is greatly needed for the purchase and binding of books. Attention
was called to the value of transcripts of town records of oirths, marriages and
deaths, and the committee recommended that efforts be made to add to the eoUe^
tion already begun.

John W. Dean, chairman of the publishing oommittee, reported that the Rnn-
TBR to January, 1883, and the annual proceedings for 1882, had been issued andff
their charge since their last report.

The Rev. Dorus Clarke, D.i)., chairman of the committee on papers andessajB,
reported that nine papers had been read before the society during the year.

J. Gardner White, secretary of the oommittee on memorials, reported prM;reB
on the third volume of Alemorial Biographies printed at the charge of the Towne
Memorial Fund.

The Hon. Thomas C. Amory, chairman of the committee on heraldry, reported
the doings of that committee. Queries had been answered and heraldio sobjeotB
investigated.

Thanks were voted to the president for his address, and the publishing committee
were directed to print the address, with an abstract of the other proceedings.

1883. J Societies and their Proceedinge. 315

Gakion Histoucu. Socmr.

CmUm^ Mau.^ Mwday^ March 19, 1883.— Tbe annual meeting wis held this
efeoing. The following offioeis fiv the rmwiing year wete choeen :

PresMfen/.— Daniel T. V. Hantoon.
SKretary.— Frederic Bndioott.
TVtttficrer.— El^ah Bent.

After tbe nenal bnsineaB had been traaeaeted, tbe route for tbe Fast Day walk of
1883 was selected.

Tkyndmy, Aprii 5. — ^The sociehr met at tbe comer of Nepomet and Dean Streets,
m Battermilk rlain, Norwood, this (Fast IHy) morning at nine o^dock, and with
their invited gnests then proceeded down Dean Street to its j auction with Pleasant
atreei, foriaerTy tbe Old Poet Road between Rbode Island and Boston. They iden-
tified tbe spot where in 1675 the Narragansett soldiers, under Capt. Daniel Hench-
man (amie, p. 60), waited till tbe edi^ of the moon was over. Some of the an-
oisBt hosMsleads in the ?icinity were visited and their history related. The Nepon-
Mi River was then crossed, near where the soldiers in pursuit of Ring Philip crupsed
it. The society then followed tbe ancient highway over which it is pref«umed Roger
Wmiams paswd on bis way to Rbode Island, and Goffe and Wballey fled from the
wenger s of the murdered King, o?er which Qovemor Andros rode in 1088, and
Qoremor Burnet tested the quality of its wayside Inns. Old Judge Sewall bumped
lifer its uneven surface gomg or returning from his drcuit, and Nathan Hale
marched with his company in tbe early days of tbe Revolution. Crossinfc the line
between Norwood and Walpole, the sodety kept a sharp lookout for Petejr Rugg,
the odebrated weather breeder, who has been immortalized by Hawthorne. They
then crossed Trapbole Brook, and found some of the andent boundaries of the farm
which Dorchester in 1652 granted for tbe use of the schools. The whereabouts of
tbe ** Black Lamb," which flourished in 1746, was ascertained, and the Bite of the
mom cdebrated Roebuck. From the house of Mr. Simon Gould the society pro-
oseded to the North Schoolhouse in Sharon, where lunch awaited the members at
one o'clock. After lunch the society took in the magnificent view from the Sharon
bills« near tbe residence of Mr. J. M. Bullard, meandered through a shady country
huie, passed near the house of Mr. Solomon Talbot, who enlightened them on the tra-
ditions of Sharon past, and finally the society sat on the old wall of the Chestnut
Ikae Cemetery in a row, as they did on Fast Day in 1879.

Rhodk-Islabtd HiSTOtiCAL Society.

Prandence^ Tuesdrnj^ Janvary 9. 1883.— The siztv-first annual meeting was held
lliis eveninj^, the president. Prof. William Ghunmell, LL.D., in the chair.

Tbe president delivered the annual address, in which he referred to the death dur^
Ing tbe past year of the Hon. Zephaniah Allen, LL.D., at the time of his death
preddent of tbe sodety, the Hon. Elisha R. Potter, who has done much to preserve
the history of Rhode Island, and other deceased members.

The secretary, the Hon. Amos Perry, and the treasurer, R. P. Everett, made
khdr annual reports. Reoorts also were recdved from Inaac H. Southwicic, chair-
Ban of the committee on buildings and grounds, Sidney S. Rider, chairman of the
ecmmittee on the library, Judice btiness for the committee on publication, and Wil-
liam A. Mowry for the committee on genealogy.

Tbe society then proceeded to the annual election of officers, with the following
rasult:

Pretident, — William Gammell.

Vice-Presidents, — Francis Brinley, Dr. Charles W. Parsons.
Secretary. — Amos Perry.
TreoMurer, — Richmond P. Everett.

On iVomtno^iu.— Albert V. Jenlu, William Staples, W. Maxwell Greene.
On Lectures.—Amoa Perry, Dr. Charles W. Parsons, William GammoU.
Building and Grounds. ^ietitLC H. Southwick, Henry J. Steere. Royal C. Tafl.
On the Li^rof^.— Sidney S. Rider, Horatio Rogers, Thomas Durfee.
On Publications. -—l^T. Charles W. Parsons, JcHin II. Stiness, Alexander Famum.
On Genealogical Researches. ---Dv. Henry E.Turner, William A. Mowry, Ben-
nett J. Munro.
Audit Ommt//ee.— Henry T. Beckwith, John P. Walker, Louis J. Chase.
Procuraiars.-^Fot Newport, George C. Mason; Bristol, William J. Miller;

316 ITecrology of Historic Genealogical Society. [July,

WooDBocket, Erastos Richardson ; Hopkinton, George H. Olney ; Scitaate, Dr.
Charles H. FUher ; Pawtucket, ReT. £mory H. Porter; North Kingstown, DaTid
S. Baker, Jr.

President Gammell retamcd thanks for his reelection.

It was Yoted that a copy of the president's address be requested for publicatioo.

Amkrican Ethnolooical Socrtt.

New York CUy, Wednesday, April 2^, 1883.— The annoal meeting was hdd hst
evening, and the following officers were elected for 1883 :

PresidtrU. — Alexander J. Cothcal.

Vice- Presidents. -^hwlcB £. West, LL.D., and Charles C. Jones, Jr., LL.D.
Corresponding Secretary. — Charles Short, LL.D.
Recoraing Secretary — T. Stafford Drowne, D.D.
Treasurer. — Alexander J. CuthoEil.
Librarian. — Henry T. Drowne.

Executive Committee.— Qeorge H. Moore, LL.D., Asa Bird Gardner, LL.D., and
Henry T. Drowne.

An interesting paper was read by Mf\jor Asa Bird Gardner, U.S.A., on '* The
Society of the Cincinnati in IVance ander Loab XVl."

ViROiNiA Historical Societt.

Richmond, May 18, 1883. — The executive committee met this evening. Col. Henry
Coaiter Cabell in the chair.

A large number of gifts, oonsistinff of books, relics, &c., was reported. One of
them, a copy of the Rev. Mr. Porters pamphlet, *' An Ancient Document of the
House of Washington, Temp, circa A.D. 1200 '* — which is announced among *' Re-
cent Publications"' in this number of the Register — has much interest for Virginians,
as illustratinff the pediffroe of her most illustrious son. Col. Chester in 1866 (see
Rbg. xxi. 25-35) proveothat the previously accepted connection of the American with
the English family of Washington was erroneous. Before his death he had obtained
facts which led him to think that a certain John Washington, whose pedi^icree was
traced, was the emigrant ancestor of the Father of his Country. Col. Chester could
have proved or disproved his theory had he been able to obtain an autograph sig-
nature of the emigrant, but this he was unable to do, though Mr. Brock ana others
in Virginia made persistent efforts to find one for him. The will of Major Wash-
ington, the emigrant, was on file in Westmoreland County at the beginning of the
late war, but it disappeared during the war and cannot now be found.

Resolutions were passed approving the bill offered in the last congress '* to pro-
vide for the preparation of a centennial record of the Government of the United
States."

NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Prepared by the Rev. Incrbasb N. Tarbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Society.

The historiographer would inform the society, that the sketches pre-
pared for the Register are necessarily brief in consequence of the
limited space which can be appropriated. All the facts, however, he ia
able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the Society, and will aid in
more extended memoirs for which the " Towne Memorial Fund," the gift
of the late William B. Towne, A.M., is provided. Two volumes, printed
at the charge of this fund, entitled " Memorial Biographies," edited by
the Committee on Memorials, have been issued. They contain memoirs of
all the members who have died from the organization of the society to the
close of the year 1855. A third volume is in press.

1883.] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. 317

HcGH MoNTOomRT, Esq., a life member and benofactor, admitted Oct. 10, 18H1,
was born in Middleboro*, Mass., March 23, 1802, and died at the United States
Hotel in the city of Boston, March 13, 1883. Ten days more would have carried
him to his eighty-first birth-day.

After being fitted for college in the academy of his native town, he entered
Brown University and was gradaated there in 1825, having among his classmates
Rev. CJeorge Ware Briggs, D.D., Rev. Joseph Henry Price, D.O., Hon. Christo-
pher Robinson and Bamas Sears, D.D., LL.D.

After finishing his law studies in the office of Hon. John Reed, of Tarmoath,
Mass., be openea a law office in New Bedford, but soon establinhed himself in Boston
as a counsellor at law. His name first appears on the Boston Directory in the year
1832, when this directory was a very insignificant volume compared with its pre-
sent dimensions. His place as given on that directory was ''Turnpike, cor.4tn,"
and so this entry stood for nearly twenty years. In the later years his law office
waa in State Street, and still more recently in Sears Building. He was unmarried,
iod his home has been at the United States Hotel for many years. In his law busi-
oess he has been especially known as a conveyancer. The late Joshua S<»rs held
bim in high estimation, and made him one of the executors and trustees of his im-
mense estate. From an article in the Advertiser of March 14tb, we clip the follow-
ing : ** His practice at the bar was limited, but as a counsellor and aaviser he was
most snccessiul and useful, and his opinion was sought and respected by a large
Damber of clients. He also did a large conveyancing business in spite of a physi-
cal infirmity which almost prevented at times the holding of a pen. His peculiar
hand-writing, so familiar to the clerks of the registry of deeds and probate office
forty years ago, will be remembered by many of toe older citizens of Boston. He
was a man of singular purity of character, kind, j^enerous and thouj^htful of others,
and his integrity, honesty and fidelity were prominent traits in his intercourse with
his fellow-men.^'

Mr. Mon^omery was well known for his kindness to the poor while living. By
his will a bluest of $1000 was made to the Boston Provident Associaticm ; $500
to New England Historic Genealogical Society ; $5000 to the American Unitarian
AsBOciation, and $3000 to Middle^ro' and Taunton Precinct Society.

Hon. WiLUAM Grsenk, a life member, constituted March 26, 1870, was bom at
V^arwick, R. T., Jan. I, 1797, and died in the same town, March 24, 1883.

His father was Ray* Greene, born also in Warwick, Feb. 2, 1765, and bis mother
IVBS Mary Magdalin Flagg, born in Charleston. S. 0., June 14, 1775.

His earliest American ancestor was John^ Greene, who was a cotemporary and
iSBociate of Roger Williams in the early days of Rhode Island history, whose son
lobn' waa deputy ^vernor of the colony of Rhode Island for ten years ; and his
ion Samuel* marrira Mary Gorton, a daughter of that Samuel Gorton who greatly
iistarbed the early New England churches, until at length he, like Roger Wif-
llams, took refuge in Rhode Island, and was the founder and first settler of the
town of Warwick.

A son of Samuel* was William,^ governor of Rhode Island from 1743 to his
ieath, 1758, whose son William* was also governor of Rhode Island from 1778 to
1786. He was besides speaker of the Assembly and chief justice.

A son of the last named William* vnis Ray* Greene, a senator in congress during
the presidency of John Adams, from 1797 to 1801.

It is rare that a man can look back upon an ancestry more honored by public
trusts from generation to generation.

He waa naduated at Brown University in the class of 1817, having among his
dasnnatee Rev. Henry Jackson, D.D., a distinguished Baptist divine, Charles Jack-
xm, governor of Rhode Island, and William Read Staples, LL.D., chief justice of
EUMXto Island.

After finishing his college course he went to the Law School, then famous, at
Litchfield, Ct., under the care of Judges Reeves and Gould. Here he remained two
fears. He then established himself in the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he remained until 1862, when be returned to the home of his ancestors. In
1866 he was chosen lieut.-governorof his state, which office he held two years.

He was twice married. Hfs first wife was Abby B. Lyman, daughter of Erastus
Lvman, of Northampton Mass., and he was united in marriage with her, Apfil 30,
1821. From this marriage there were two daughters, one of whom died in early
life, and the other married in Cincinnati, where she died, May 22, 1864, leaving
Mfveral children.

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318 Necrology of Historic ChnecUoffical Society. [Jol/i

His fieoond wife was Mrs. Caroline B. Matthewson, whose maiden name was
Burse, and this marriage took place Nov. 17, 1867. From this marriage there were
no children.

It is a noticeable fact that this is the third death in Rhode Island, within a veiy
brief period, of men named Greene, who have occupied distinguished positions.
The two going before were, Samuel Stillman Greene, LL.D.j professor m Brown
University ; and George Washington Greene, author of the Life of Gon. Nathaniel
Greene.

PiTXR Cooper, Esq., was bom in New York, Feb. 13, 1791, and died in the same
cit^, April 4, 1883, aged 92 years, 1 mo. and 22 days.

His father was a hatter, and he began his long life of activity by thoroughly
learning the hatter's trade while yet a boy. From this plain b^inning he has
passed through such a life of honest and successful enterprise, that he has long been
one of the conspicuous and honored men of this country.

Bv the time that he came to his majoritv in 1812, he was already master of two
or three trades, into which he had been lea by following the fortunes of his &ther.
Moreover, he had begun to show his remarkaole ability as an inventor.

He was united in marriage in December, 1813, being then twenty-two years old,
with Miss iSarah Bedel, of UcmpRtead, Lons Island, wbich place he had chosen the
year before as his residence. With this wife of his youth he lived exactly fifty-six
years, she dying in 1869, on the anniversar^r of their wedding. By this marriage
there were six children. Of these four died in very early life. Two are yet living
— Hon. £dward Cooper, who has been mayor of the city of New York, and Mrs.
Sarah Amelia Hewitt, wife of Hon. Abraham S. Hewitt, the well-known member
of congress from New York.

Mr. Cooper has been a man of such gigantic enterprises and of such princely
generosities, that it would be utterly impossible to trace his life-work in tnis brief
sketch. Besides, he is so well and so honorably known, that it seems almost soper>
fluous to enter upon any detail.

The Cooper Institute, by which his name will be carried down to future genen-
tions, has been called the People's University. Few men ever build for tbemselvei
a monument so noble. One of our newspapers has called him the richest man of
the nation, not because he could show so many millions carefully stored away for
somebody *s future, but because he could show so many millions wisely ffiven to bless
his fellows. The death of three such men in New York city as ex-Gov. Morsato,
William £. Dodee and Peter Cooper, all passins; away within a comparatively brief
period, must make a great chasm in the way of living benevolences. But they have
all so left their money that they will live on and continue to do good in the genera-
tions to come.

Mr. Cooper was admitted a corresponding member, Nov. 27, 1855.

BOOK NOTICES.

Thb Editor requests persons sending books for notice to state, for the informition of
readers, the price uf each t>ook, with the amount to be added for postage when sent by
mail.

An Index to Periodical Literature, By William Frederick Pools, LL.D., Libra-
rian of the Chicago Public Library. Third Edition, brought down to Januaiy,
1882, with the assistance as associate editor of William I. Fletcher, Assistant
Librarian of the Watkinson Library, Hartford, Conn., and the co-operation of
the American Library Association, and the Library Association of the United
Kingdom. [Motto.] Boston : James R. Osgood & Company. 1882. Pp. zxviL
+1448.

The beginninf^ of the present ponderous and notable yolume— one of the most im-
portant publications of the American press for the year, if not for the past decade-
reaches oackward thirty-five years ; a period when there were fewer reviews and
magazines published in America and England than at the present day. Moreover,
of the sixty magazines and reviews published in 1848, and which were all that were

1883.]

Booh Notices* 319

indaded in the first edition of this Index, bat twenty-four are now published, the
remainder haying been discontinued from time to time in the past. The little toI-
ame of which this roynl quarto is the outcome, comprised but 154 pages, and was
printed in a small edition under the title, ** Index to Subjects treated in the
BeviewB and other Periodicals." The anther, then a student at Tale, and in
charge of one of the society libraries, had found the necessity of haying an index
in m anoflcript to such magazines and reviews as the library contained, as a help to
the students in the preparation of their written exercises and society dLscussions.
This index, when once prepared, was in such constant use in MS., chat it was in
dan^eer of being annihilated ; and was printed in order to save it from being com-
pletely worn out. This edition is now so scarce that it is regarded as a literary
enriosity. In 1853 the second edition was issued — the references having l)een
hrooght down to January, 1853 — with the more brief and comprehensive title,
"Index to Periodical Literature.'* It was an 8vo. volume of 531 pages — the edi-
tion comprising one thousand copies. It indexed the articles in sixty-three differ-
ent majg;azine8 and reviews, but twenty-six of which are now published.

During the period between the year 1852 and the present time there has been a
eompiete ciiange in our literary methods. Not only has the number of magazines
and reviews greatly increased, but their individuality and character havesteaoilv im-
proved. The most distinguished authors, the greatest statesmen, the deepest think-
eiB, the meet profound theologians, inst^ of as formerly publishing a pamphlet or
book, now give utterance to the public through a review or magazine — hence the
special stuG&nt of any subject, to become familiar with the best thousbta of the lead-
ing experts must seek their conclusions as published in the several great periodi-
cals. But how can he become acquainted with this wealth of discussion and in-
formation ; how know where to find what is latest and freshest upon a given topic?
The successive volumes of the leading reviews for a period of thirty years, are as a
great treasure-house of knowledge, but a labyrinth as well. Who will unlock this
rtore-bonse, making the information accessible to the student by a complete general
index 7 A gieantic and formidable work surely, but it must be done. From 1853
to the date of the completion of plans for the publishiuj^ of a new edition, Mr. Poole,
says, in his preface, scarcely a day passed that the mail did not bring to him some
iaqoirv in regard to the making of a subsequent edition of the Index, bringing it
np to date. But to have undertaken so great a task, individually and alone, with
Itttie hope of reasonable compensation, could not have been expected from the most
telf-aacrificing benefactor of the race of weary students, begging for a let-up from the
exacting drudgery of literary labor.

The interest in a new edition of the Index became so great, that at the meeting
of the American Library Association at Philadelphia in 1876, Mr. Poole decided to
continue the work on the cooperative plan — and that it has been so well accom-
plished may be regarded as a new evidence of the progressive spirit of the Centen-
nial Era. A committee of this association, consisting of Mr. Justin Winsor of
Harvard University, Mr. Charles A. Cutterof the Boston Athenaeum, and Mr. Wil-
liam Frederick Poole of the Chicago Public Library — a trio of the most complete
bibliographic ability in America — was constituted for consultation on the details
for the work. In 1877 Mr. Poole visited Rngland, and the plan of work was
submitted by him to the international Conference of Libraries at Ijondon, and
a committee of British librarians vras there appointed to assist in carryincr out the
plan of the American committee. Thus organized the several librarians entered
npon their genuine *Mabor of love.** The chief labor of arranging the references
was done by Mr. William I. Fletcher of the Watkinson Librarv, Hartford, Ct., the
assistant editor ; ** whose rare executive ability, experience and perseverance** were
fiutbfnlly ^ven to the difficult task, and the performance of whose duties drew from
tbe editor-in-chief a graceful recognition and acknowledgment of his zeal and effi-
eienoy in prosecuting the work.

There was the work on fourteen hundred and sixty-eight volumes of reviews in
tbe previous editions of the Index that could go into the new edition unchanged.
Id addition it was necessary to index four thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven
Ti^ames of one hundred and sixty-nine different reviews and magazines. This work
was assigned to fifty-one different librarians, all but eight of which wore residents
of this country, and of this number (forty-four) twent^r-one are in New England.
Tbe largest number of volumes indexed by one person is eleven hundred and two,
which task has been performed by Mr, Poole. Mr. William I. Fletcher has five hun-
drsd and sixteen volumes set off against his name. Among the other leading aids,

320 Book Notices. [July,

mth the number of voIameB indexed, are : Mr. Mellen Chamberlain, of the Boston
Pablio Library, four hundred and six ; Mr. Justin W insor, two hundred and eight ;
Mr. Frederick Saunders, of the Astor Library, one hundred and ninety-nine. The
list of oo-laborateurs comprisee the names of four ladies. It is worthy of honorable
mention, that when the general manager of the Adams Bxprefls Company became
acquainted with the cooperative character of the work, he ** claimed the privilege
of a contributor," and gave orders that all parcels relating to the same should be
transmitted by his company free of expense. In his preface Mr. Poole says : ** That
fijn^ libraries, different in organization and objects, — national, state, stock, subscrip-
tion, collei^ and free public institutions, — scattered over this broad oonntry hom
San Francisco to Boston, and across the ocean in England and Scotland, should have
loined hands and worked in harmony for a common object, each reoeiTinff the full
benefit of the work of all the others, is an incident in bibliography and nterature
which has no parallel. ... All the work has been done voluntarily and withoat
pay. No money subscription has been asked of any one, for no money was needed.
• . . • Persons who look only to pecuniary reward should never engage in this kind
of work."

The result of these gratuitous and self-sacrificing labors is a noble vdnme of 144S
large quarto, double-column pages, containing more than one hundiH^d and fifW
thousand references. As a ** tool book," a great labor-saving ^ide to printed
knowledge, this new edition of ** Poole's Index " will long remain the librarian's
vade meoKm, the student's guide through the labyrinthine treasures of the great
reviews and magazines — treasure houses of facts and information. It unlocks in a
moment the vast array of literature relating to the politics, art, social science, reli-
gion, political economy, statistics and literature of the world, as it finds its latest
and freshest interpretation in the pages of the current periodicals — a source which
all students must acknowleds^e and make use of, who would thoroughly investigate
any question in all these realms of knowledge. To every librarian, to every stu-
dent wherever the English language is used, the work will long remain a helpful
monument of useful, noble, disinterested labor. In every mechanical detail the
work is an honor to American book-making, and speaks creditably for all engaged
in the many details req^uired to place it before the public in so worthy a form.

Mr. William Frederick Poole, to whom belongs the honor of originating the
scheme of which this volume is the perfected outgrowth, was bom in Salem, MasB.,
Dec. 24, 1821, and was graduated at Yale College in 1849. He was librarian of the
Boston Mercantile Library, 1852-6 ; of the £k)ston AthensBum, 1856-68, of the
Cincinnati Public Librarv, 186d-73, and since 1874 has been librarian of the Chica-
go Public Library. Asidfe from his work in the preparation of the three editions
of the Index, he has contributed man^ articles to the Nortk American Re^ew,
and has also published— The Battle of'^the Dictionaries, 8vo., 1656; Websterian
Orthography, 1857; The Orthographical Hobgoblin, 1859; an edition of Johnson's
Wonder- Working Providence, 1867; The Nlather Papers, 1868; Cotton Mather
and Salem Witchcraft, 1869 ; an edition of Gov. Hutchinson's Witchcraft Delu-
sion ; Catalogue of the Cincinnati Public Librai^, 1871 ; a pamphlet on the Con-
struction of Library Buildings (noticed in the Reoistkr for Januarv, 1883) ; an
account of t' e Witchcraft in Boston, for the Memorial History of Boston, 1881.
The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him in 1882 by the Northwesteiii Uni-
versity, at Evanston, 111.

By Samuel L, Boardman, Esq,^ of Augusta^ Me,

Members of Parliament^ Scotland^ including the Minor Barons^ the Commissioners
for the Shires, and (he Commissioners for the Burghs, 1367-1^2, on the basis of
the Parliamentary Return, 1880, with Genealogical and Biographical notices ; by
Joseph Foster, Author of the British Peerage, &c. Second fimtion, revised and
corrected. Privately printed by Uazell, Watson & Viney, London and Aylesbury.
1882. Royal 8vo. pp. 360.

Joseph Foster's name on a title-page indicates honest research and fearless state-
ment of results ; ho is a hero in his Tine ; a champion of the courage of his oonric-
tions ; no gatherer of family traditions, but of historic truth. His ruthless appli-
cation of the besom of destruction to fabulous fancies, either as to origin of family
names, to assumption of titles or of ** patched-up pedigrees," has made him the
dread of those accustomed to garnish their books with what is pleasant instead of
what is true, and at the same time has given satisfaction to hundreds of genealogi-
cal and heraldic students who had been disgusted with the trash too oflen found in

1888.] Booh IToticeg. 321

books written by men holding inch oflEicial positions as gave their writings some
show of authori^.

It is as dangeroos for an Englishman to touch Scotch history as for an ordinary
mortal to stir np a hornet's nest. This fact Mr. Foster has discovered with a oer-
tainty. In his ''Peerage" he placed apart under the title of *'Ohaos" some
Sootoh genealogies which lack the oonnected fulness of those approved hy the Col-
lege of Arms in London, and were not satisfiustory to Mr. Foster's mind ; for this
he has been oensnred in an undignified manner, more to be expected from pettifoff-
yen than government officials. Quotations are torn away from their surround-
mg sense to oonv^ a different meaning, and words misplaced b^ the interested re-
viewers lor the sole purpose of appearmg to annihilate something which they say
be said.

The book before ns is alphabetically arranged, and is what it pretends to be, a
working-tool for the historian, genealogical student and journalist. - We have had
oooasion to test the use of its earlier pages as they had been issued in the '* Oolleo-
taoea Gencalarica,'* for the purpose of answering questions relating to the families
of Hay and Douglas, and feel a sense of gratitude to the author for the perfection
of arrangement aro the valuable notes with which the book is starewn. The limited
nnmber of surnames and the well-known fondness of the Scot for ancestral christian
Barnes has always made the personal identity of individuals perplexing, because of
the oonstant repetition of nomenclature. In this parliamentaryrecord we find
eight persons bearing the name of Archibald Douglas, twelve William ; of the
Stoarts, twelve Archibald, twelve James, thirteen John, eight Robert, eleven
WflliMn ; of the Gampbells, ten Alexander, eleven James, twenty John. The oon-
stant representation by the historic governing fieimilies is very noticeable, — the houses
of ffiliot, Qrant, Hope and Anstruther, show an unbroken line through seven gene-
xatioos : the OampbeUs. Dundas and firskine of six.

Another cause of confusion has been the changeable territorial designation of the
" Distriots of Burghs," corresponding somewhat with our congressional districts,
bot named as onr counties are ; thus, we find Cupar and St. Andrews in the Perth
District from 1707 to 1833, since which time they have been in the District of St.
Andrews. The author has given a table of the varying combinations of Districts,
which serve to identify individuals personally and by location.

Heroes, statesmen and scholars, by their own personal merit, have won for them-
setves pnblio regard, and their services are here recognized — Abercrombv, Gra-
ham anid Fraser— Gladstone and Lord Melbourne — Hume and Macaulay, all have
xsprasented Scotland in Parliament.

There has been such a paucity of Scottish Genealogy printed, that this book fills a
great want ; it will have been noticed that it forms only a ^rt of the periodical issue
entitled *' Oollectanea Genealosica,'' which has among its subscribers the princi-
pal pnblio libraries of Old and aew England.

Few books of equal value to the whole Collection have ever been published in
Great Britain ; it is handsomely printed, on beautiful paper which will bear the
handling that snob a book requires, and it should be upon the shelves of every pub-
lie library in this country, and such private libraries whose owners have a tsyste for
history.

By John Cqffin Jones Brown, Esq,, qf Boston,

history qf Bowdoin Collie, With Biographical Sketches of its Qraduates from
1806 to 1879, inchisivt. By Nihkiiiah Clkvbland, Class of 1813. Edited and
Gompleted by Alpbius Spring Packard, Class of 1816. Ulustrated. Boston :
James Bip^y Osgood & Company. 188:3. 8vo. pp. 905.

As the oldest college in Maine— its charter dates to June 94, 1794, twenty-six
veara before Maine be^me an independent state— Bowdoin College has a history
honorable to tell, and it is eminently fitting that this history should come from tho
pen of one of its ovm graduates, a gentleman whose relations with the college as
totor and professor extend over a period of more than sixty years, and who at the
ace of eighty-five is still performing his accustomed duties m the professor *s chair.
for. although a portion of the history is the work of another hana (Mr. Cleveland
having brought the history and sketches of the graduates down to 1837) , the bulk
of the labor represented in this goodly octavo has been performed by Prof. Packard,
with the assistanoe of Prof. Henry L. Chapman, who has written the sketches of
the last ten classes, and who has also prepared the indices.

The plan of the work fiills very naturally into three main divisions : the history
of the ooUege ; tho biographies of its oflEicers, presidents and professors ; sketches

S22 Booh Jfotiees. [July,

of itR ijrradaates. fiowdoin College reoeived Its name from Hod. James
who was gorernor of MasBachasetts in 1785, the friend and correqxHident of IVsnk-
lin, and one of the founders and fiist president of the American Aoademy of Arti
and Sciences. His son, Hon. James Bowdoin (Harvard, 1771), was minister to
^)ain from 1805 to 1808, and a manifioent patron of the college by ^ing it lands,
apparatos and money daring his lifetime, and at his deoease ijr making it a lerida*
ary legatee by will. It is located in the beautiful Tillage or Brunswick, Mains.
There are eight college buildings, two of which, the cbapd and Memorial Hall, an
of granite, the others of brick. The last named is a memorial of the sons of Bow>
doin who fell, or took part personally in the war for the maintenance of the anion.
The library comprises more than thirty thousand Tolumes, and is deposited in the
rear wing ol the chapel. The picture gallery comprises a rare odleetion of paint-
ings, formerly the property of Mr. James Bowdoin, and has in it, if we may ja<tee
firom the decisions of experts, a sufficient number of the *' old masters " to make
the reputation of half a dosen ordinary collections. Among the earW truste e s wen
men so distinguished as Samuel Deane, author of the ** New Englaaa IVurmer," the
saintly Samuel Freeman, editor of the iBrst edition of the now famous '* Smith *8
Jouriud ;'' Justice Samuel Sumner Wilde, an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts ; Prentiss Mellen, the distinguished senator firom Haaa-
chusetts in the U. S. Senate, and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine ;
Dr. Bliphalet Gillet, for forty years secretary of the Maine Mtasionary Society ;
Stephen Lon^ellow, ancestor of the American poet ; John Holmes, the first sena-
tor from Maine, an able statessmn ; Albion Keith Parris ; William Pitt Preble ;
Judge Nathan Weston ; William King, Maine*8 first governor ; Reo^ Williams ;
Rev. £dward Payson, the eminent divine; Judge Ether Shepley: Daniel Goode-
now ; Robert Uaflowell Gardiner and Rev. Asa Cummings. In the Faculty what a
long line of eminent names have been associated with it as president or professors :
Joseph McKeen ; Jesse Appleton. a distin^ished divine and scholar ; William
Allen ; Leonard Woods, accomplisned as a historian and theologian ; Samuel Usr-
ris, eminent in New England theological thought and discussion ; Joshua L. Cham-
berlain, scholar and hero ; Parker Cleveland, the ** father of American Mineralo-
8n" Thomas C. Upham, a distinguished metaphysician; Roswell D. Hitchcock;
eorge L. Goodale, the eminent lK>tanist ; George L. Vose, a distinguished civil
engineer; Amos Nourse, M.D., and Alpheus S. Packard.

The first class was graduated in 1806, and this volume records the biographies of
nineteen hundred and seventy-nine graduates, bringing the record down to the year
1880. In looking over this list of names, even casually, one will be at once impressed
with the large number of names belonging to men who have attained the highest emi-
nence in many fields of labor ; and at tne same time equally imprcmed with the
large number of those who are now actively engaged in the ^^reat business aifiiirs
of the day, influencing thought and public opinion in many hues of worthy efiort,
and winning for themselves honorable names. Look for a moment at the greet
names high up on the imperishable shield of fame^Henry W. Longfellow, Nathan-
iel Hawthorne, Franklin Pierce, John A. Andrew, Sargent S. Prentiss — are not
these enough to give renown and dignity to any institution of learning in the land?
But look again, and see a long line of noble names among the theological teachers
and divines of New England and the Country, among whom are Stephen and Charles
F. Allen, Charles Beecner, George B. Cheever, (>rus Hamlin, Edward Hawes, John
N. McClintock, Calvin E. Stowe and Henry B. Smith. Of authors, are Jacob and
John S. C. Abbott, Beiyamin B. Thatcher, Elyah Kellogg and John H. Sheppard.
Of the distinguished physicians we only need name Fordyoe Barker, D. Uumporeys
Storer and Luther V. Bell ; of statesmen, George Evans, George P. Hale, Alpheus
Felch and William Pitt Fessenden ; of educators, William H. Allen, Warren John-
son and Merritt C. Femald ; of journalists, Edward Stan wood and Frank L.
Dingley. Other noted names appear, and it seems an ui\ju8t discrimination to
mention these and omit scores and scores of others just as much deserving of men-
tion — but the above occurred to us in turning over the leaves of this fascinatiDg
volume, and we could do no less than mention them.

A record of the patriotic services of the sons of Bowdoin durine the great rebel-
lion has already received ample treatment.* Bowdoin sent into the service of th
country two hundred and fifty — the classes of 1856 and '57 sending one third of thei
number ; those of '58, '50 and '63 nearly one third each ; '61 nearly one half, so

* J. H. Thompson in Hours at Home, vol. ill. p. 463.

1883.] Book notices. 323

IK) and '08 more than one half. Not to mention privates, this coll^ had in the active
serriee of the army two major generals ; two nujor generals by Drevet ; one briga-
dier general ; six bri^dier generals by breret ; four brigade surgeons ; thirteen
sargeons ; deven assistant surgeons ; ten chaplains ; two paymasters ; nine colo-
nels ; one colonel by brevet ; twelve lieutenant colonels : one lieutenant colonel by
brevet ; eighteen majors ; two majors by brevet ; fifty-five captains ; thirty first
lieatenants and thirteen second lieutenants. No name in this gallant list can be
nlaoed before that of Mf\j. Gen. 0. 0. Howard, but close to it must come that of
Jf%j. Gen. J. L. Chamberlain, and following that those of Gen. Francis Fessenden,
Gen. J. P. Cilley, Col. Thomas W. Hyde and Col. Charles P. Mattocks.

This volume is finely printed and emhelli^ed by fifty full-page portraits and a
heliotype plate of the college buildings. Most of the portraits have alreadv appeared
in other volomes, but they are none the less attractive to this ; though of some,
notably that of William Pitt Fessenden, facing pace 283, we could have wish^
■abstitated for the more recent plate, which is found in the Rkoistsb, April, 1871
(toI. zzv. p. 106).

By 8anmel L. Boardman^ Esq,^ of Ay^fusta, Me.

VoyogtM qfSanmelde ChamjMn. Translated from the French by Charus Pomv-
BOY Otis, Ph.D. With Historical Illustrations and a Memoir, by the Rev. £i>-
XUND F. oiAins, A.M. Vol. III. 1611-18. Heliotype copies of Ten Maps and
niostrations. Boston : Published by the Prince Society. 1882. Fcp. 4to. pp.
Ti.+S40.

The present volume, which is the twelfth of the Publications of the Prince Soci-
ety, completes the Voyages of Champlain, translated by Prof. Otis and edited and
annotated by the Rev. Mr. Slafier.

The whole work includes the voyages issued in 1604, 1613 and 1619, and covers
fifteen yeazs of Champlain *s residence and explorations in New France. The fbl-
lofwing fhmi Mr. Slafter's pre&ce conveys a clear idea of the comprehension of the
work:

** At a later period, in 1633, Champlain published, in a single volume, an abridge-
ment of the issues above mentioned, containing likewise a continuation of his jour-
nal down to 1031. This continuation covers thirteen additional years. But it is
to be observed that the events recorded in the journal of these later years are imme-
diately connected with the progress and local interests of the French colony at Que-
bec. This last work of the great explorer is of primary importance and value as
eonstitutinff original material for the early history of Canada, and a translation of
it into English would doubtless be highly appreciated by the local historian. A
oomplete narrative of these events, however, together with a large amount of in-
teresting matter relating to the career of Champlain derived from other souroes» is
given in the memoir contained in the first volume of this work.

**This English translation contains not only the complete narratives of the personal
ezpkmitions made by Champlain into the then unbroken forests of America, but the
wnole of his minute, ample and invaluable descriptions of the character and habits,
mental, moral and physical, of the various savage tribes with which he came in con-
taet. It will furnish, therefore, to the student of history and the student of eth-
nology most valuable information, unsurpassed in richness and extent, and which
eannot be obtained from any other source.*'

We may add here that in these three volumes are contained all the maps and
illastratioiis in Champlain 's complete works.

It is sorprising that a work of the importance and value of these Vovages should
not have appeared in an English dress till more than two centuries and a half afler
its pablication. The consequence has been that before the appearance of this anno-
tated translation few English readers had the feintest idea of what Champlain
did for the geography and history of New England, Canada and Northern New

York.

The two preceding volumes bays been so fully noticed in the Register in a com-
mnnioation by^Gov. Bell, of New Hampshire, in April, 1870, and an editorial notice
in October, 1881, that nothing need be said here or the merits of the work, exeept to
leiterate what we have already said as to the great value of this contribution to our
iiistory, and to add that historical students are i)laced under very ^eat oblini-
tioDs to the learned translator for the accuracy, skill and good taste with which ne
Ims performed his difficult task, and to the accomplished editor for the richness, per-
tinoiqr ftnd exhaustive chuacter of his annotations.

324 Book Notieei. [July,

Records of the Court of General SessiouM of the Peace for the County qf Worcester^
MassQchuMetts, horn 1731 to 1737. Edited by FKAMiXDr P. Ricb. Worcester,
Mass. : The Woroester Society of Antiqaity. 1833. 8?o. pp. 197.

This Tolame fonns the eighteenth number of the poblications of the Woroerter
Society of Antiquitv. The Society han already made itself known not only in Wor-
cester County bat elsewbere, by the sabstantial Taloe of its pablicatioiis. Promi-
nent among its oljects has been the reproduction of some of the Taloable ree-
ords relating to the early history of Worcester and Ticinity, that they might be
put into a form more accessible to those now interested, and be presenred for lutare
generations, and in this effort the society has been Terr successful, something orer
1300 pages of town and county records haying already been issued.

All ofthe former numbers aflbrd eridence of intelligent selection of mmierial and
careAil preparation, and the present number is fully up to the standard in in ter est
and value. As the Court or Sessions had jurisdiction over both civil and criminal
actions, these records include a great varied of material which the antiquary will
examine with pleasure, and jfrom which the genealogist and historian can glean
many items of^importance.

The records are not without interest also to the general reader, oorering as they
do " an important and interesting part of the early nistory of the County, and illus-
toating in a degree the manners and morals of the people of that time.'^ The pros-
ecution of persons for unneoesBary travelling on the Lord's day, for nc^eet of public
worship, and for " profane cursing and swearing," appears to have often occupied
the attention of the court, resulting almost invanably in a bill of costs to the de-
fendant, whether pleading guilty or not to the indictment. Presentments were
made against the towns for a variety of offences, sach as for neglect of their bridges
and roads, for not furnishing ** a reading and writing master,^ &c. Ac. There are
also given in this volume lists of jurors, names of persons *' warned " from the sev-
eral towns, besides other matter usually found in court records.

The introduction by Mr. Kice gives a brief sketch of the origin of the judicial
system of Massachusetts, and the various changes in the methods of administration
of justice, which, with the explanatory notes and a full index, add to the value of
the publication. It is hoped that this attractive volume may be followed by others,
and prove an incentive to the printing of the records of other Counties, some oi
which possess rare interest.

By rranas E, Blake, Esq., of Boston,

The Boundary Dismttes of Connecticut. By Clarxncb Winthrop Bownt . Boston :
James R. Osgood and Company. 1882. Quarto, pp. 90. Price $5.

For nearly two hundred and fifty years, that is from about 1630 to 1880, some
question concerning one or another of the boundary lines of Connecticut had been
m dispute. The first controversy arose with the Dutch on the west and south, and
it is noticeable that the last boundary settlement, consummated in 1880-1, was
with the state of New York, the political successor ofthe Dutch power in America.

The disputes with Massachusetts and Rhode Island were of long duration, lead-
ing, after tedious wranglings, to settlements that refused to be settled, until the re-
spective parties finally reached that state of moderation, or of weariness, when they
were reaay to make such concessions and compromises as were mutually satisfiMstory.
The line between Rhode Island and Connecticut was definitely fixed in 1788, though
it was straightened in some of its parts as late as 1840. The hue between Massachu-
setts and Connecticut was not fully settled until 18^. Bearing these facts in mind,
the reader will appreciate the aptness of the poetical quotation which the author
has placed on the title-page :

Sunt certi denique fines,
Quos ultra dtraque nequit consistere rectum.

The account of these controversies fills no inconsiderable portion of the histories
of the Colonies and States concerned ; but the reader will gain but a dim idea of
the tenacity, skilful diplomacy and intense zeal, sometimes heated to paasion^
real or simulated — which characterized some of these controversies, unless be
searches for the dreary details in the voluminous records and files of the respective
States. The author thinks it a source of congratulation that, afler so mucn vexa-
tion, Connecticut possesses all the territory she now has. But a wholly disinterested
looker-on may be justified, perhaps, in thinking that she has quite as much as
she could at any time have rightfully claimed. Her success in this regard is due to

1883.] Book Notices. 325

one of her " steady habits " — her persistency in asserting her claims without blus-
ter, and in employing the shrewdest men in her public service in times of exigency.

The general, no less than the special, student of the iiistory of New England will
have reason to thank the author for putting this part of it into a concise and con-
nected shape, omitting nothing essential to a full understanding of the points so
long in dispute, the processes of negotiation, and the results at Inst reached, and
referring the student to the principal authorities for more detailed information. The
narrative will deepen the impression, which every reader of our early annals must
have received alresuiy, that nothing, perhaps, in the colonial history of Great Brit-
ain 18 more remarkable than the vicious practice of making grants of territory in the
New World with vaguely-stated and overlapping boundary lines. It was a prolific
aooroe of contention and ill-feeling for many generations.

So far as we have had time to verify the author's statements, we find them, as a
general thing, quite accurate. We notice one statement, however, which is suffi-
ciently incomplete to mislead the reader. The names of the Connecticut Commis-
sioners, appointed in 1713, to act jointly with commissioners on the part of Massa-
choifetts, are given (p. 58), but the names of the Massachusetts Commissioners —
Samuel Partridge, Jonn Pynchon and William Dudley — are omitted. The survey-
ors named in tne text were not ** appointed " by Connecticut, but by Massachu-
setts; and the commissioners did not make '* their report July 13, 1713." They
signed an agreement on that day under which the line was run and other pro-
ceedings had, but they made their report at a later day.

The narrative is richly illustrated with hcliotype copies of maps and surveys, and
with a new map of Connecticut, here first published. A fine likeness of John VVin-
throp, Jr., fitly prefaces this valuable and handsomely printed volume.

By Albert It, Hoyt, A.M,^ of Boston,

Ubraries and Readers, By William E. Foster, Librarian of the Providence Pub-
lic Library. New York: F. Leypoldt, Publisher, 1883. iSmo.pp. 136. With
Index.

This little book is of vastly more importance than its diminutive size would seem
to indicate. Strange as it may appear to many superficial people, the art of select-
ing proper books and proper subjects in the newspapers for reading — if such an act
of judgment may be called an art — has by no means reached its highest development
with the general public. How many are there, for instance, who can read even an
ordinary newspaper properly ? How many are there, even among the respectable
clsases, who will dismiss with a casual glance of half contempt at the head-lines
the more important subjects conveying valuable information or furnishing food for
mental or moral training or matter for reflection, and yet devour with avidity the
Mmndals, the murder accounts, the sensational or frivolous items which go to make
op a large portion of the average newspaper of the day? How many of the cheaper
order ofpapers thrive on this morbid appetite of their patrons, and ridicule their
more jadicious and dignified cotemporaries, who refuse to furnish this sort of men-
tal pabulum in all its distrusting details? And finally, when we consider the vast
amoant of useful, instructive and properly entertaining literature which the centu-
ries have accumulated in our own language alone, and always accessible to the read-
ing pablio, yet remaining unsought for and unnoticed, ana reflect how many thou-
luiOB of hours, of thousands of lives, have been absolutely wasted in thoughtless
leading, it may well ** give us pause." If these questions could bo correctly an-
iwerea, many intelligent readers would be somewhat startled, I fancy, and urge
the necessity of a guide that should lift the general reading public to a higher plane
of good taste in the choice of raiding matter.

K is the aim of this little volume to furnish such a guide. It should be in the
hands ofevery one who reads. It is full of thoughtful suggestions and valuable -
hints as to the modes, methods and selections for the government of the untrained
lesder. It is divided into eight chapters, each having its own significance and im-
portance, and is the result ofa series of lectures, papers, addresses and literary arti-
cles produced by the author on various occasions ; and although, as he says, the sub-
ject may not be exhaustively treated, it is not too much to say that no abler or more
ikilfally written treatise on the use of books is now before the public. Yet the au-
thor in his remarkably modest preface denies its being a treatise, and disavows all
obim of being an author or a lecturer. All who read this book will not have much
diftcalty in reversing his opinion. The work is excellently printed and bound in an
attnetive form.

By Oliver B, SteUnns^ Esq,, of South Boston, Mass,

TOL. xxxvn. do

326 BookNbiices. [Joljr,

The New English Canaan qf Thomas Morion. Wiih Introductory Matter and
Notes, By Charlis Francis Adams, Jr. Boston : Prince Society. 1883. Fq>.
4to. pp. vi.4-381.

StudcDts of our early history owe a debt of gratitude to the Prince Sooiely for
this handsome edition of the New Englinh Canaan. Thomas Morton was a wortb-
lesH but interesting character , and his book is both curious and Taiuable. It is in
its way unique. Apart from itR historical importance as an original aothoiritv, it
stands alone as the one piece of fun and coarse humor produced at the period of the
settlement of New England. It is the solitary grin which appears on tne dark and
solemn face of early New England litorature. The first two ** Bookes," treating
respectively of the Indians and of the physical features of the ooantry, have an in-
tereMt despite the inaccuracy due to the easy carelessness of the obserrer, which
must always attach to every contemporary description of a popuJons country in the
days when it was still an untrodden wilderness. The third ** Books " is purely
hiBturical, and is the most important ol all, giving as it does, in a style of dumfiy
burlesque, an outside and hostile view of the vigorous Puritan Englishmen wm
founded the New England commonwealths and End the forcthoaght to carefally
write their own history, a precaution which their opponents did not take so
thoroughly.

The strictly editorial work accompanying the teit is in every way of the best
Mr. Adams, not content with his own extensive knowledge of the period and the
subject, has called in the assistance of distinguished specialists for the elucidation
of Morton *s rambling statements about man and nature. The result is of great in-
terest, and increufies ten fold the historical value of the book, givins a meaning
and importance to much that would otherwise be little more than contused and in-
coherent description.

The most interesting portion of the volume, however, by far, is the introductoiy
eketeh of Morton. Mr. Adams has already treated this subject in the Atlantic
Monthly^ but the present prefiitory memoir is equally skilful and attractive. Mr.
Adams has succeeded in making this little biography as interesting and enterteinin^
as a brief novel. Thomas Morton is no longer a mere name, which for a short pen-
od runs athwart the course of New England history, but a distinct and Tivid per-
sonality. Mr. Adams*s picturesque disposition of nis material has converted his
good-tor-nothing hero into a living character which we learn to know and under-
stand perfectly. Morton now finds his place in a well defined class. He belonged
to the order of adventurers of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period, a very remark-
able body which was rendered illustrious by the names of brilliant leaders like Ra-
leigh, Hawkins, Drake, Grenville and John Smith, and which included also a vast
number of daring spirite of like temper, slighter ability, and varying degrees of
worthlessness. Among that list can now be placed Thomas Morton, who it must be
confessed comes very £w down in the hierarchy.

Mr. Adams, however, has done much more than merely draw an interesting pic-
ture of a seventeenth-century adventurer. In this paper and in the admirable
monographs on Sir Christopher Gardiner and the early settlors of Boston harbor, he
has shown that these scattered individuals and solitary planters who stand out so
strongly a^inst the gloomy background of the Puriton settlements to which they
were utterly alien, are not sporadic accidents, but are all connected, and are the
historical marks upon the New England shore of a great social and political move-
ment. Wollaston and Weymouth, Morton, Gardiner, Blackstoneand the rest, to-
gether with their patron and chief Sir Ferdinando Gorges, represented the court
and royalty, the church and the cavalier, as opposed to the Puritens and the
** Country party." They went down so helplessly before the onset of the great re-
ligious and political movement which took possession of New England, that men
forgot that a difierent element had ever sought to capture that portion of the new
world, and these waifeand strays, stranded here and there on our rugged coast,
came to be regarded as mere accidents, and parted in a great manner from the
hands of the historian into those of the poet and novelist. Mr. Adams ha^t brought
these scattered links together, and has given them coherence and a deep signifi-
cance. It is to be hoped that he will some day collect these various papers into a
volume, for if the particular subjecto are small, they are parts of a great whole, the
results of a great force, and they represented in their day strange possibilities which
have been too much forgotten and overlooked. Mr. Adams has not only given these
incidente and figures in our early history their true historical value by thorough re-
, search and scientific treatment, but he has done this without destroying the plea-
' sant tinge of romance which has gathered about them.

By Henry Cabot Lodge^ Ph,D„ qfNahant, Mass.

1883.] Book NoticcB. 327

Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members of the Georgia Historical Society,
SaTBonah, Ga. : Morning News Steam Printing House. 1883. 8vo. pp. 32.

The Georgia Historical Society is nearly half a century old, having been organised
June 4, 1839, and incorporated on the 19th of December, following. The Hon. John
McPhernon Berrien, who had been a member of Gen. Jaclraon's cabinet, was the
first jpresident, and the present Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania,
the Rt. Rev. Dr. William Bacon Stevens, then a resident of Georgia, was the first
Teeording secretary. Other eminent men were among its founders, and still others
have held office and membership in it. Four volumes of *' Collections,'* filled with
valuable matter, have been issued, the first in 1840, and the fourth in 1878 (see
RsQiBRR, xzxii. 360) .

J%e Magazine of American History, Illustrated. Edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb.
HiFtorical Publication Co., 30 Lafayette Place, New York. Sm. 4to. Pub-
liahed monthly. Pp. 96 a number. Price $5 a year.

The Magazine of American History, under the editorship of its founder, John
Austin Stevens, Esq., and his successor, the Rev. B. F. De Costa, D.D., has won a
high rank among American periodicals, and has frequentlv been commended in the
Rbqistbr. Witn the May number of the current year a change of editorship took
place, Mrs. Martha J. Lamb succeeding to the charge of the magazine. Mrs. Lamb
IB the author of the History of New York and other works which have been high-
ly eommended by the press. The two numbers before us, edited by her — those Tor
May and June— contain many articles by writers of note illustrating the history of
oar country, besides original documents, notes and queries, proceedings of societies
Slid book notices.

Answers to Inquiries about the U, S. Bureau of Education, its Work and History;
Prepared under the Direction qf the Commissioner, By Chaklbs Warren, M.D.
Washington : Government Printing Office. 1883. 8vo. pp. 29.

drcuiars of Information of the Bureau of Education. No. I. 1883. Leg^al Pro-
Tisions respecting the Examination and Licensing of Teachers. Washington :
GovemmeDt Printing Office. 18H3. 6vo. pp. 46.

We have before us the two last publications of the Bureau of Education. The
first pamphlet shows clearly the necessity of a national board of education, its
methods of work, and what it has done during the sixteen vears of its existence. A
complete Int of its publications is ^iven, from which mav be seen the variety of in-
formation useful to educators, which has been furnished through its agency. The
second pamphlet contains a synopsis of the legal provisions relative to examining
and licensing teachers in the various states of the union.

Hutery of Bradford^ Mass. , from the Earliest Period to the close of 1820. By
Gardnbr B. Pkrrt. A.m. (as contained in his Historical Sermon delivered D^c.
SO, 1880). Haverhill, Mass. : C. C. Morse & Son, Book and Job Printers. 1883.
8to. pp. fiO. For sale by Cupples, Dpham & Co., 283 Washington Street. Half
doib. Price $1.50.

In 1891, the late Re¥. Dr. Perry's ** Discourse delivered at East Bradford, Dec.
8, 1690. containing a History of the Town," was published at Haverhill in an
oeiHYo 01 79 pages. It is now reprinted in that city in a handsome manner under
the above title.

Bradford is an otbhoot from Rowley, and the precise date of its incorporation is
Rol known. Its first records begin February 20, 1668, but the name of Bradford,
IS a town, doee not appear on the records of the (General Court of Massachusetts
till the October session of 1075. Considering that this book was written sixty-two
ymn ago, it is remarkably complete in its details, and the publishers have done
ivell to reprodoce it.

The North West Review. A Biographical and Historical Monthly. Vol. I. No. 1.
March, 1863. The Review Company, Minneapolis, Minn. 8vo. pp. 64. Sub-
■cription price, $3 a year. Single numbers, 35 cts.

This new periodical, devoted to the biography and history of the North West,
Ihoold meet with a warm welcome, not only in the north-western states but in all
pirisof oar country. The editorial staff consists of five writers of ability, repre-
■enting five diflbrent states and territories, namely, the Rev. Edward D. Ncill, edi-
tor in chief, of St. Paul, Minn., the Rev. G. F. Magoun, D.D., of GrinnelU Iowa,
theBer. Joieph Ward, D.D., of Yankton, Dakota, C. W. Butterfield of Madison,

328 Book Notices. [July,

WiflooDFiD, and J. D. O'CoDQorof Chics^, HI. The Rer. Mr. Neill, who has
charge of the maffazine, is one of the most indefatigable inTesti^tors of Ameriean
bistonr, in which ne has made important dtsooveries, some of which haTe been pre-
sented to the public through the pages of the Rbgistbr.

The number before ns contains biographical articles on Lqcioh F. Dabbard,
D wight 51. 8abin, Alexander U. Stephens, dtdwallader C. Washburn, Shelby M.
Cullom, William A. Howard, Shadiack Bond and James W. Grimes; historical
articles on The Dells of Wisconsin and Early Diinois; and serenteoi pages of mat-
ter on ** Current Topics."

In Memory, The Last Sickness, Death and Funeral Ohsequies of Alexander H,
Stephens, Governor of Georgia. By I. W. AnsT. Atlanta, Ga. : V. P. Sis-
son, Publisher. 1883. 8to. pp- 84.

Alexander H. Stephens has for over a qoarter of a oentary held a prominent place
among the statenmen of our country, llieee tributes paid to his memory in his na-
tive state, of which ho was governor at the time of bis decease, show the respect
in which he was held by all parties.

Memoir of the Hon. Henry C, Murphy, LL.D.^of Brooklyn, N. Y. By Hknbt R.
Stiles, M.O. New York : Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Co. 18»3. 8?o.
pp.22.

Mr. Murphy was one of the most learned and oonscientioas historical writers of
our day, and his publications have done much to elucidate the history of oar coun-
try. A sketch was printed in the April number of the Rbqistkr, p. 213. Dr. Stiles
has long been intimately acquainted with Mr. Murphy, and twenty ye^rs ago they
worked tO|?ether in organizing the Lon^ Island Historical Society. The memoir b
full in details and very interesting. It is reprinted from the iVeto York Genealogi''
cat and Biographical Record.

Mysterious Disappearances and Presumptions of Death in Insurance Cases. Two
Papers read fifore the Medico-Legal Society. By William G. Dayiss, A.M., of
the New York Bar. New York: L. W. Lawrence, 89 Liberty Street. 1883.
8vo. pp. 31.

' These two papers were read before the Medico-Legal Society March 1 , and 7,
1883. In them Mr. Davies has thoroughly investigate the subject of presumptions
of death in cases of mysterious disappearance, and has shown that Life Insurance
offices are warranted in using extreme caution before paying such claims. Numer-
ous cases and instances are cited. The pamphlet contains much that id of value to
those who have or intend to have their lives insured, and of interest to all.

Portraits of Columbus. A Monograph. By Jamies D. Butlbr, LL.D. Madison,
Wis. 1883. 8vo. pp. 23.

The Historical Society of Wisconsin having recently had presented to them a copy
of the Yanez portrait of Columbus in the Spanish National Library, Prof. Butler
was induced to write a monograph giving a list of the principal portraits of Colum-
bus in existence, with descriptive and critical comments. He comes to the conclu-
sion that the portrait in the Florentine gallery, of which Jefferson about 1784 bad
a copy made, now in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, has the
best claims to be a true likeness. The Yanez portrait closely resembles that in the
Florentine library. Prof. Butler has done a good work in writinjc this monograph,
which contains new information upon a sufaject that has an interest for every
American.

Proceedings of the Bostonian Society at the Annual Meeting, January 9, 1883. Bos-
ton : Old State House. Printed by Order of the Society. 1883. 8vo. pp. 27.

The pamphlet before us contains the address of Curtis Guild, the president, the
first annual report of the directors by Thomas Minns, the treRsurer*s report, a psptf
of Thomas C. Amory on an attempt to preserve the Hancock House in 1863, vo^
other proceedings at the second annual meeting of the Bostonian Society.^ It sl^
contains the by-la virs and a list of officers and members. It is handsomely printed aw
embellished with a view of the restored ** Old State House," the historic halb of
which are now in the custody of this society. (See Register, xxxvi. 4*23.) Co°*
sidering that it is only four years this spring since the first action was taken to-
wards forming the Boston Antiquarian Club, the predecessor of this societ/f ^^

1883.] Book Notices. 329

hot a year and a half since the present organixation was perfected, the socieW may
well b« proud of what it has done '* to promote the study of the history of Boston
and the preservation of its antiquities.

BibUogmphy of the American Antiquarian Society, Compiled hy Nathaniel Paine.
Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. Pressof Charles Uamilton. 1883. 8vo. pp. 26.

The publications of the American Antiquarian Society may be divided into four
classes: 1. Collections; 2. Proceedings; 3. Catalogue of the Li brarv ; 4. Reprints.
Of the first, entitled " Archaoologia Americana, Transactions and Collections of
the American Antiquarian Society,*' six volumes have been published, the first in
1890 and the last in 1874. Of the ** Proceedings," eighty-nine numbers have ap-
peared. The catalogue was published in 1837. Of the reprints, over seventy titles
are given. We have in this pamphlet a complete bibliography of the society, and
Mr. raine deserves -m'uch credit for the laborious work vrbich he has done.

Parish Registers in England: Their History and Contents, Wifh Suggestions for
Securing their better Custody and Preseroaiion, Attempted by Robert £dmond
Chester Waters, B.A. A New Edition. Rewritten throughout and finlarfced.
Printed for the Author. London : Fred. J. Roberts, 19 Little Britain, E. C.
1B83. 12mo. pn. zvi. + 106. Cloth. Price 2s. fid. , or post free 2s. 9d. Address
the author, 57 The Grove, Hammersmith, London, W. England.

Much curious and useful information will be found in these pa^. This essay
wan originally written as a magazine article, and was published in the Home and
foreign Review for February, lHfi3. In 1870 it was reprinted with additions ; but
the work having been long out of print and much sought for, this new edition, re-
written and much enlarged, has been prepared and published. The low price at
which it is sold ought to ensure a large sale.

Mr. Waters is the anthor of ** Genealogical Memoirs of the Chesters of Chich-
ley," and other family histories, and the thoroughness which characterizes them is
(be more praiseworthy as the author has long been a hopeless invalid.

The Woodbridge Record^ being an Account of the Descendants of the Rev, John
Woodbridge of Newbury^ Mass, Compiled from the Papers left by the late Louis
Mitchell, fSsquire. Privately printed at New Haven, 1883. Royal 4to. pp.272.
Bdition 9d0 copies. A small remainder, after presentations to friends of the late
Loais Mitchell and to public libraries, will be sold at $10 in vellum, or $8 in pa-
per or sheets.

The Hunwhreyt Family in America. Bw Frederick Humphreys, M.D. AssiRted by
Ons M. UmiPHRBTB, M.D., Hsnrt R. Stiles, M.D., Mrs. Sarah M. Churchill.
New York : Humphreys Print. 1883. Royal 4to. Part I. pp. 10+92. Price
$2 a part, or $10 for the complete work.

The FamUyof De Braose, 1066—1326. By Dudlbv George Cart £lwes, F.S. A.
Eieter : William Pollard, Printer, North Street. 1883. 8vo. pp. 57.

(horge Hayu qf Windsor and His Descendants. By the Rev. Charles Welles
Uathi, M.A. Part I. Four Generations. Buffalo, N. Y. : Baker, Jones k Co.,
Printers and Binders. 1883. 8vo. pp. 84.

flbme Accownt of the Early Generations of the Winihrop Family in Ireland. Pri-
vately Printed for Correction and Addition. Cambridge : John Wilson and Son ,
Univeru^ Press. 18B3. 8vo. pp. 24. Only 33 copies printed.

Qeneaiogieal Notes of New York and New England Families. Compiled by S. V.
Taloott. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company. 1883. 8vo. pp. zii.+747.
Index, pp. zzzix.

(kmetiogy qfthe Descendants of Jasper Gr\ffing, Compiled by Clara J. Stone.
1881. Royal 8vo. pp. 194. Price $5.

3W Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworih Family in America. By Horace
A«DBSir Wadsworth. Lawrence : Printed at the fiagle Steam Job Printing
Booms. 1883. 8vo. pp. 257.

Tftt Weiixei Memorial, Historical and Genealogical Register of the Descendants of
Pmd Weitzel of Lancaster, Pa., 1740. Including Sketches of the Families of
AUen^ Bborsj^ oatley, Crawford, Dams, Hayden, M'Cormick, Stone, White and
cikers. By Rev. Hoeaci Kdwin Hatden. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1883. 8vo. pp.
81. Price $1.50.

TOL. xxxra. 80*

330 Booh Notices. [July,

Memoir of Thaddeus William Harris, M. D. By Edward D. Harris. Cambridge :
John Wilson and Son, University Press. 1883. 8yo. pp. 14.

Notes on the Townsend Family. Compiled by Henrt F. Waters. Salem : Print-
ed for the Essex Institute. 1883. 8to. pp. 43.

Some Notices of the Finnimore, Phillmore, Fynmore, Fillmore, Filmer, and Ihar
Allied Surnames, By William P. W. Phillihorb, M.A., B.C.L. Stroud:
Printed by John White, Bookseller, George Street. 1883. Mr. Phillimore's
address is 28 Budge Row, London, £. C. England.

The Ancient Proprietors of Joneses Hill, Dorchester, including Bri^ Sketches of the
Jones y Stouahton, Tailer, Wiswall, Moseley, Capen and Holden Families, the Lo-
cation and Boundaries of their Estates, dfc. Compiled by Datid Clapp. Boston:
Printed for Private Distribution. 1883. 8vo. pp. ▼i.-f-68.

Denison Memorial: Ipswich, Mass., September 90, 1882. Ttoo Hundredth Anni-
versary of the Death of Mqjor- General Daniel Denison. Biographical Sketch by
Prof. D. D. Slade. Historical Sketch by Acgustinb Caldwell. Printed at the
Request of the Denison Memorial Committee. 8vo. pp. 52. Ipswich, Mass.
1883.

The Coggeshall Coat-of-Arms. Broadside, 12i by 10 inches. Accompanied by 3
photographs of arms, 11 by 14 in.

Early New England People. Some Account of the Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Pres-
cott, Titcomo, Sewall and Lonofellow, and Allied Families. By Sarah Elizabeth
TiTCOMB. Boston : W. B. Clarke & Carmth, 340 Washington Street. 1882.
Cloth. 8vo. pp. 288. Price (4.

We continue our quarterly notices of recent genealogical publications.

The elegant quarto whose title heads the list '' has been edited and is now pri-
vately printed by his surviving brothers Donald Grant and Alfred Mitchell,*' ** in
memory of the late Louis Mitchell, Esq., who spent the last three years of his life
upon its records." The Woodbridge family is one of the most distinguished in this
country, but its genealogy has never before been fully published. A sketch by Miss
Talcott of Hartford, Ct., giving the early generations, was printed in the Rbqister
for July, 1878, and reprinted as a pamphlet. The present work is a worthy memo-
rial of the family- Much conscientious labor has been given to it, and tbe repu-
tation as an author of the principal editor is assurance that the editorial work is well
done, while the fine paper, wide margins and rubricated pages speak themselves in
praise of the printer. A portrait of Louis Mitchell and several tabular pedigrees
illustrate the work. One table gives the ancestors of the late Mr. Mitchell and
his brothers, showing that they are descended from Elder William Brewster,
Rev. Nathaniel Ward, author of the Simple Cobler of Aggawam, Sir Richard Sal-
tonstall, Lion Gardiner, Gov. William Leete, Gov. Thomas Dudley, and other early
settlers of New England.

The Humphreys genealogy, of which the first part is before us, promises to be a
thorough and valuable work. This part is devoted to the '* Transatlantic Families.**
It contains many pedigrees and much genealogical matter concerning the Old World
families of Humphreys. It is embellished with a portrait of Ozias Humphreys, an
eminent English artist of the last century, and with numerous engraved coats-of-
arms. The succeeding parts will contain American families.

The Braose family is, m the next work, traced back to the Conquest. Mr. Elwes
has been for many years collecting materials relating to this family, and has suc-
ceeded in gleaning from records and documents a mass of material relating to it.
Only the early portion is given in this work, but the author gives encouragement
that at a future time he may continue the work.

The Haves genealogy is by the author of the article in the Rbqister for last Oc-
tober. The first part of the larger work on which he was then and for several years
had been engagea, is now issued, and does credit to his research and critical skill
as an author. The later parts of this work will be looked for with interest. From
this family ez-Prcsident Hayes is descended.

The account of the Winthrop family in Ireland is by Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., oC
Boston, author of an account of the Winthrop family, privately printed in 1874.
Previous to Mr. Winthrop *s researches, ver^ little was known about the branch of
this family that settled in Ireland ; but his investigations have resulted in his ob-
taining a remarkably full account of them. There are one or two doubts yet to be
solved, but we are confident that Mr. Winthrop *s persistency will solve them. An
Appendix is devoted to the origin and history of the name in England.

1883.] Booh Notices. 331

Mr. Taloott has for Dearly half a centary been a collector of genealogical flMSts
concerning bis own and other families. In 1876 he published a work of much re-
search on the Talcotts (Reg. xxxi. 237), and now he has brought out a thick volume
filled with more or less full genealogies of over fifty Dutch and English families,
comprising some of the most prominent families in the country. The work is fully
indexed. One may judge of the labor in this book from the fiict that there are over
ten thousand names in the index. It contains no doubt many facts, derived from
persons since desid, which a genealogist of the present day could not procure.

The Griffing genealogy is a posthumous work. When the book was nearly ready
for the press, Miss Stone was stricken with disease, and died after an illness of
four days, March 25, 1880. The book has been completed and printed at the ex-
pense oi Mrs. H. D. Cone, of Stockbridge, Mass. Jasper Grifiing, the ancestor of
this family, was a native of Wales, born about 1648. who came to New England
and finally settled in Southold, Lone Island. The book shows conscientious re-
aearoh, is handsomely printed and weU indexed.

The Wadsworth book, besides a genealogical register, contains an account of the
family reunion at Duxburv, Mass., September 13, 1882. The Wadsworth family in
this country has furnished many men of note, amon^ them the grandfather of the
poet Longfellow. The book contains much valuable information Tor persons of the
name. It is well arranged, handsomely printed and illustrated by numerous por-
traits. Mr. Wadsworth is the author ot a ** Quarter Centennial History of Law-
wnoe."

The Rev. Mr. Hayden, the author of the next work, has published various histo-
rical and biographical works of merit. The present work first appeared in 18^1,
in the ** Notes and Queries,'' edited by Dr. William U. £gle, ana printed in the
Him'isburg Daily Telegraph (Rbo. xxxiv. 201). Mr. Uaycfen has revised and en-
larged his work, and printed it in the handsome pamphlet before ub, which shovrs
careful research. It is well indexed.

Dr. Harris, whose memoir is before us, and his son, the writer of the memoir,
have both contributed valuable articles to the Register. Dr. Harris was for twenty
years librarian of Harvard University, besides which he gained hish rank as a nat-
malist, his best known work being one on *' Insects Injurious to Vegetation,*' writ-
ten for the state of Massachusetts. The memoir is reprinted from the Proceedings
of the Massachusetts Historical Society. It contains two tabular pedigrees, one
giving the paternal and the other the maternal ancestry of Dr. Harris.

Mr. Waters's pamphlet on the Townsend Family is principally devoted to the
descendants of William Townsend, an earlv settler of Boston. Appended is a
sketch of the family of Thomas Townsend of Lynn, giving some lines not contained
in the work of Mr. Townshend of New Haven qReoister, xxxvii. 111. Other mat-
ters concerning the name are here given. Mr. Waters needs no praise from our
pen.

Mr. Phillimore, the author of the next pamphlet, has contributed to the present
number of the Register an article on the English Garfields, which will interest our
readers as indicating the possible ancestry of the lamented President Garfield. The
Mesent work relates to English families, from one of which another president of the
united States, the Hon. Millard Fillmore, vnts probably descended.

Mr. Clapp's work is a contribution both to genealogy and local history. It is an
enlargement of a series of articles published by the author in the Dorchester News-
gatherer in the years 1880 and 1881. Much of the material has been patiently
gleaned from pnolic records and from other unpublished sources.

The Denison Memorial, which contains the proceeding^ at Ipswich last Septem-
ber to commemorate the bi-centenary of the death of Maj. Gen. Denison, is also a
eontribution to local history and genealogy. The biography of Daniel Denison has
tierer before been written. His services to the colony of Massachusetts and the
town of Ipswich were important, and Prof. Slade has given a full account of them.

The illustrated account of the Coggeshall coats-of-arms, whose title we next give,
'Iris issued at the expense of Charles P. Cog^eshall, 274 Wabash Avenue, Chicago,
Ill.y for distribation to members of the family. It is a description and history oy
tbe Rer. S. W. CojH^geshall, of Pocasset, Mass., of three coats-of-arms of English
liuDBilieB bearing this name.

Miss litoomb's book was noticed in our last number, but as there was a mistake
tn the price given, we improye the opportunity to commend the work again to our
iteaders. Considering that there was out a small edition printed, the price, four
dollars, 10 low. We understand that there are but few copies lei%.

882 JReeeni PMieoHonM. [July,

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The AntiqiurteB Magazine and Blbliognq>bcr. Edited bj Edward Walfofd, KJL Tol-
anie III. Janaarj— ^Jone, 1883. London : WilHam Reero, 185 Fleet Street, E. C, T.
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AReportoftbeKeoordConimiarfoaerioftheCitf ofBosttNi, eontafarfngthe Boaton Rec-
ords finom 1700 to 1728. Boston: Rockwell ft Cbnrchill,Ci^ Printers, No. 88 Ar^ Street.
1883. 8TO.pp.248.

Second Paper on the Oorred Arms of the Slate oTNew York, as estaMfshed bj law sinoe
March 16, 1778. Read betbre the Albanj Institnte, Umj 34, 1881, by Heux A. Homes^
LLD. Albanj: Weed, Panons ft Companj. 1882. 8to. ppu2l. Phttes,6.

The Story of a Concord Fiarm and its owners Orfaidall Rejmolds. Febrany 1, 1883.
A lecture delirered befbre the Concord Ljcenm. 8Ta pp. 29.

In Memorfam Frederic de Peyster, LL.D. ** Vir Andorftatia.'' Bom Hanover Sqnnv,
New York dty, II Norember, 1796; died Rose Hill. Red Hook, Dncheas Co., N. Y., 17th
Angnst, 1882. New York : Charles H. Lndwig, Printer, 10-|'i2 Beade Sireei. 1888. 8ro.
pp. 62.

An Ancient Docnment of the Honse of Washington CTemp Circa A.D. 1200); a oommn-
Bicatlon read si the meeting of the American Antiquarian Sodety, Oct. 21, 1882. By Rer.
Edward O. Porter, AJL, Lexington. Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilioa, 311 Main St.
1883. 8to. pp. 6.

Fifth Annual Report of tlie Librarian of the Proridence Public Library for die year end-
ing Dec 31, 1882. ProTidenoe : £. L Freeman ft Co., Printers to the Stale. 1W3. 8to.
pp. 35.

Indian MigratkMis as CTidenced by Language. Comprising The Horon-Cherokee Stock ;
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Milton Cemetery. A catalogue of the Proprietors of Lots, together with a Record of An-
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1687— A.D. 1800. Boston : Darid Clapp & Son, Printers, 36 Bedford Street. 1883. 8yo.
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Memoir of Hon. Henry C. Murphy, LL D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. By Hennr R. Stiles,
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George Edward Hayes. A Memorial edited by Charles Wells Hayes. BnflBUo : N. Y.

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Memoir of Abbott Lawrence. By Hamilton Andrews HllL With an Appendix. Boston :
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Purgatory— Doctrinally, Practically and Uistoric«lly opened. By William Barrows, D.D.,
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The alleged ** Progress in Theology." An address dellTcred before the SuHblk North
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The Cathedral Towns and intervening places in England, Ireland and Scotland. A de-
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Military Lessons Inculcated on the Coast of Georgia during the Confederate War. An
address delivered before the Confederate Survivors' Association, in Aagnsta, Georgia, at its
fifth annual meeting on Memorial Day, April 26, 1883, by Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., Pre-
sident of the Association. Augusta, Ga. : Chronicle Printing EsUblishment. 1883. 8to.
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The EngliRbman's Right : A dialogue in relation to Trial by Jury. Reprinted from the
edition of 1772. Edited by Daniel Rollins. Boston : Sonle ft Bngbee. 1883. Sto. pp. 66.

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April, 1883. 8vo. pp. 48.

Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Herbert B. Ad-
ams, Editor. VIII. Norman Constables in America. Read before the New England His-
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II. Other Publieations.

Darid King, M.D. By William Dehon King. Sq. 8vo. pp. 11.

Vol. IL New Series. Part 2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the
annnal meeting held at Worcester, Oct. 21, 1882. Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton,
311 Main Street. 1883. 8vo. pp. 101-246.

Catalogue of the officers and students of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. 1882
-83. Andover : Printed by Wnrren F. Draper. 1883. 8vo. pp. 32.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eighteenth annual Catalogue of the officers and
fftadents, with a statement of the Courses of Instruction and a list of the Alumni and of the
Members of the Society of Arts. 1882-1883. Boston: W. J. Schofield, Printer, 105 Sum-
mer Street. 1882. 8vo. pp. 102.

The late Rev. Jacob M. Manning, D.D. A memorial discourse preached in the Old South
Church, Boston, Sunday, February 18, 1883, by the Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D., to-

Kther with the funeral services, Fridav, December 1, 1882. Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son,
inters, 34 School Street. 1883. 8v6. pp. 41.

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Proceedings of the annual meeting, Jan.
17, 1883. Boston : Printed by Nathan Sawyer & Son, No. 70 State St. 1883. 8vo. pp. 39 .

Development of Character In J^chooL An essay read before the Merrimack Valley Teach-
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AssociHtion. Manchester, N. H. : Thos. W. Lane, Publisher. 1883. 8vo. pp. 19.

Address of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and proceedings at the dedication of the Crane
Memorial Hall at Quincy, Mass., May 30, 1882, with Heliotypes. Cambridge : John Wil-
son and Son, University Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. 48.

The Congregational Tear Book, 1883. issued under the sanction of the National Council
of the Congregational Churches of the United States Boston : Congregational Pub-
lishing Society. 1883. 8vo. pp. 272.

Oration of General Charles H. Grosvenor, before the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land at its Reunion in Milwaukee, Sept. 20, 1882. Cincinnati : Press of Robert Clarke &
Co. 1883. 8to. pp. 24.

1837—1882. Forty- Fifth Anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. Edward Buxton as
pastor of the Second Conirregational Church of Boscawen, Dec 13, 1882. Concord : Print-
ed by the Republican Press Association. 1883. 8vo. pp. 58.

Society of Arts of the Massachusetts School of Technology, 288th meeting, Oct. 12, 1882.
In memory of William Barton Rogers, LL.D., late President of the Society. Boston.
1882. 8vo. pp. 39.

Boston Water Works. Additional supply from Sudbury River. Description of the
work, with plates. Boston : Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1882.
Folio, pp. 143. Plates, 69.

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seph M. Comegys. The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington. 1882. 8vo. pp. 307.

George Smith, M.D., author of the History of Delaware County. Read before the His-
torical Society of Pennsylvania, May 1, 1882. By James L. Lerick, M.D.

Dr. George Smith, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 8vo.

Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1882-83. Providence : Printed for
tte Society. 1883. 8vo. pp.63.

A Plan of Dedham Village, Mass. 1636—1876. With descriptions of the Grants of Lots
'^ the original owners. Transcribed from the town records — the plan showing approxi-
XBately the situation of the original gninu with relation to the present village. Published
^y the Dedham Historical Society. 1883. 8vo. pp. 15.

The Poor-Poore Family GhLthering at Newbury port, Mass., Sept. 14, 1881. New York :
^. W. Green's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and Binder, 74 and 76 Beekman St. 8vo. pp. 68.

In Memory of Sarah King Hibl)ard (1822—1879). wife of Harry Hibbard, of Bath, and
^langhter of ^ma Hale, of Keene, N. U. Not published. 1883. 8vo. pp. 38.

From the Papers of the N. H. Colony Hist. Soc. Vol. III., 1882. Inscriptions on Tomb-
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Address on the Life and Public Services of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, delivered before
tbe Vermont Historical Society at Montpelier, Oct. 26, 1882, by E. J. Phelps, Esq., with
tlM proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, October 17, 1882. Montpelier : Watch-
man and Journal Press. 1883. 8yo.pp. 24.

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[July,

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eons of the Commonwealth of Maflsachnsetts Annual Commnnicadon, Dec IS, 1882.

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ProceedlngsoftheDarenport Academ J of Natnral Sciences. Tol. IIL Fart III. 1879-
1881. In memorfam Joseph Dnncan Putnam. Datenport, Iowa: Published l^ the Acad-
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Proceedings of the General Theological Library for the year ending April 17, 1888, with
its history, rules, a list of its founders, pAtrons, members, etc Bo«ton« 12 West Street:
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Printers. 1883. 8vo. pp.^25.

DEATHS.

Allen, Thaddeoe, died at his residence,
No. 79 F Street, South Boston. Wed-
Desday, April 18, aged nearly 96. lie
was born in Dover, Mass., May 14,
1787, and graduated at Brown Uni-
versity in 1813. He was in the pro-
vision business with his brother Timo-
thy on Greenes Wharf, Boston, during
the war of 1812. He afterwards taught
a private iHshool in Boston several
years. In 1845 be published "In-
qairy into the Prinoiples of the Ori-

ginal Founders of the Union,** dvo.—
tie was a representative from Boston^
in the Massachusetts legislature in^
1857, and a member of the Boston^
school committee, 1867-8-9. He mar- ^
ried first, Nov. 27, 1814, Miss Clarissa
Bullard, of Needham, who died March
7, 1815; married second, June 90,
1816, Mrs. Ann (BHllard) Hunt, wid-
ow of Joseph Hunt, who died Nov.
21, 1830, leaving two sons and two
daughters; married third, May 8,

J>eaihs.

88ft

Mrs. Sopbia B. (Coolidje)
ngham, who died April 15, 1^.
days More bis own deatb, aged
re 7 mo6. He bad no children
fimt and last wivee. He leaves
inffhter, Elizabeth Carter Al-
nd two sons, Joseph Hunt
clerk of the South Boston Mu-
. Court, and James Woodward

a clerk in the office of the City
rar.

Hiram, died at Reading:, Mass.,
S 1 , a^ 60. He was the eldest

Lefi and Almeda (Steams)
I, and was bom in Goshen,
Jolv 5, 18-2d. In 1861 be re-
to Boston and received an ap-
lent in the custom-house. From
U his death he held the office of
nt cashier. In 1865 he publisb-
the Hampton Gazette, North-
Q, Mass., a series of articles on
itory of Goshen. In 1881, the
ary of the incorporation of that

he published a ** History of
wn of Gushen,*' in an octavo of
ges (RvQ. xzxv. 401), which he
repared in compliance with a
ftne town.

, Sylvester Blackmore, died at
nd. Me., Saturday, Dec. 9, 1882,
M) P.M., aged 70. He was born
tland, May 16, 1812. He leara-
i art of printing of MesHrs. Day
ler, bis fellow apprentices being
is Dean, elder brother of the
of the Kboistkr, and the Hon.
IS Brooks, many years editor of
no York Express. In 1846, with
end D. C. Colesworthy, now of
I, be edited the Portland Urn-
•ttblisbed by John Edwards. In
** Hester, the Bride of the Isl-
a poem bv him, appeared. See
:inck's '* Uyclopssuia of Ameri-
terature,*' ed. 1875, v. ii. p. 858.
ibliMhed the ** Portland Direo-
from 1846 till his death, the
iue being the fifteenth volume,
dd various public offices.^ In
e married Louisa M. Davis, by
he had three children^nly one
Mn, the wife of George W. Ver-
irvives.

r, Hon. Mark, died at his resi-
in Kittery, Maine, on Monday,
30, 1883, a. 06 years, 8 mos. 2ds.
I earlier part of his life he was
nently ioentified with the inter-
f his town. In 1811 he was

elected a selectman, serving nine eon-
secutive years, and subsequently filled
the same position eight years. From
1814 to 1819 he represented Kittery in
tho Massachusetts legislature} ridinc
from Kittery to Boston on horse-baek
at the commencement of each session
and back again at its close. He was
a member of the first legislature of
Maine after its admiflsion into the
nnion in 1820, and was the last survi-
vor of that body* Was subsequently
several times elected a member of the
state senate — his last years of legisla-
tivo service were as a member en the
bouse in the years 1856 and 1857. Dur-
ing President Jaokscm's administm-
tion be was collector of customs at
T^rk. He was for many years a mem-
ber of the school committee, and al-
ways took an active interest in educa-
tional matters. In politics he was a
democrat, his first vote for president
beinff cast for James Madison in 180B,
and he cast his ballot at everr succeed-
ing presidential eleetion. He remem-
bered the administrations of all the
presidents, having been eleven years
old when Washington's second term
ended. It is said be never missed
voting at any state or municipal elec-
tion after coming of age.

Mfgor Dennett was an honorable
and upright man, esteemed in every
relation of life. He retained his phy-
sical and mental powers to a remarlu-
ble degree, and was an attendant at
church until the last, bavins been an
active and devout memberof roe Christ-
ian church for seventy-five years. He
leit three children— one son, Alexan-
der Dennett, Esq., a well known citi-
sen of Kittery, and two married
daughters. N. J. Hsrrick.

LiONARD, Samuel Smith, died at Wor-
cester, Mass., May 22, 1883. He was
a son of Seth aiid Kebecca (Smith)
Leonard, and was bom in W. Spring-
field, Mass., June 20, 1801. Ho was
a descendant in the 6th veneration from
John^ Leonard, an earnr settler of S.,
through Beryamin,* JEienjamin,' Da-
vid,^ and his father Seth.* He was
one of the pioneers of the express busi-
ness, now so extensive in this countiy,
having in August, 1840, established
** Leonard's Express *' between Wor-
cester and Boston.

MoRSB, Charles Henry, died at Vineland,
N. J., Dec. 20, 1882, a. 64. He was
bora at Cambridffeport, Mass., Dec. 6,
1818. In 1864 he was a member of

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[July.

the firm of Williams. Morse & Co.,
which established ana published the
Boston Teleoraph. About 1862 be
removed to WashingtoD, and was for
many years a clerk in the Pension
Office. Ue took much interest in au-
tographs and historical manuscripts,
or which he gathered a Taluable col-
lection.

Odkll, Hon. Lonr, died at the Preble
House, Portland, Me., March 24, 1883,
ai^ 81. He was a son of the Hon.
Richard Odell by his first wife Mary,
daughter of Richard Eastman, and was
born in Conway, N. U., September 16,
1801. He was the fifth in descent
from Reginald^ Odell, probablv of
Boston, who died in 1707-8, and his
wife Priscilla; through William^ of
Marblehead and Salem, by wife Mar-
tha Collins ; Joseph^ of Andoyer, Ms.,
and Concord, N. H., by wife Sarah
Ingalls ; and Richartr of Concord, his
father, born in Andoyer, March 3,
1770, representative to the New Hamp-
shire legislature, 1804-15, member of
the governor's council, 1820-2, and a
large land owner, having received a
grant of the township of Odell, N. H.,
as well as one half oi the Cutts grant.
Lory^ Odell prepared at Wakefield
Academy for Bowdoin College, from
which he was graduated in 1823. Af-
ter re€uiing law with Hon. Judah
Dana, of Fryeburg, Me., and Hon.
Jeremiah Mason, of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, he began practice at the
last named place. He w&s appoint-
ed collector of customs at that port
by President Tyler, and held that
office under Taylor and Fillmore. He
was judge of the Municipal Court of
Portsmouth from 1855 to 1871, when
his term expired by limitation. He
never sought or received an elective
office. In personal appearance Judge
Odell was tall and of slender figure.
He was very genial and obliging in
disposition, and his good name will
long be held in pleasant remembrance
by all who knew him. He was much
interested in the history of his family,
and left a valuable manuscript gene-
alogy, now in the possession of Frede-
rtck 0. Conant, Esq., of Portland,
from which his ancestry has been de-
rived. {Abstract of a memoir by Ru-
fus King, Esq., of Yonkers, N. y., in
the archives of the Hist, Gen. Society.)

Upham, Sylvan us Kidder, died at Dixon,
HI., February 13, 1883, of abscess in
the bowels. He was bom at Caetine,
Me., March 11, 1811. Mr. Upham

was early in business on Long Wharf,
Boston ; in California from 1849 to
1852 ; later, and for many years, in
lumber business at Dixon, retiring
from business in 1876. His wife, Ma*
ryanne Brooks (descendant in seventh
generation from William Brooks, who
came to Scituate probably in the ship
•* Blewing," 1635), d. at Dixon, Dec.

30, 1870 ; b. at Castine, Jan. II, 1819.
He (as well as his wife) was of pui^y
New England descent, his ancestors
being among the earliest, some of them
as follows : Deacon John Upham, who
came from England in 1635 (see Req.
XXV. 15), and was one of the found-
ers of Weymouth and Maiden (tomb-
stone still standing in Maiden) ;
John Cutler, of Sprowston, oo. Nor-
folk, England, who came to Hing-
ham in 1637 ; Samuel Richardson,
living at Woburn in 1670; Da?is
family, of same place and time ; James
Kidder, who came from Ea^t Grinsted,
CO. Sussex, England, and settled at
Cambridge before 1650 ; Deacon Fran-
cis Moore, living at Cambridge, 1649 ;
Dr. William Avery, living at Ded-
ham 1650 (tombstone in King s Chap-
el ground, Boston); Ephraim Little,
living at Marshfield 1686 ; and Na-
thaniel Atkins, of Truro, 1739, his
family of earlier date. Sylvanus Kid-
der Upham left children : Margaret
Barker, widow of Charles H. Wright,
of Chicago ; Frank Kidder, captain
Ist Unitea States Cavalry ; and Charles
Clifton, civil engineer in employ of
Mexican Central Kail way. u.

Whittkmorb, Mrs. Rebecca, died in A^
lington, Mass., on April 5, 1883, in her
98tn year, ller maiden name was
Rebecca Russell. She was bom July

31, 1785, the daughter of James and
Rebecca (Adams) Russell. Uer hus-
band was Amos Whittemore^soo of
the famous inventor — whom she ma^
ried in 1804. She was left a widow in
1827 with nine children, and her de-
scendants are numerous. She was in-
cluded in a census taken bv the town |
of Charlestown in 1789. Her grand-
mother died at the age of 93^; bet
great uncle, John Adams, died at tbe
age of 104 ; her great-grandfather died
in his 90th year, and his father at tb«
age of 86. Gifted with a strong mii^^
and a retentive memory, she was ^
perfect treasure-house of informati-"^^
on the families and persons who 1:=
lived in her town, and her interest
recent events continued to the last.

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THE

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

OCTOBER, 1883.

NATHAN STRONG, D.D.

By the Bev. Inorbasb N. Tarbox, D.D., of Newton, Masi.

AT the beginning of the present century one of the very notable
men of New England was the subject of this sketch. At that
time he was fifty-two years old, and was in full possession of one of
the foremost pulpits in the country. The First Church of Hartford,
Connecticut, the old Thomas Hooker church, organized in Cam-
bridge, Mass., in 1633, which this very year celebrates its two hun-
dred and fiftieth anniversary, has, through all its generations, main-
tained a high character for numbers, wealth and intelligence. Many
eminent names have been enrolled upon its list. Dr. Strong was
settled over this church in 1774.

But it was not alone as a pastor and preacher that he made him-
self known to the world. He was a man remarkable for the versa-
tility of his powers and the wide reach of his activities. Only two
^ears before, in 1798, he had been among the chief founders of the
Connecticut Missionary Society, an institution which antedates all
>ther societies in this country of that general nature. In 1800 he
became the principal founder and editor of the Connecticut Evan-
gelical Magazine, which was also at that time a new departure, and
^vhich was destined to continue through fifteen volumes. In that
L^e of simplicity and plain country life, which had hardly known
1 nything beyond the small weekly newspaper, the Connecticut Mag-
L^ne was a great and important fact. It was eagerly waited for,

onth by month, in many scattered and lonely households, and wa»

est industriously read. It gave an opportunity also to aspiring
V jritcrs to try their hands both in prose and verse. In the latter
•"olumes of this work Dr. Strong was assisted by the famous Rev.
t^Iiomas Williams, who died in 1876 in Providence, R. I., at the
e of ninety-seven, having been fur some time before his death

ale's oldest living graduate. With his free and graphic powers of
^^scription he used to entertain his friends with the aspects of life aa
VOL. xxxvn. 31

338 Nathan Strong, D.D. [Oct.

he found them at the Hartford parsonage in the early years of the
present century. Dr. Strong, though twice marri^, lived only
about nine years of his life in the married state, both his wives be-
ing taken away by early deaths. From 1789 until his death in
1816, he lived as.a widower, but keeping house, and for some years
Mr. Williams resided in his family.

From an article in the Christian Spectator for 1833 we copy the
following sentences respecting Dr. Strong's agency in the founding
and conducting of the Connecticut Magazine. ^ The plan of this
work originated with Dr. Strong, and the labor of conducting it de-
volved chiefly on him. It was continued fifteen years, and amount-
ed to as many volumes. During the first seven years some ten or
twelve of the principal divines in different parts of the state were
associated with him in the editorial department ; but the duty of
procuring and revising the matter to be inserted was performed
principally by himself. After the commencement of the new series,
which, though the same work still, was called the Connecticut Evan-
gelical Magazine and Religious Intelligencer, and extended to eight
volumes, he had no regular editorial assistance, except through the
last three years."

In the thirteenth volume of the American Quarterly Register
(p. 129) will be found a memoir of Dr. Strong from the pen of
the late Rev. Samuel H. Riddel. Respecting the Connecticut Mag-
azine Mr. R. says : ** We are informed by one who had better op-
portunities to know the fact than perhaps any other beside the editor
himself, that probably more than half of the original matter with
which its pages were so ably and judiciously supplied, was from the
pen of Dr. Strong. Bold and original in his style of thought and
expression, he had at the same time great versatility and fruitfulness
of invention, which enabled him to sustain an extraordinary interest

in the minds of his readers The number of copies printed

during the first five years averaged 3,730 annually. All the net
proceeds of the magazine were sacredly devoted to the permanent
fund of the Connecticut Missionary Society. The total avails paid,
over to the society amounted to 11,520 dollars.''

Dr. Strong had attracted much attention by his easy and master

ly scholarship in Yaie College. He was graiduated in 1769., in ai^
class of twenty-six. His most noteworthy classmate was Timothy—*
Dwight, D.D., who afterwards became the distinguished presideni
of the college. There were other able divines in this class,
cially Charles Backus, D.D., the life-long minister of Somers, Ct.,
who was appointed by the General Association of Connecticut as
public theological teacher before the day of theological seminarie^^
had come, and whose house was usually crowded with students. It
is rare that a class, small or large, in any college, produces tw(
men of such consummate ability as Nathan Strong and Timothy"**'
Dwight. A somewhat parallel case is that of the class of 1820 in.

1883.] JTathan Strong, D.D. 339

Yale, of which the first name, alphabetically, on the list is Leonard
Bacon, and the last Theodore D wight Woolsey. Here were two
men who may fairly be named in this dignified and stately succes-
sion. Not only were they great men like their predecessors, but
the types are, in some measure, repeated. Theodore D wight Wool-
sey, D.D., now in advanced age, was the nephew of Pres't Dwight,
and sat in the president's chair some years longer than his illustrious
uncle ; while in broad and comprehensive scholarship the younger
was certainly not inferior to the elder. Leonard Bacon, D.D., of
New Haven, who recently passed away, was a man not unlike Dr.
Nathan Strong, of Hartford. There were many striking points of
resemblance in their characters, their tastes and manner of life.

It has come down by tradition respecting this class of 1769, that
Nathan Strong and Timothy Dwight, the two foremost scholars,
were so nearly equal in scholarship that the college authorities could
not decide which ought to have the first honors of the class. It was
finally settled by compromise, that as Strong was the older he should
have the valedictory at commencement, with the understanding that
three years later, when the Masters' orations should be delivered,
Dwight should hold the place of chief honor. Both of these young
men were made tutors in the college, where they continued for some
years.

Nathan Strong was born in Coventry, Conn., October 16, 1748.
His father. Rev. Nathan Strong, was pastor of the Congregational
Church in North Coventry fifty years and one month, having been
ordained for his work in October, 1745, and continuing in oflfice
till his death in November, 1795. When the boy Nathan was seven
years old, another boy Nathan was born in the South parish of Cov-
entry, whose given name probably came from the same source as his
own. This was Nathan Hale, the Martyr Spy, whose sad but he-
roic story will never be forgotten. We do not assert that Nathan
Hale was named from Nathan Strong the Coventry minister, but
the probabilities seem to point in that direction, and are strengthen-
ed by the fact that Nathan Hale's mother was a Strong. At any
rate the two young Nathans must early have known each other, and
indeed must ere lonq: have been brougfht intimately to^jether, as Hale
was graduated at Yale College in 1773, while Strong was at the
same time acting as tutor in the college.

It happened singularly enough that, about the time when Nathan
Hale was born in Coventry, another child was bom in the adjoining
town of Mansfield, Conn., who received in baptism the name of
the Mansfield minister, Richard Salter, and so became the first Rev.
Richard Salter Storrs,^thc able and life-lonf; minister of Lon^rmea-
dow, Mass. He was the father of Richard Salter Storrs, D.D.,
for sixty-two years the Congregational minister of Braintree, Mass.
The last named w^as the father of Richard Salter Storrs, D.D., now in
the thirty-seventh year of his ministry at the Church of the Pilgrims,

340 Nathan Strong, D.D. [Oct.

Brooklyn, N. Y. Many a New England boy, during the genera-
tions of the past, has gone out into the world bearing the name of
the minister whom his parents honored and loved. Few, however,
have made a more illustrious record than the two above named —
born, the one in Coventry and the other in Mansfield, Conn.

Dr. Strong was settled at Hartford near the beginning of the
revolutionary period. There is a quickening and awakening power
in every such national crisis, which shows itself especially among
the youth of the country. The colleges of New England, during
the years of excitement attending upon the American revolution,
though working under many disadvantages, brought out an unusual
number of brilliant thinkers and actors. From the time of Dr.
Strong's settlement, on for many years, Hartford became one of the
marked intellectual and literary centres of the country. It is not
to be denied that he was personally instrumental, in a large degree,
in bringing about this state of things. Here John Trumbull, judge
of the Superior Court of Connecticut, and author of the poem
McFhigaly made his home. He was born in the parsonage house
of Watertown, Ct., but in 1781 took up his residence in Hartford.

Here lived Joel Barlow, preacher, poet, editor, foreign minister,
&c., author of the Oolumbiad and many other poems. He was a
native of Reading, Conn., and was graduated at Yale in 1778. He
had, however, during his collegiate course, alternated between the
college and the camp, spending par# of his time in study, and part
of it in the ranks of the army. In 1783 he took up his residence
in Hartford.

Here for a time lived David Humphreys, colonel, minister pleni-
potentiary to Spain, and minister also to Portugal ; author, in com-
pany with Trumbull, Barlow and Hopkins, of the poem called the
Anarchiad; author also of the Life of Gen. Israel Putnam, with
whom he had served as aid. Humphreys was bom in the parson-
age house of Derby, Conn., and about the year 1786, and for some
time afterward, made his home at Hartford.

Here also lived Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, already mentioned in con-
nection with the authorship of the Anarchiad, and with whom the
plan of the poem especially originated. He was an eminent physi-
cian, a native of Waterbury, Conn. He received from Yale Col-
lege the honorary degree of A.M. in 1784, and the same year took
up his abode at Hartford, where he died in 1801.

Another of the Hartford writers was Richard Alsop, a native of
Middletown, some time resident at Hartford as a bookseller, but
far more fond of using his pen in prose and verse than devoting
himself to business. Whether living at New London, or Hartford,
or New York (for he made his home at times in all these places),
he was greatly interested in the literary circle that centred at
Hartford.

Theodore Dwight, born in Northampton, brother of President

1883.] Nathan Strong, D.D. 341

Dwight, was also of this Hartford company of authors. He was a
lawyer, and was known as an able writer on political topics. He
was editor of the Mirror at Hartford, and bore a free hand in the
labors, cogitations and plans of this literary brotherhood.

In these years, on from 1783, Timothy Dwight was settled in
Greenfield, a parish in the town of Fairfield, Conn., where he re-
mained till called to the presidency of Yale College in 1795. The
literary spirit was strong within him, and while here he published
his Conffuest o^ Canaan and Greenfield Hill. He was well aware
of all that was going on at Hartford, and was in full sympathy with
the coterie of literary workers who made that town their home.

Only a few miles north of Hartford, in the town of Windsor,
lived Oliver Ellsworth, afterwards Envoy Extraordinary to France
and Chief Justice of the United States. Hartford was only an hour's
drive from his home, and he was very familiar with all that was
passing there.

Chauncey Goodrich, a native of Durham, Conn., established his
law office in Hartford soon after his graduation at Yale in 1776,
and became a man of eminence in his profession and of marked lite-
rary culture. He was afterwards lieutenant governor of the state.

These were some of the men who helped, in the closing years of
the last century and the opening years of the present, to make Hart-
ford a decided literary centre. Amid these wits, writers and pro-
fessional men. Dr. Strong sat Iree a kind of prince and umpire, hon-
ored of all for his learning and intellectual brightness. This was
indeed the day of small things in our American literature. But it
was a day of honest beginnings, and no where else in the land cer-
tainly was there any worthier activity at that time in this department
than here.

Rev. Thomas Williams used to describe the scene when Talley-
rand, the noted French politician and diplomatist, called to pay his
respects to Dr. Strong at Hartford. Not that Mr. Willianij? him-
self was a witness to the scene, for this interview took place before
he became a member of Dr. Strong's family. Talleyrand, driven
out of England in 1793, fled to the United States, and returned to
Prance in 1797. It was some time during these four years that
his visit to Hartford was made. With his sharp and inquisitive,
though unscrupulous minu, he took a special pleasure in study-
ing our institutions and our prominent public men. Dr. Strong
had been named to him as one of the leading men of the country,
*iot only as a divine, but as a thinker in matters of state and civil
government, for such he was. Mr. Williams told the story as he
had heard it from the people of Hartford, and it was in substance
this : tiiat when the two men came face to face, they had such a
^gard for each other's intellectual abilities, and such a sense of ut-
ter contrariety in respect to their moral principles and aims in life,
that it was very hard to open the conversational role. Neither

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342 Nathan Strong, D.D. [Oct.

dared to eay to the 'other exactly the thought that was in him, and
80 they eat looking at each other like two lions in separate cages,
and all the conversation that took place was rather in illustration of
Talleyrand's own saying, that " language is given us to conceal our
thoughts."

Mr. Williams used to add, as a sequel to the story, that Talley-
rand went back to France and told his countrymen that there was
no use in ever trying to conquer a people where the heads of fami-
lies asked a blessing and returned thanks at the beginning and end
of each meal, and conducted morning and evening prayers in their
households, with readings from the Bible.

Reference was just now made to Dr. Strong's character as a wri-
ter on public topics. In illustration of his ability in this line, the
elderly men of Hartford forty or fifty years ago used to speak of his
articles, written at the time when our federal constitution was under
discussion, and which attracted much attention. They were pub-
lished anonymously, and it was some time before they were traced to
their author, and the wonder was who, outside of the members of the
convention, should have such a familiarity with the points at issue,
and such power to discuss them. George Goodwin, Esq., a Hart-
ford boy, brought up under the ministry of Dr. Strong, a graduate
of Yale in the class of 1806, used to relate an incident connected
with the anonymous publication of these articles. Everybody was
speculating as to their authorship, Idr, Strong among the rest ; for
he was noted, as we shall see, for his love of wit and joke. He
chose to fasten them upon an inconspicuous lawyer in Hartford who
was capable of being hugely flattered by the suggestion, and who,
at length, made a half-way confession to the soft impeachment.

Rev. Mr. Riddel, in his article already referred to, says : "The
several scries of anonymous papers which he sent to the press were
justly estimated to have exerted an extensive and salutary influence.
This is especially true of one running through some twenty num —
bers, which was published while the proposal for the adoption of th
federal constitution was before the people of the United States, an
which was designed to lead to harmony of sentiment and action
regard to that critical and important measure."

Dr. Strong's wit was of the most quick and incisive kind,
men have been more remarkable for those sudden turns of repartee^-
by which he could silence an adversary or rouse a peal of geniad-
laughter in the social circle. Considering his character as a Christ^ —
ian minister, this element of his nature was in excess. The writei^'
in the Christian Spectator, already quoted, says : "After leading \xr:z
prayer in presence of the legislature of the state or the munici^ —
pal courts, and bringing tears from many an eye by the solemnit
and fervor of his manner, it was well if, in his way out of the house
he did not, by some sally of wit, either ludicrous or severe, occasio
a burst of laughter on every side." It is to his praise that he neverT*

1883.] Nathan Strong, D.D. 343

indulged in these displays of wit in the pulpit. There his matter
and manner were alike grave and serious.

Wit is, in its nature, so sparkling and evanescent, that very little
of it ever gets permanently bottled up and preserved for future use.
A few specimens of the jocose action of Dr. Strong's mind, of which
the writer happens to have heard, may properly be given. The
first is an old story, and perhaps better known to the public than
some of the others.

Dr. Bellamy, of Bethlehem, Conn., was an elderly man when
Dr. Strong began his ministry at Hartford, and was one of the most
conspicuous divines in the state. Dr. Strong, who was at that time
a bachelor, had his study on the lower floor of his house, near the
front door. As we have already said, through nearly the whole of his
public life, he kept house, either as a bachelor or a widower. He
knew, therefore, that callers wanted, almost always, to see him per-
sonally ; and, not being a man of form and ceremony when he was in
his study, he was wont to answer the door-knocker himself. One day
Dr. Bellamy called and was met at the door by Dr. Strong. Dr.
B. was also a joker, and alluding to Dr. S.'s rather solitary life in
a large house, remarked, "I see your are all empty, swept and gar-
nished here." "Yes," was the reply, *'ali ready for evil spirits.
Walk in, Dr. Bellamy."

One Sabbath morning Dr. Strong had with him a very dull
preacher who occupied the pulpit. Coming out of church at noon,
some of the hearers complained to Dr. S. of the preaching, and
said they were going to East Hartford in the afternoon. This was
probably in the early years of the present century, when Dr. An-
drew Yates, afterwards professor at Union College, was settled at
East Hartford and was quite popular. Dr. Strong knew but did
not choose to tell those complaining hearers that the morning preach-
er was to preach in East Hartford in the afternoon. On the other
hand, he told the preacher that there were some reasons why he
deemed it quite important that he should preach at Eiist Hartford
the same sermon which he had preached for him in the morning.
The preacher was flattered by this suggestion, taking it probably as
a compliment to his sermon, and faithfully executed the wish.

Judge David Daggett, of New Haven, used to be much at Hart-
ford in connection with the courts, and was on very pleasant and in-
timate terms with Dr. Strong. He was quite punctual and regular
during his stay in his attendance at church. One Saturday, meeting
I>r. Strong, he said : " I think I will go over to East Hartford and
hear Mr. Yates to-morrow." "You'd better, you'd better," was the
i^ply, " for to-morrow I am going to preach to Christians."

A carpenter was working in his study one Saturday making some

repairs. Dr. Strong came in and was rummaging around, apparently

Hot able to find what he was looking for. The carpenter asked him

what he wished to find. " I am trying," said he, " to hunt up some

Cold victuals for those Wethersfield people to-morrow."

344 Deed of John Smith of Dorchester. [Oct.

In his old age, burdened with labors and cares, his people thought
he ought to have a colleague. They were very timid, however,
about suggesting this, knowing him for a man who would not be apt
to like a divided throne. However, at last some of the more judi-
cious men of his church broke the subject to him gently, when to their
surprise they found him apparently all ready to entertain the subject
cordially. Under such circumstances they could not do less than ask
him if he had in mind any one whom he would like to have chosen
as his colleague. *' Yes," he said, "I have just the man in my eye,
old Dr. Marsh of Wethersfield." The jocose aspect of this remark
is found in the fact that Dr. Mareh was several years older than
himself, and had been some forty or forty-five years in the Wethers-
field ministry at the time the remark was made. After this Dr. S.
was allowed to live in peace as sole pastor until his death, which
occurred not many years later.

He died, at the age of sixty-eight, December 25, 1816.

DEED OF JOHN SMITH TO ROBERT PEARSE, OF

DORCHESTER, ABOUT 1650.

Communicated by William 6. Trask, Esq., of Boston.

•

THE original deed, of which the following is a copy, is in pos-
session of George F. Pierce, of Dorchester, a descendant of
Robert- Pearse, now written Pierce. It has never been recorded.

John Smith, the grantor, was doubtless the "Quartermaster,"
who was born in Lancashire, and served in that capacity in the army
of the Netherlands, before coming to this country. He probably
came to Dorchester with the first comers, in the Mary and John.
It is not unlikely that he was the freeman of March 4, 1632—3, in
company with Richard CoIIicut, Giles Gibbs, George Hull and oth-
ers from Dorchester. " Mr. Smith '* is first mentioned in the Town
Records, April 3, 1633. He was one of the ten men selected, Oc-
tober 2Sj 1634, to order the affairs of the plantation. Mr. Smith
and his family, according to the statement of the Rev. Thomas
Prince (Rkg. i. 95) were parishioners of the Rev. Richard Mather,
at Toxtetli, in Lancashire. He returned to England, it is conjec-
tured, for his family, and it is thought may have influenced Mr.
Mather to prefer the Dorchester plantation. Mr. Smith, with his
wife and daughter, were fellow passengers with their minister in the
James. Mr. Mather, in his Journal, Monday, June 15, 1635, thus
alludes to them, while on board the ship, before they left the
English coast. " I went on shore to Nangle with my wife and child-
ren, John Smith and his wife, and Mary, Susan Michel, and divers
others. It was a fair day, and we walked in the fields, and at a

1883.] Deed of John Smith of Dorchester. 345

house got some milk, &c., wherewith we were much refreshed, and
came on board again at evening."

Quartermaster John Smith died at Dorchester, April 29, 1678.
In his will of Dec. 10, 1676, proved July 25, 1678, he desires that
his son John, who is to have a double portion of the estate, may
live with his mother and be helpful to her in the management of the
estate, " for theire comforts." " When any of my children come to
chang there condition and marry my wife may supply them with
something to begin withal what she can best part withall and keep
an exact acount what she letteth any of them haue to begin the
world with that it may be discounted as part of there portion when a
finall divission is made." He further says — " my desire is there may
be a just acount keept what each one receiueth that all occasion of
after contention may be preuented, and all meanes vsed to continue
loue and peace amongst my children, that the God of loue and peace
may abide with them after my decease." "My Daughter mary hath
receiued somthing alread[y] & my will is it should be accounted
oneward of her part." In the codicil he states — "wheras tis sd:
my daughter mary hath receaued part of her p'tion, tis to bee under-
stood of mary Pelton, who hath Receaued about 20" or more, as by
my booke page 166 will apeare. As for my daughter Mary Hink-
ley, she is paid w* I p'mised upon her maryage to m' Nathanyell
Glouer as will apeare by a writing vnder her hand & scale bareing
date y** 1"*: 9: 1660 w*^** was a Considerable some & Therefore I
doe not giue her any thing in this my will." His wife Katharine
was appointed executrix.

Samuel Pelton married Mary, daughter of John Smith, Quarter-
master, 16. 5. 1673, by Mr. Stoughton.

See abstract of the will of Robert Pearse, Register, xiii. 154,
and for other notices of him, ibid* xxi. 167 ; xxxii. 57.

This deed made the seavententh day of the fifth month called July in the

yeare of our lord god on thousand six hundered fiftie [ ] Betweene John

Smith of Dorchester in Suff. in the Massachuset[ts] of the one p'te and

Bobt. Pearse of the same on the other p'te Witnesseth that the said John

Smith for and in Consideration of the some of sixteene pounds sterl. to him

in hand paid by the said Robt. Pearse wherewith he the said John Smith

doth acknowledge himself e fully satisfied contented and paid and theirof

^d of every p'te theirof doe by these p'sents exonerate acquit and discharge

the said Robt. Pearse his heiers execute" and administrators and every of

them forever by these p'sents Ilaue given graunted bargayned sold infeoffed

^ confirmed, and by these p'nts doe give graunt bargayne sell infeofie &

ponfirme vnto the said Robt. Pearse six acres of plowing land more or lease

*«» a field in Dorchest[er] called the great lotes in that p'te their of form'ly

^^led or knowne by the name of the six acre loots (vpon w^^ said six acres

^f land on the north end their of the said Robt Pearse haue since the ver-

^^1 agrem* between them erected a howse <& in possession) on side of the

^d six acres lyeing nex the land of Thomas Trot on the p'te of the East

the other side lyeing next the land of Richard Leeds on the p'te of the

346 Braintree Records. [Oct.

west on[e] end bats ypon the land of the said Thomas Trot on the p'te of
the So[uth the] other end bats vpon a high way leading to Neponset Mill
[on the north p'te To haae and to hold the said six acres of [land more]
or lesse vnto the said Robt Pearse his heiers executors & [assignes] for
ever to be, and continue to be the proper right & inherita[nce of] the said
Robt. Pearse his heieres executors & assignes for evermore [with] out aney
the let molestation trouble or expultiou of him the s^d John Smith hu
heiers executors or assignes or aney clayming aney title clay me or interrest
to the same, or aney p'te or p'cill theirof from or vnder him them or aney of
them. And also with out the lawful 1 let trouble interruption or molestation of
aney other p'son or p'sons whatsoever will warrant acquit and defend the
said six acres of land vnto the said Robt. Pearse for ever by these p'sentB.
And that it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said Robt. Pearse bis heien
& assignes to record & inroll the title & tenor of these p'sents, or cause
them to be recorded & inrolled according to the true intent meeneing and
import hereof and according to the vsuall order and mann* of recording &
inrolling deeds <& evidences in such case made & p'vided. In witnes whe^
of the said John Smith haue herevnto put his hand dc scale the day & yeare
first aboue written John Smith.

Sealed and Deliu*ed
in the p'sence of

Mari Howard &

Robt Howard

BRAINTREE RECORDS.

Communicated by Samuel A. Bates, Esq., Town Clerk of Braintree, Mass.

[Continued ttom pa^ 287.]

John peniman & way tinge Robbinson were marled 7**^ mo. 25, 1666, by
capt clapp.

Edward Lincford & hanna plumly were maried the 3* mo. 16. 1667, by
maior Leveritt.

moses Belcher & Mary Nash were maryed the 3* mo. 23, 1666, by cap'
Tory.

John Savill & mehetabell hands were maried the 8*** mo. 20, 1668, by

M' Noah Numan & Joanna flflynt were maried the 10'** mo. 30, 1669, by
capt cookin.

Jonath hayden & Elizabeth Lee were maried the 2 mo. 20. 1669. by
M' Edward Tyng.

John Needam & hanna Savill were married the 3** mo. 1669. by maio?
Leveritt.

Timothy Winter & hester plumly were maried the 10*** mo. IG, 1670, by
capt cook ins.

Beniamin Savill & Liddia Barnes were married the 10*^ mo. 30, 1670>
by M' Tynire.

* Joseph Allin & Ruth Leader were maried the 11** mo. 30, 1670. by M'
Tynge.

Stephen Willis & hanna eliott were maried the 6*** mo. 3. 1670, by ^ '
Tynge.

1883.] Braintree Becords. 347

Thomas fEackson & Sarah Savill widow were marled 7^^ mo. 5^^^ 1670,
by M' Tynge.

Georg Witty & Sarah Speere were maried the 4*^ mo. 19 1672, by M'
Edward Tynge.

John Man & Alee Bouroe were maried the 10^ mo. 4*^ 1672 by maior
wiDsloe.

peter nacome & Sasan Cuttin were maried the 4^ mo. 26, 1672, by capt
MasoD.

M' Moses ffiske of Braintrey & M" Sarah Symmes, daughter to M* Wil-
liam Symmes of Charlstowne, were maried y* (7) day of (9) mo 1672 by
Capt Gookin, Assistant.

Sam" Savill & hannah Addams were maried the 2™* 10*** 73 by

Sollemon Cartis & prudence Gatlive were maried 4*** mo. 11*^ 73 by M'
Stoughton.

Theophilus Curtis & hannah payne were maried 10*** mo.*31. 73. by M'

Sam" peniman & elizabeth parmenter were maried the 11*** mo. 6*** 73. by
M' Stoughton.

peter Scott & Abigail Neale were maried 11*** mo. 22. 73. by

Georg Speere & Mary deeringe were maried 2 mo. 27. 75. by Mr. Tyng.

John Bass & hannah Stirdephaut were maried 7*** mo. 21. 75. by M' Suth-
ward.

Eleazer ezgate & Joyce Goodwin were maried 4*** mo. 24. 75 by M'

Tyng.

Joseph Clark & damaris ffrancis were maried 6*** mo. 19. 75 by M'

Joseph parmenter & Mary Mash were maried 9*** mo. 17. 75. by M'
Tyng.

Caleb hubbertt & elizabeth ffackson widow were maried the 11**" mo. 15.
75. 6. by M' Tyi^e.

Josiah Chapin & Lidia pratt firere maried the 7*** mo. 26. 76. by maior
denisou.

Joseph crosbee & Sarah Brackett were maried 4*** mo. 1. 75 by M'
Tynge.

Ebenezer king & Mary Twells were maried 9*** mo. 4*** 76. by M' Tyng.

Sam" Irons & Sarah Belcher were maried 9**" mo. 13. 77. by M' brad-
ttrete.

Increase Niles & mary purchass were maried the 10*** mo. 4*** 77 by the
honoured Govemour M' John Leverett

Sam** Neale & Abigail Beniamin were maried the 2 mo. 18. 78. by Capt
ion. Christopher Webb Clerke May 18*** 1678.

John Aldridge & Sarah Leach were maried by Deacon Willis of Bridg-
water the 31«* Octob' 1678.

Samuell Basse & Rebekcah ffaxon were maried by M*^ Joseph Dudley the
30"» of July, 1678.

Yallentine Decrow & Martha Bourne were maried the 27*** of february
VM' Dudley, 1678.

Samuell Paine & Mary Peniman were maried the 4*** Aprill by M' Jo-
seph Dudley. 1678.

John Heiford & Abigaill AUbins were maried the 8*** of aprill by M'
Dudley 1679.

Nebemiah Heiden & Hannah Neale were maried the of March by

^» Joseph Dudley 1678.

Ebenezer Speere & Rachell Deering were maried July the 16*** by M'
'oiu^nh Dudlev. 1679.

348 Braintree Records. [Oct.

Richard Thayer & Rebecah Micall were maried the 16*^ of July by M'
Joseph Dudley 1679.

Nathaiiiell Thayer and Hannah Heiden were maried the 27^ of May by
M' Joseph Dudley 1679.

M' Will" Savell & Deborah ffaxon were maried the first of Janu^ by Jo-
seph Dudley EsqM 679.

Thomas Thayer & Abigail! Veesy were marved by Joseph Dudley Esq
the 25 March 1 680.

Robert ffeild & Mary Jennery were married the 11*** of Octob' by
Humphrey Davy Esq 1680.

Thomas Bass & Susannah Blancher were married by Capt Torrey no-
vemb' last 1680.

Solomon Veesy & Elizabeth Sanders were married Novemb' 23* 1 680.

Lieu' Edmoud Quiusey [to?] M** Eliot was married Decemb' 8*^ 1680.

Jn^ Webb & Bathia Addams were maried May by Joseph Dudley assist*
ant 1680.

Steven Paine & Ellin Veasy were maried by Capt Richard Brackett
feb^ 20'^ 1681.

Joseph Adams and Mary Chapin were maried by Capt Richard Brack-
ett 1682.

Samuell Webb & Marah Adams were maried by M' Clarke December
16»^ 1686.

John Marshall son of John and Ruth Marshall And Mary Mills Daugh-
ter of Edmond & Mary Sheffield Married by M' Moses ffisk — upou May
the twelfth day anno Dom 1690.

Samuell Tompson Junior and Hannah Parmeter were married by Capt
Richard Brackett 25**^ W 1684.

Christopher Webb Clerke May 18*^ 1678.

Steven y* son of Eleazer Ezgate & Joice his wife was borne y* latt' end
of November 1677.

Sarah Crosbey daughter of Joseph Crosbey and Sarah Crosbey his wife
was borne the 29 Octob' 1677.

peter y® son of peter Newcomb & Susannah his wife was borne the fifth
of May 1678.

Joseph Plumlv y* son of Joseph Plumly & Jane his wife was borne the
31**^ of March 1678.

Eliezer the son of George Speere & Mary his wife was borne the 24*^ of
July 1 678.

Ephraim Linsford the son of Edward Linsford and Hannah his wife was
borne the 9^ Septemb' 1 678.

John Nile the son of Increase Nile & Mary his wife was borne y* 10*
OctobM678.

Nathan the son of Joseph Clarke and damaris his wife was borne the
lO'^Octob' 1678.

Nathan the son of James Brackett and Sarah his wife was borne 23 Sep*
temb' 1678.

Anne the daughter of M' Moses fi[iske & Sarah his wife was borne 29*
Octob' 1 678. N

Elizabeth the dau£:hter of Josiah Brackett & Elizabeth his wife wafl
borne 16**" february 1678.

Josiah the son of Samuell Penniman & Elizabeth his wife was borne f
21'^NovembM678.

[To be continoed.]

1883.] Provincial Seals in Massachusetta. 349

PROVINCIAL SEALS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

By Abnbr C. Ooodbll, Jr., A.M., of Salem, Mass.

THE folio Win o^ 18 a paper read by Mr. Goodell before the MaS'
sachusetts Historical Society, March 8th, 1883. The subject
haa never before been investigated, and the research involved an
immense amount of labor, as the reader will perceive. The value
of this contribution to the history of our state will be appreciated by
historical students.* — Editor.

No attempt is known to have been made to preserve the shapes and de-
vices of the seals of the colonial and provincial courts of justice. As the
use of such seals was made imperative by law, and as they were essential
to the proper authentication oi writs and other processes, they are of such
importance, both juridically and historically, as to make the labor of restor-
ing them profitable, as well as deeply interesting, and to entitle a full and
exact account of them to an honorable place in our Proceedings.

Whether the account which follows, and the accompanying lithographs,
are thus deserving, depends upon the degree of thoroughness and accuracy
attained by the author in his investigations, and also upon his skill — as a
tyro, rather than an amateur — in the art of pen-and-ink drawing. Of these
others must judge.

Of the origifial stamps, or mounted dies, used by the clerks to impress
these seals, only four are known to be in existence ; namely, those of the
Superior Court of Judicature, of the common-law county-cotirts of Ply-
mouth and Essex, and of the Probate Court of Plymouth County. The
Essex county-courts seal dates back, certainly, to the time, of Andros, as
appears by its impression in wax on the origitral printed writs of capias and
summons returnable to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for that coun-
ty in 1687.

No. 1 of the accompanying lithographic representations of seals is, as the
abbreviated Latin inscription signifies,! the seal of the Superior Court of'
Judicature already referred to. This court was first erected by the act of
Nov. 25, 1692,^ but, having ceased to exist by reason of the disallowance-
of this act, by the Privy Council,§ it was revived, and continued to the end
of the May session of the General Court of 1697, by the act of Oct. 3,
1696.) when it was reconstituted under the name of the '^ Superiour Court
of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Groal Delivery." This laat >
tct,ir and the reviving act of 1696, were disallowed by the Privy Council,
Kov. 24, 1698. Upon receiving notice of this last disallowance. Governor
Bellomont, early in the May session of the General Court of 1699^ urged
tbe Assembly to take immediate steps to reestablish the court, and, aocord-

* Mr. Gtoodell has gratuitonsly furnished to the Keoister the photo-Hthograph illot.
•'•tioDi of hU article, for which the editor hereby returns th.inlc»*. — Editor,
. t Simllum curia SuperiortM ex Provineia Massachusetts- Bay , Nova Aanglia,

\ 1^2-3, ch. 33, ^; Proviuce Laws, vol. i. p. 73.
^ \Kxkg 22, 1696. The date of the letter communicating official notice of tho dUallowance^
•pec. 26, 1695.

I Province Laws, 1696, ch. 6.

1 IM., 1697. ch. 9.

TOL. XXXVII. 32

350 Provincial Seals in Ma$9achu$eU$. [Oct.

ingly, another act was passed* erecting a court with the same title. Thos
organized, it continued its existence until the adoption of the Constitution.
The jurisdiction of the Superior Ck)urt was coextensive with the territory
of the Province, and it had *^ cognizance of all pleas, real, personal or
mixt, as well as all pleas of the Crown, and all matters relating to the con-
servation of the peace and punishment of offenders, as civil causes, or ac-
tions between party and party, and between his Majesty and any of his sub-
jects, whether the same do concern the realty and relate to any right of
freehold and inheritance, or whether the same do concern the personalty
and relate to matter of debt, contract, damage, or personal injury ; and
also all mixt actions which concern both resdty and personalty brought
before them by appeal, review, writ of error, or otherwise, as the law di-
rects ; and, generally, of all other matters, as fully and amply, to all intents
and purposes, whatsoever, as the courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas,
and Exchequer within his majesty's kingdom of England have or ought to

have."t

All these acts required that all the processes and writs of the court should
issue out of the clerk's office, either '* under the seal of said office " or
*' under the seal of said court." Accordingly, we find that a seal of tbe
design here depicted was used from the first organization of the court until
the period of the Revolution, when it was discontinued, and other miscel-
laneous devices were used ; such as an antique head, and, occasionally, what
appears to be the head of Charles Townshend, and, again, the arms of the
Cushings, and of other families, and St. Greorge and the Dragon, — very
similar to, if not identical with, the seal shown in No. 23 ; though this
last device does not appear to have been used after the Declaration of In-
dependence. The use of these miscellaneous seals was continued until ahoat
1785, when the present seal, — issuing from a cloud, a hand holding a pair
of scales in equipoise, with the motto, '^ NuUi negahimus^ nulU vendenm
jicstitiam" — appears to have been adopted, although I have been unable to
find any record of its adoption.!

I have mentioned the fact that the original seal of the Superior Court is
still in existence. Of this fact I was not aware until after my drawings
had gone to the lithographer, when, while conversing upon the general sub-
ject of court seals, in the presence of Mr. John Ward Dean, that modest
and accomplished antiquary put into my hands the veritable original, which
has been intrusted by an officer of the Dorchester Antiquarian Society, tbe
owner or depositary of this interesting treasure, to the keeping of Mr.
Dean, as librarian of the New England Historic Grenealogical Society, which
has the custody of the library and other collections of the Dorchester Societj.
The mingled emotions of surprise, delight and veneration with which I re-
garded this almost miraculously preserved relic of provincial times — tbe
faint and broken impressions of which I had for more than twenty yean
made the subject of desultory but deeply curious study with a view to its
perfect restoration — can be better imagined than described. This was the

• Ibid., 1699-1700, ch. 3-.

t Province LawB, 1699-1700, ch. 8, ^1.

X I found in tbe possession* of the late George W. Jenks, clerk of the conrts forN«ntn(*«t,
an ancient die,— which had been recat on the back for a notary public,— bearing the df-
Tice of an Indian facing to the right and holding a bow, with the inscription, ** S.J. Coosf.
Massaohubetts." This suggested the interesting inquiry, which I am unable to answer,
whether or not such a seal was adopted by the Supreme Judicial Court before the prf^ot
seal. A careful, though not exhaitttive.* search among the files of this ooiHt has disclMcd
no evidence of its use.

1883.] Provincial Seals in Maasachuaetia. 351

seal that — through what unknown vicissitudes during nearly two centuries
— had come to my hand from the hand of Jonathan Kllatson, the first clerk.
With this instrument the first original process that issued from the Superi-
or Court was sealed, and this identical seal was impressed upon the Writs
of Assistance. Stoughton, the first chief justice in the days of William
and Mary, and Peter Oliver, the last chief justice under George III., have
looked down upon this bit of wood and silver in the hands of the earlier or
later clerks ; and so, doubtless, have good old Samuel Sewall, and his neph-
ew, Stephen, and the two Lyndes, — father and son, — and the learned Ed-
mund Trowbridge and William Gushing. Newton and Bullivant, no doubt,
and Overing and Auchmuty, Reed and Pratt, Jeremy Gridley and James
Otis, John Adams and Josiah Quincy, have toyed with this same little in-
strument while chatting with the clerks or nervously addressing the court.
And yet, after more than a century of disuse, and after the fact of its ever
having existed is so far forgotten that not even a tradition of its use lin-
gers in the clerk's office or is known to a judge upon the bench, it is here*
before us, and of the same materials, and substantially as it appeared when
the judges appointed by Sir William Phips first opened court in Boston.
The device is a portcullis, with chains appendantf

No. 2 is the first seal of the Gourt of Vice- Admiralty established for the
district of Boston. It bears the date. May 1, 1716, and from the interior
inscription, which appears to be an abbreviation of ^per curiam" it was
probably designed by the court, which modestly adopted as its device one
of the three anchors on the seal of the High Court of Admiralty in
England.

No. 3 is the seal of the Supreme Gourt of Probate, and is remarkable as
the first use, on a court seid in Massachusetts, of the figure of Justice, or of
the scales. By the Province charter the Governor and Council were em-
powered to ^ doe execute or performe all that is necessary for the Probate
of Wills Granting of Administrac6ns for touching or concerning any Inter-
est or Estate which any person or persons shall have within our said Pro-
vince or Territory." For a short time after the charter went into opera-
tion the Governor and Council exercised probate jurisdiction for the entire
Province; but on the 18th of June, 1692, judges and re^sters of probate
were appointed for the four principal counties, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex,
and Hampshire, without any enabling act of the legislature, but by a dele-
gation of judicial functions, according to the civil law, the rules of which
were followed in the ecclesiastical courts. This delegation of judicial func-
tions was continued during the provincial period until propate courts were
established in all the counties, and recognized by the legislature in numer-
ous acts enlarging or defining their jurisdiction, establishing the feea of their

* The original seal was prodnoed at this meetinfr, and handed around for examination.

t This device, which is strictly heraldic, wait adopted by Henry VII. in tolcen of hin de-
scent from the house of Beaufort, on whose escutcheon it was originaliy borne. Ho added
the motto, Altera $eeuritas, *' impiying that, a< a portcullis in an additional defence to a
gate, so his descent from the Beaufort family [which is traceal)le to John of Gaunt] afford-
ed him an additional title to the crown." From the time of Klizabeth— if not from that
of the first of the Tudors— it has been the principal badge on the collar of S8 worn by the
Lords Chancellors and Lords Chief Justices of Kngland. The identical collar worn by
Sir Edward Coke, and bearing this badge, was in the possession of Mr. Justice Coleridge as
lately an 1876. In pictures of the High Court of Chancery and Court of King's Bench of
th« time of Henry vL, or earlier, preserved in illuminated M;SS., the justices, though cind
Ib scnrlet robes and the coif, do not wear collars, nor is the portcullis represented in th()
encntcheons on the walls of the conrt-rooms. Sir Thomas More, who was appointed Ix>rd
Chancellor in 1530, and whose portrait was painted by Holbein, is represented as wearing
the collar containhig this badge.

352 Provincial Seals in Massachusetts. [Oct.

judges and registers, and providing for the security of heirs, distribntees,
and creditors, and for the faithful performance of duty by executors, ad-
ministrators and other appointees of these courts.

That these inferior ecclesiastical tribunals were supposed to authenticate
their peculiar processes by official seals, appears not only from the actual
practice of these courts, but also from the act of Nov. 1, 1692, for the pun-
ishment of criminal offenders,* which exempted judges and registers of
probate from liability to conviction of forgery for innocently affixing *• their
seal of office " to any forged will. Of these seals particular details will be
given hereaf:er.

Appeals from the probate courts lay to the Grovernor and Council as the
Supreme Court of Probate, which, afler the establishment of the county
tribunals, retained, or rather exercised, only this appellate jurisdiction. No
attempt seems to have been made by the Governor and Council to sepa-
rate the performance of their judicial functions from their ordinary transac-
tions in their executive capacity until Feb. 9, 1760, when, at the instance
of Governor Pownall, who prepared and laid before the Council an ela-
borate account of their probate jurisdiction,! they formally organized a
Supreme Court of Probate, and adopted the seal here depicted.}

No. 4. This most interesting seal is remarkable as being the first seal
ever adopted by a judicial court in Massachusetts. It was designed in
1680,§ to be used on the probate letters issued from the SufTolk County-
Court, and in 1692 was adopted as the seal of the Inferior Court of Com-
mon Pleas, and the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for that county.
The only impressions of this seal that I have discovered being upon paper,
over a wafer, and either lightly made, or else much affecte<l by time, I
had great difficulty in making it out. However, by comparing many im-
pressions, I was, fortunately, able to ascertain, with sufficient accuracy,
even the most obscure details of the device and inscription.

No. 5 is the seal of the Probate Court for Suffi^lk County, as shown by
the legend, in abbreviated Latin. || Seventy-two different impressions of
this seal, selected from files contained in more than sixty-five hundred en-
velopes, were carefully studied and compared in order to accurately ascer-

• Province L»«W8, 1692-93, eh. 18, $8.

t See this message of Governor Pownall's, printed in Appendix III. to Quincy's Msbi.
Reports, p. 673.

X " Ordered, likewise, that there be a seal provided and appropriated to the use of this
court."— Orrfwin Council: Ibid.

^ I must acitnowledge my indebtedness to John Cofiln Jones Brown, E^q., for this im-

Sortant item. Since the meeting at which tiie accompanying lithographs were exhibited,
[r. Brown referred me to the following entry in the Records of the County Court: '* At
a County Court, held at Boston, 25 January, Ao. 1680 [-1] Preaent, 8n. Bradstreet, Ksqr.,
Gov,

Wm. Stouohton '

Joseph Dudley

Hump' Da vie VEanw

John Riohardb f ^ *

Samuel Nowell

John Hull

Ordered, that the Clerke provide a Sealc for the Courts use to annex to probate of wills
and grants of Adm<^on the circumference thereof to bee the same of a Siiilling and a Ship
engraven thereon with this inscription Sioillum Comftatus Supfolci*.**

Mr. Brown also called my attention to the resemblance between this seal and the Admi-
ralty seal of Boston, in Lincolnshire, Eng., the device on which he has incorporated in the
seal which he inireniously designed for the Bostonian Society.

II Sioillum Comitatua Suffolcia, in Nova AnpNa, de Prohatione TeHfimentorum : — The
seal of'^the Probate of Wills for the County of Sutfolli in New England.

.883.] JProvincial Seals in MassachusettB. 353

ftin the details of the device and the surrounding inscription. The swan
\ an ancient heraldic royal device used even by P2dward IIL, but chiefly
J the Henrys, IV. and V., who derived it from the Bohuns. No special
eason for its adoption here has been discovered.

No. 6 is the seal of the common-law courts of Essex County, and is a
lonogram for *' Essex.** Over the monogram is a legless bird, and beneath
: a fleur-de-lys, each between two groups of dots, which may have been in-
?nded for roses or, possibly, estotlet. This ancient seal, which, as I have
Iready said, is still in existence, though somewhat changed by wear and
ccasional recutting, is now used as the seal of the Board of County Com-
lissioners, which succeeds to the administrative functions of the old Court
f Sessions. It was originally designed for the Inferior Court of Common
Meas, as has already been said. Later, it was impressed upon the subpce-
as and other processes used by Stephen Sewall, clerk of the Special Court
f Oyer and Terminer, before which the persous accused of witchcraft were
*ied in 1692 ; although the warrant for the execution of Bridget Bishop—
nd, perhaps, all the other '* death-warrants " — was sealed with the private
rms of Stoughton, the chief justice.

Upon the establishment of the Court of Common Pleas and Court of
essions, in 1692, it was adopted by them, and continued in use as the seal
f those courts until they were abolished.

No. 7 is the seal of the Probate Court for Essex County, and was
iopted at the time of the establishment of the court. The device — a lion
impant — still appears on the seal of that court, though, since the Revolu-
on, the legend ** County of E^sex *' has been substituted for the Latin
iscription of the original seal.

No. 8 is the seal of the common-law courts of Middlesex County. The
imirable condition in which the files of the Inferior Court of Common
leas and of the Court of Sessions for that county are kept enables us easily
» trace the use of this seal back to 1692-93, but the loss of the more an-
CDt files of the County Court leaves us in doubt as to its earlier use.
amuel Phips, the first clerk under the Charter, occasionally sealed war-
ints and subpcenas of the Court of Sessions with a stamp on which his in-
ials were cut enclosed in a circle. In the seal here depicted the illiterate
sal-cutter omitted a 'M " in *< Middlesex," and evidently intended ** Reg-
try " by the anomalous word " Regisley."

No. 9 is the seal of the Probate Court for Middlesex County. A natu-
ilist would hardly be able to classify the bird here represented. The de-
ioe intended was, undoubtedly, in the language of the heralds, '^ a pelican
[lining herself." The absence in this case of the characteristic pouch of
16 pelican is not more remarkable than the absence of one of the two legs
laracteristic of all perfect birds. If the ^' gouts " of blood that are repre-
snted as falling from her self-inflicted wounds were nourishing her brood
-ound her, she would be described by the heralds as *' in her piety," and
le appropriateness of this device, for a probate court, might then be more
pparent ; but it is difficult to understand why the attention of the afflicted
etitioners to the Probate Court of Middlesex should have been officially
died to this example of wanton self-injury.

No. 10 is the seal of the common-law courts of Plymouth County. It
I still preserved by the Clerk of the Courts, though not in use. This is
>rtunate, since the ancient files of .the Glerk*« office were recently almost

.VOL. XXXYU. a?*

354 Provincial Seah in Mtissachuseits. [Oct.

totally destroyed by fire. Oa a few of the scattered papers of early date
that were saved from the fire, I was, by the kiudness of their possessors,
enabled to discover the impression of this seal, and to observe that it has
undergone but very slight change since 1692.

No. 1 1 is the seal of the Probate Court for Plymouth County. As the
legend implies, the person here represented as kneeling is the '' rdicta^" or
widow. She holds in her left hand the extended hand of her *^ orphan "
child, and in her right hand, what — though it more nearly resembles a fan
or bunch of cigars — must have been intended to represent a petition to the
judge. The antique costume of these figures is noticeable, and might be
referred to a period much earlier than the date of the establishment of the
Probate Court in this county ; I have not, however, found an instance of
the use of this seal before 1707. It was probably adopted by the first judge
of the court, about 1702, and is still in the custody of the Register of Pro-
bate. The present seal of the same court exhibits the same legend and
device, though the latter, sesthetically, is much improved.

No. 12 is the seal of the common-law courts of Bristol County. It bears
date 1 687, which, no doubt, is the date of its adoption, although the first io<
stance of its use on record is Nov. 28, 1 689, while Stephen Burton was
clerk. Like the other county seals herein described, it was used for the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of Greneral Sessions of the
Peace, until they were superseded by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

No. 13 is the Probate Court seal of Bristol County. This drawing was
made from nine fragmentary impressions on wax, discovered in a careful
search through more than twenty-eight hundred different envelopes of the
filed papers of this court The results of this careful scrutiny left nothing
for conjecture except the first three letters of the word •' county," which
were not on either of th^ fragments found. No instance of the use of this
seal has been discovered before 175o, and from the comparatively modern
appearance of the letters of the inscription, as well as from the neatness
of the workmanship, I should suppose it to be not older than 1750.

This seal evidently represents a probate court in session. The judge,
wearing a curled wig, sits at the lefl, in his gown and bands, holding a book
or paper in his left hand, which he keeps open with his right hand, while
on his left, and behind a table, sits the register. On this table is an ink-
stand in which a quill-pen stands upright. Another pen, and a book or
fold of paper, lie before the register, whose lefl arm is extended upon the
table wliile with his right hand he is passing to the judge a folded letter.
In the background, between the judge and the register, is a Doric col-
umn or pilaster, and between this and the judge is a casement, or window,
with lozenge-shaped panes. A parquetry fioor extends from the edge of the
table-cloth — which hangs in folds nearly to the floor — to the extreme front
of the foreground. The whole design presents a curious and interesting
picture of what may be fairly considered an actual scene in New Euglaud
in the middle of the eighteenth century,, or earlier.

There was considerable irregularity in the use of seals in the Pro-
bate Court of Bristol before and after the earliest known instance of the
employment of the seal here depicted. Other seals were used by the same
officers who used this seal. Thus, Judge Blagrove, — 1729-44. — or his
register, Stephen Paine, used a shield, with an inscribed heart nearly fill-
ing the field, and an estoile of eight points, or rays, for a crest ; and Judge
Leonard, or his son, the register of the same name, after X747, used differ-

1883.] Provincial Seals in Massachusetts. 355

ent armorial devices, — sometimes a double-headed eagle, displayed, and
sometimes a Jiou rampant, with his name, " George Leonard," circum-
scribed ; he also used a small seal representing a lymphad, or other vessel,
opposite a port flanked with towers, and superscribed, " Porto Bello."

No. 14 is the seal of the common-law courts of Worcester County. A
seal of substantially the same design is still used by the County Commis-
sioners, and is known as the county seal. An enlarged representation of it
hangs on the wall of the law library in Worcester. It continued to be
used for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of Sessions from
1731, when the county was established, until these courts were superseded ;
and some of the best impressions of it may be seen on writs filed in the
clerk's office in the years 1812-15.

No. 15 is the seal of the Probate Court of Worcester County. The
bird here intended I conceive to be a turkey, though neither nature nor
the heralds have anywhere produced its archetype. The peculiar fitness
of this device as an emblem for this county and court is not obvious on its
&ce, nor have I been able to discover any further facts relating to its adop-
tion than that it was used by the first appointed officers of the Probate
Court. After the Revolution it was disused, and has long been forgotten
by the probate officers and even by the antiquaries.

No. 16, as appears by the inscription,* is, strictly, the seal of the Pro-
bate Court for Hampshire County, — wiiich originally included Berkshire,
Hampden, and Franklin, — but it appears to have been, also, the only seal
used by the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and of the Court of Sessions
for that large territory. It dates back, undoubtedly, to 1692, when the
Probate Court in Hampshire County was first established.

No. 17 was drawn from a fragment of what is supposed to have been
the original Probate Court seal of Nantucket County. Of the impression
of this seal, — all of which are indistinct and fragmentary, — it is possible
that the more perfect ones may have been made by applying the seal twice,
so as to partly overlay a former impression, thus rendering the inscription
more obscure, and producing the appearance of four arch-diadems where
only two should appear. In 1715, while this seal was in use, and while
James Coffin was judge and Eleazer Folger was acting as register, I find
used as a seal, an impression of arms which appear to be a chief, indented,
and a chevron. Just before the Revolution, and later, another seal, not
infrequently used, was a crest, — a wy vern, or cockatrice ; more probably
the latter. This last-mentioned seal was used while Grafton Gardner was
jadge and Frederick Folger was register. In 1771, under the same judge
and register, the device of St George and the Dragon (No. 23) was also
used in a few instances.

No seal for the common-law courts seems to have been specially adopted
in Nantucket; it is certain that the files saved from the fire of July, 1846,
show no such seal ; and the supposition is confirmed by the practice, since
1800, of sealing the writs of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas with
the reverse of a cent, or with any other coin or instrument that could be
conveniently employed for that purpose.

No. 18 is the seal of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and Court of
General Sessions of the Peace, for Cumberland County, which was set off
from the County of York in 1760,t and, with the parent county and the

* SigiUumy Comiiaius Hamptonia, de Probaiioue TetiamerUorum,
t June 21, Province Laws, 1760-61, cb. 7.

356 Provincial Seals in Massachusetts, [Oct.

county of Lincoln, remained a part of Massachusetts until Maine was ad-
mitted info the Union as a sovereign State in 1820. This seal continued
in use after Maine became a State, and it is yet the county seal.

Unfortunately, the great fire in Portland in July, 1866, which destroyed
the court-house, consumed all the files and records of the probate office,
which was, too confidently, deemed fire-proof. I have not yet been able to
learn from any other source whether or not there was a probate seal from
the establishment of the court, which is as old as the county. The earliest
impression of a seal of this court that has come to my notice is of compar-
atively recent date, and nearly resembles, except in point of size, the seal
now in use. The device is an urn surrounded by an inner inscription,
^^iBQUiTAS SuPERSTiTiBus," and an outer inscription, ^Cumberland
Probatk Court." At least three distinct seals, substantially identical in
design, have been successively used by this court ; but the first of these has
not been traced back further than thirty years.*

No. 1 9 is all that I have been able to make out of the seal of the courts
of Lincoln County, which was set off from York County in 1760, by the
act above mentioned. At first no seal was specially adopted for any of
these courts ; but, at a Court of Sessions held at Pownal borough, June 1,
1762, the following order was passed : '^ Ordered that a seal presented by
Samuel Denny, Esq., the Motto whereof being a cup and three mullets, be-
ing the lawful Coat of Arms of the said Denny's Family, with the said
Denny's name, at large, in the verge thereof, be accepted, and that it be
established to be the common Seal of this Court"t

Denny was, at that time, chief justice of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas for the county, and William Cushing — afterwards distinguished, suc-
cessively, as a justice and jchief justice of the Superior Court of Judicature
of the Province, and chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the
Stat«, of Massachusetts, and a justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States — was judge of probate. Jonathan Bowman, at that time clerk of
the courts and register of probate, used this seal alike in common-law and
probate proceedings ; and his successors continued the practice certainly as
late as the beginning of the Revolution.

A seal much used on writs and probate papers in Lincoln County, be-
fore the adoption of the Denny arms, was the head of one of the Greorges,
— a seal occasionally used officially, and sometimes on bonds and deeds, in
other counties. This device is shown in No. 24, and it is not unlikely that
seals bearing this royal likeness were to be had of the stationers or haber-
dashers of that period.

Nos. 20, 21, and 22, are seals formerly used in Barnstable County.

All the court and probate files of this county were lost in the fire which
consumed the court-house at Barastable on tho night of Oct 22, 1827.
Fortunately, however, most of the books of probate records were saved,
and in the first volume of these, Barnabas Lothrop, the first judge of pro-
bate for this county, not only made the first record of a letter testamenta-
ry,} but affixed his seal thereto in wax. This impression is shown in No.

« I have seen a letter of administration and a letter of guardianship granted in 1797,
when William Oorham was judge and Samoel Freeman was register, l>oth of which let-
ters bear the impression of seal No. 18 ; and I have not yet seen a paper of earlier date
than tliese, that was issued by the Court of Probate for this county.

t Sessions Records, Lincoln County, vol. i. p. 17* I find no Goa,firma|k>n of the daigi
of this family to these arms.

I Will of Edmond Hawes, Sept. 2, 1693.

' ^ Mil

1883.] Provincial Seals in Massachusetts. 357

22. No. 20 was used by Nathaniel Otis while he was clerk, in 1729, as
the seal of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. No. 21 was used from
1730 to 1750, while John Sturgis was clerk. This last may have been
used as the initial letter for Barnstable, or for Bourne — members of that
family having held either one or more of the offices of the Common Pleas
or Probate Courts during this period. On the whole, the indications are
that no particular seal for either of the courts of Barnstable County was
adopted during the provincial period.

In Dukeb County I find occasionally used as the seal of the Probate
Court an intricate monogram, the faint and imperfect impressions of which
I have been unable to decipher.* In 1715 the initials **B. S." occur, be-
ing evidently those of Benjamin Skiffe, who was then judge of probate.
Later, I find a mitre sometimes us6d, and sometimes two keys crossed sal-
tierwise, among the miscellaneous devices appearing upon the papers of the
Probate Court ; but no evidence that a seal was specially adopted for any
of the courts.

York County seems also to have been without a regular court seal for
either of its courts. Very early, an obscure monogram was used on the
writs of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas ; and the impression of a seal,
still more obscure, but which possibly may have been the same, is found
on a few early probate papers. Finally, the common-law courts seem to
have adopted the device — shown in No. 23 — of St. George and the Drag-
on. This continued in use certainly as late as 1820.

The seal last described was occasionally used by the probate officers in
1731, and again ten years later. Towards the end of the term of Charles
Frost, who was register of probate from 1700 to 1733, a small double mono-
gram of his initials, '^ C. F.," was used, and occasionally a rudely cut crest,
— a stag, lodged. Simon Frost, while register, — 1744-66, — also used a
seal bearing only his initials, rudely cut. Under Judge Jeremiah Moulton,
however, — 1746-65, — which covered most of the time during which Simon
Frost was register, the seal most commonly used appears to have been a fesse ;
in the chief, two swords crossed, sal tier- wise, and in the base a mullet :
crest, a mullet. I have not ascertained to what family these arms, which
are very neatly and artistically cut on the seal in question, belong. This
seal continued to be used occasionally on probate papers as late as 1821.
In 1776, under John Bradbury, a bird — perhaps a dove or a raven, and,
apparently, a crest — was sometimes used. While David Sewall was regis-
ter, the full arms of the Sewalls — a chevron between three bees : crest, a
bee, — were used under Judge John Hill ; and the crest, simply, under
Judge Joseph Simpson, in 1779. It appears from the foregoing that the
Register, rather than the judge, appointed the seal of the court.

In the County of Berkshire, which, as has been said, was set off from
Hampshire in 1761, do seal seems to have been regularly adopted by either
of the county courts. Among the miscellaneous devices used in sealing the
betters of the Probate Court, from 1773 to 1784, was one that appears to
have been the original corporate seal of Princeton College, New Jersey.
I^rivate coats of arms were also used for the same purpose then and earlier.
Although it is not my purpose at this time to describe seals that were
^ot in use before the adoption of the State Constitution, I will so far over-
step my proposed limits as to observe here that the first seal used in Berk-

* This majf hayc been a don bio monogram for " J. Atheam/* — Jabez Athearn having
»ttu for many years register of ttie court.

358 Lonpneadow FamilieM. [Oct.

■hire CoaDty wis the prohftte seal, which sppesn to hare been adopted
about 1797, and which coutinoed in use nntil 1811 or 1812. It bore snb-
stantiallj the same derice as that npon the State seal, with an inscriptioQ
showing that it was the seal of the Probate Coart. This was superseded
by another seal, which first appears in 1813, on which are represented two
figures ; one evidently meant for the judge of probate sitting in a round-
backed chair, and the other, a small boj standing before the judge, whose
left hand is laid tenderly upon the boj's head, while his right clasps the
boy's left hand. It is inscribed, *^ Seal of the Court of Probate, Berk-
shire," with an inner inscription of ^ Mass." on a scroll abore the judge's
head. This seal, having been broken, was repaired, when the seal-cutter
took the liberty to substitute a straight-posted chair for the judge's seat,
and to make other slight changes in the design.

A regular seal for the common-law courts of Berkshire seems to have
been first used at the June Term of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
in 1804 ; and it probably continued to be used by that court and the Court
of Sessions until the establishment of the Circuit Courts of Common Pleas.
The device on this seal was an awkward figure of ^ Justice," with her
head extending into the verge of the seal, holding a sword in her right
hand and a pair of scales, equipoised, in her left hand. The inscription ii,
Sio. Cox. Pleas. Be&k* Mass.

LONGMEADOW (MASS.) FAMILIES.

Commonicated bj Willard S. Axlbit, A.M., of East Boston, Usss.
[Continued from toL ttttL page 315.]

David Lathrop, of Longmeadow, son of Thatcher and Submit Lathrop,
was born April 26, 1758, and was married January 28, 1789, to Anne Chip-
man, daughter of Ebenezer and Mehittable Chipman. Their children —
Halsej, born Feb. 23, 1790. Joseph, born SepL 8, 1791, died June 29,
1842, aged 50. Almira, born Jan. U, 1793. Anne, born Dec 24, 1794.
Nancy, bom March 13, 1796. Fanny, born Nov. 19, 1798. Sally, bom
April 19, 1801. Lucy, bom May 28, 1805.

Ensign Larin Lathrop, of Longmeadow, son of Thatcher and Submit
Lathrop, was married to Miriam Foster, daughter of Pelatiah and Phebe

Foster, of East Windsor. Their children — William, bom . Miriam,

born , died March 5, 1829. Lyman, bom . Lorin, bom March

27, 1817.

Solomon Lomis, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth, of Lebanon, and gniod-
son of Capt George and Mary Col ton, was married Feb. 22, 1784, to Lacy
Colton, daughter of Solomon and Lucy Col ton (page 66). Their children
—Lucy, born Aug. 9, 1784. William, born Oct. 8, 1786. Lucretia, boni

\_Page 167.] Israel Markfiam, of Longmeadow, son of Darins Mark-
ham, of Enfield, was born June 6, 1775, was married Sept 3, 1794, to La-
cina Kibbe, daughter of Capt. Gideon Kibbe and Bridget his wife. Tbdr
children — Lucina, horn Feb. 20, 1795. Jerudha, born Aug. 7, 1796. Is-
rael, bora Oct. 7, 1797. Nathan, born Aug. 27, 1800, died Sept. 2, 1808.
Irena, born Oct. 16, 1802. Harriet, born July 31, 1804. Gideon, born
March 4, 1806. Samuel, born Feb. 29, 1808.

1883.] Longineadow JFamilies. . 359

[^Page 168.] Ebenezer McGregory, of Longmeadow, son of Ebenezer
•nd — McGregory, of Enfield, was born , and was married Nov.

20, 1777, to Susanna Bradley, of Tolland, Ct He died July 16, 1822.
Their children — Ebenezer, bom Jan. 11, 1779, died Oct 12, 1826. Jabez,
born Aug. 24, 1780, died Sept. 6, 1780. Joseph, born Feb. 12, 1782, died
Sept. 17, 1828. Susanna, bom June 15, 1785. Hannah, bom Nov. 13,
1789. Thankful, born March 12, 1792. Sinah, bom Oct. 18, 1794. The
fitmilies of the sons, see below. Susanna the daughter was married to Jo-
uah Blodget Hannah was married, Nov. 22, 1808, to Abel Pease.

Ebenezer McGregory, of Longmeadow, son of Ebenezer and Susanna

HcGregory above, was married ^ 1801, to Polly Crane, daughter of

Aaron and Mary Crane. He died Oct. 12, 1826, age 48. Their children
— Polly, born OcL 3, 1802. Ebenezer, bom July 13, 1804. Jabez, bom
Oct. 17, 1806. Emeline, bom Nov. 17, 1808.

Joseph McGregory, of Longmeadow, son of Ebenezer and Susanna Mo-
Gregory above, was married Jan. 27, 1807, to Ruth Billings, daughter of
Lieut. Thaddeus Billings. Their children^-Joseph, bom July 27, 1808.
Norman, born June 19, 1809.

[Page 1 69.] Joseph Mills, of Longmeadow, a foreigner by birth, was
married Dec. 19, 1769, to Sarah Dodge, of Colchester, in Connecticut He
purchased a tract of land of William Stebbins in the eastern part of Long-
meadow. Their children — John, born June 1, 1770. Joseph, bom May

24, 1772. Anne, born Aug. 18, 1774. William, born Jan. 24, 1777. Tho-
mas, born May 2, 1779. Samuel, born May 4, 1781. Stephen, bom Au-
gust 22, 1782. Martha, born Dec. 10, 1785. Betsey, born Sept. 30,
1788. Israel, bom Sept. 25, 1791. Joseph Mills the father died July 19,
1800. Afler his death the whole family at different times left the town.

Tilly Merrick, of West Springfield, son of Dea. Joseph Merrick and
Mary his wife, was married — a second marriage of his — to Lovice Colton,
daughter of Dea. Aaron Colton and Mary his wife. Their children — Par-
nel, born Feb. 7, 1779, died . Lucinda, born Dec. 27, 1780, died Nov.

21, 1807. Aaron, born Dec. 14, 1782. Daniel, born March 20, 1785.
Tdly, bora Nov. 12, 1789. Lovice, born Jan. 80, 1792.

[^Page 170.] Nathaniel Mun, of Springfield, son of Dea. Nathaniel and
Sarah Mun (as supposed), was married Dec 28, 1721, to Hannah Colton,
daughter of Capt. Thomas and Hannah Colton. Their children found on
record were — Hepsibah, born July 21, 1725, died Aug. 30, 1725. Na-
thaniel, bom July 12, 1727. Isaiah, born Sept. 16, 1730. Ebenezer,
born March 25, 1733. Hannah, born March 2, 1735. Lydia, bom Feb.

25, 1739. Nathaniel Mun the father with his family removed to Monson,
ID which town he and his wife died. [ Vacant to page 174.]

Timothy Nash, a native of Hadleigh, was married to Pmdence Smith, of
Hadleigh, date of their publishment Jan. 13, 1722. Their children found
on record were — Elizabeth, bom Dec. 31, 1722. Phinehas, bora Oct 17,
1724. Pradence, bora Dec. 31, 1726. Judah, born Dec. 31, 1728. Joel,
bom June 19, 1731. Abigail, born Oct 1, 1733, died April 23, 1738.
Ilmothy, bora March 20, 1736, died Jan. 9, 1737. Ebenezer, bapt Jan.
80, 1744. Timothy Nash removed with his family to Ellington not far
from the year 1750, and it is supposed died in that town. Judah his son
graduated at New Haven College, 1748, and settled in the ministry in the
town of Montague.

Heraoon Newel, of Longmeadow, son of Dea. Abijah Newel, of Mon-
lODy and Hepsibah his wife, was married Nov* 18, 1801^ to Loic9 Burt,

360 LongmeadoV) Families. [Oct.

daughter of JonathaD and Hannah Burt, page 30th. Their children —
Edwin, born Nov. 10, 1802, died Aug. 16, 1826. Polly, born July 1, 1804,
died at South Iladley. Simeon, bom Sept 8, 1807, died Aug. 28, 1808.
Simeon, bom Feb. To, 1810. Nathaniel Prior, born Feb. 25, 1817. Har-
riet, born Sept 28, 1820.' Hermon Newell died Sept 19, 1833, age 59.
Lois Newell died April 30, 1836.

Benjamin Newel, of Pittsfield, was married Nov. 2, 1800, to Mary Col-
ton, daughter of Capt Ebenezer and Miriam Colton. Their children^*
Mary Colton. l>orn March 29, 1803. Hiram, bora July 28, 1805. [ Va-
cant to page 177.]

Amos Parker, of Longmeadow, son of Amos and Mary Parker, of Sha-
ron, state of Vermont, was married Oct 2, 1805, to Anne Hale, daughter
of Thomas and Ann Hale. Their children — Lydia, born April 6, 1806.
Thomas Hale, born Dec 24, 1807. Cynthia, bom Aug. 9, 1811. David,
born June 25, 1813, died Dec. 14, 1831. Chloe, bora April 26, 1815.
Amos Parker the grandfather died May 1, 183G, age 79.

[Page 178.] Lemuel Parsons, of Springfield, was married March 27,
1780, to l^largaret Colton, daughter of Asa and Margaret Colton. Their
children — Amos, bom Sept. 10, 1780. Cloe, born April 18, 1782, died
August, 1783. Mary, born Feb. 21, 1784, died August, 1794. Lemuel,
born Dec. 2, 1785, died Sept 2, 1786. Asa, born Sept 2, 1787. Austin,
born June 6, 1789. Simeon, born May 20, 1792. Polly, born June 8,
1797. Margaret the mother died Nov. 13, 1806.

Amos Parsons, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Margaret Parsons
above, was married Oct. 1802, to Mehittable Prince, of Springfield. Their
children— Seth, born Feb. 2, 1803. Oliver, born March 13, 1805. Mar-
garet, born March 11, 1807. Lucius, bom Feb. 28, 1809. Elvira, bom
Sept 30, 1811. diaries, born Sept 6, 1816. Mehittable, bom Jan. 14,
1814. Amos, born May 3, 1820.

Isaac Pease, of Enfield, son of f^zekicl and Hannah Pease, was married
Dec. 19, 177r), to Submit Spencer, daughter of Capt Hezekiah and Mary
Spencor. Their children — Oliver, born Sept 5, 1777. Isaac, born March
22, 1779. Daniel, horn Oct 3, 1780. Reuben, born Dec 2S, 1781. Sub-
mit, born Oct. 3, 1783. Calvin, born April 13, 1784. Abel, born May 6,
1787. Submit the mother died Jan. 30, 1813.

[Page 179.] Isaac Pease, of Longmeadow, son of Isaac and Submit
Pease, of Enfield, was married to Betsey Terry, daughter of Col. Ter-
ry, of Enfield. Their children — Betsev, born June 17, 1804. Solomon,
born Sept. 9. 180G. Isaac Terry, borii April 11, 1809.

Peter Pease, a native of Glastenbury, Conn., was married August 28,
1794, to Anne Bliss, daughter of Asahel and Mary Bliss. Their children
— Sallv, born June 13, 1795. Polly, born April 5, 1797. Sophia, born
March' 9, 1805. Emelia, born July 'l 1, 1807.

P^nsign Daniel Porter, of Longmeadow, a native of Ellington, was mar-
ried March 5, 1793, to Amy Blodget, daughter of . Their child-
ren — Daniel, born June 27, 1793. Amy, born April 28, 1795. David
Taylor, born Feb. 25, 1797, died March 25. 1802. Wads worth, born I>ec
8, 1799. Cviithia, born Feb. 14, 1802, died March 14, 1802. Emelia,
born March '29, 1803. Polly, born July 3, 1805. David Taylor, bora
April 15, 1807, died March 23, 1811. ,

[Page 180.] Jacob Pratt, of Longmeadow, son of Jacob and Elizabeth
Pratt, of Somers, was married to Mary Cooley, daughter of George. Their
children— Jacob, born March 24, 1773. Polly, born Dec. 16, 1774, died

1883.] Longmeadow Families* 361

Dec. 1776. Pollj, born June 4, 1777. Parmela, born Dec. 14, 1779.
Abner, born Feb. 24, 1782. Noah, born Feb. 16, 1787. Sahanus, born
June 4, 1789. Philence, born July 16, 1791. Jacob Pratt the father died
Jane 2, 1811. Mary the mother died May 6, 1824. [ Vacant to page 184.]

Pyncheon Families in Springfield.

Ist Generation. The Hon. Col. William Pyncheon, one of the first
patentees of the colony of Massachusetts and treasurer of the same, came
to New England in the year 1629 with Governor Winthrop and others.
In the year 1636 he, as principal leader of the first settlers, came from Rox-
bury to Springfield. By the public records it appears that his children,
which were with him in Springfield, were Col. John Pyncheon, his succes-
sor, the wife of Mr. Henry Smith, Mary the wife of Capt Elizur Holyoke,
and Margaret, who was married Dec. 6, 1 644, to Mr. William Davis. By
the records of the General Court of Massachusetts, it appears that Colonel
William Pyncheon published something which the court considered to be
heretical and which gave offence. The court proposed to write to Eng-
land, signifying their disapprobation of the doctrines advanced by Col. Pyn-
cheon, and they also appointed Mr. Norton of Ipswich to write an answer
to the sentiment advanced by Col. Pyncheon. They also suspended him
from his ofilice at Springfield, appointing Mr. Henry Smith to succeed him.
These transactions of the General Court, with some other difiiculties with
people of Connecticut River, are supposed to have been the cause of Col.
William Pyncheon's leaving Springfield and Massachusetts, as it is said he
did, September, 1652, with his son-in-law, Mr. Henry Smith, and returned
to England. He died in a place called Wraisbury, October, 1662, a. 72.

2d Generation. Colonel John Pyncheon, of Springfield, son of Col. Wil-
liam Pyncheon, was married Oct. 30, 1 644, to Ame Willis. Their child-
ren — Joseph, bom July 26, 1646. John, born Oct. 15, 1647, died April
25, 1721. Mary, born Oct. 28, 1650. William, born Oct. 11, 1653, died
Jane 15, 1654. Mehittable, born Nov. 22, 1661, died July 24, 1663. Jo-
seph, e<lucated at Harvard College, was graduated A.D. 1664, was in Eng-
land 1 675, at the time Springfield was burnt by the Indians. He settled
in Boston and died unmarried. The family of John follows this. Mary
was married Oct. 5, 1669, to Joseph Whitney. Mrs. Ame Pyncheon the
mother died Jan. 9, 1699. Col. John Pyncheon the father died Jan. 17,.
1703.

dd Generation. Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, son of Col. John and
Ame Pyncheon above, was married to Margaret Hubbard, daughter of the
Rev. William Hubbard, of Ipswich. His wife remained at Ipswich during the
Indian war, where his children were born, and after the war they settled

at Springfield. Their children were — John, bom , died July 12, 1742.

ICai^ret, born . William, born , died Jan. 1, 1741. Margaret

the daughter was married to Nathaniel Downing, of Ipswich, and had 8ix>
children, viz.: Nathaniel, John, Margaret, Jane, Lucy and Anna. The
fitmilies of the sons John and William, see below. Col. John Pyncheon
the father and his father were men of great improvement in their day, both
u the county and town wherein they lived, as appears from records. The
second Col. John Pyncheon was one of the commissioners of the united col-
onies. He died April 25, 1721. Margaret his wife died Nov. 11, 1716.

fTo be coatinaed;] i

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362 Soldier$ in King Philip't War. [Oct.

SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIPS WAR.

Commanicated hj the Rer. Qborob M. Bodob, of Dorchester, Man.

Continued from page 285.

No, IV.

Major Thomas Savage and the Forces under him.

A SUFFICIENTLY full and concise account of the family of Tho-
mas Savage may be found by consulting Savage's Genealogical
Dictionary. He was bom in Taunton, Somerset Co., England,
son of William Savage. Came in the " Planter" to Boston, April,
1635, aged 27. Admitted freeman in May following, was an ori-
ginal member of the Artillery Company, and was chosen its captain
in 1651, and several times afterwards. He married Faith, daughter
of William and Ann Hutchinson, in 1637, and for sharing the views
of Ann and her brother-in-law. Rev. John Wheelwright, he was dis-
armed by the Court, and joined with Coddington and others in the
purchase of Rhode Island, whither he removed in 1638, but returned
the same year. By his wife Faith he had seven children between
1638 and 1652. Faith died February 20, 1652, and the following
September he married Mary Symmes, daughter of Rev. Z^echariah,
of Charlestown, by whom he had eleven more children. He was
almost constantly in public oiGce, and was especially prominent in
all the military affairs of the town from 1651 onward. He was cap-
tain of 2d Boston militia company from 1652 to his death in 1682.

It is the purpose of this article to give as fully as possible the
operations under Major Savage, and facts connected with this Mt.
Hope campaign, and the names of men serving with him not previous-
ly mentioned, so that our account of the campaign may be considered
complete. Some details of the opening preparations are here given,
as being rather connected with the movements of the general force
than separate companies.

It will be remembered that the first actual attack of Philip was
upon those people of Swansey who lived nearest to him. An ac-
count of this attack was sent to the Massachusetts Council by Gov.
Josiah Winslow of Marshfield. His letter is in Mass. Archives,
vol. 67, page 202, dated June 21st9 and sayd the attack was made
on the day before, and asks the Massachusetts Colony for aid only
in protecting them from the alliance of Philip with the Narraganset
and Nipmuck Indians, which tribes are within the jurisdiction of
Massachusetts ; says that if Plymouth can have " fair play " with
their own Indians he trusts they can take care of themselves. On
the same paper is a copy of the answer of the Council, assuring
him of immediate assistance, and that they will send messengers

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 363

with all speed to both Narraganset and Nipmuck. This answer is
dated June 21, "at 5 o'clock."

On the same day an order was passed in the Council to Capt.
Edward Hutchinson, Seth Perry and William Towers, givin": com-
mission and instruction for taking a warning message to the Narra-
gansets, and to leave a letter for Roger Williams at Providence.
This message is in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 201, in a paper
directed to " Moosucke [Mootucke], Ninigret & Squa Sachem, of
the Narraganset & Nyantic Indians." A paper containing the
agreements of the Nipmuck chiefs is in vol. 80, page 169, of the
Mass. Archives. Upon June 24th came news of the general out-
break, and further appeal from Plymouth. The Council hastily
despatched two messengers to Philip, who, arriving at Swansey, dis-
covered the two men who were slain that day lying in the road, and
thus warned of the futility of their peaceful mission, returned to
Boston without speaking with Philip. I find by a letter** from the
Council to Gov. Winthrop of Connecticut, that these two messen-
gers were Capt. Savage and Mr. Brattle.

Extract of the Massachusetts Council's letter of June 28, 1675,
to the governor of Connecticut :

"and dayly wee heare of the Increase of trouble the Gov' of y*

Colony [Plymouth] hath frequently solicited us for Ayde w^** as soone as wee
could possibly Raise wee have sent to y*™. It's certified from Plymouth
and Swansey that both the Narragansets and Monliegins have sent ayd to
Phillip. We sent messengers to the Narragansets & Nipraucks to warn &
caution them not to Assist Phillip or if any were Gon to command their re-
tarne, our messengers are returned from both those places, the Nipmucks
speake faire and say that they are faithful to the English and will not Assist
Phillip, the Narragansets say they will not medle but there is more reason to
BUR{)ect the latter and wee believe Uncas is not unconcerned in this matter,
all our intelligence gives us ground to believe that the poore peofde in
those parts are in a very distressed condition in many respects, their houses
burned, their people kild & wounded they not able to make any Attempt
npon the Indians wanting both victuall ammunition and arms w*^h bath oc-
casioned us to send greatt forces for their reliefe, we have sent above three
hundred foot and about eighty horse besides several carts laden with mu-
nition and with goods and provisions and armes, moreover we are sending
two vessels with provision and munition to suply y* forces, y* vessel Is to
serve as there shall l)e cause, We sent Capt. Savage and Mr Brattle 4 days

"* This letter is of great importance in several respect*) in tlie li^Iit it throws npon those
hw basy days. It is in tlie M:i.ss. Archives, vol. 67, p.ige 201), and i.s the original draft, con-
Uiining many erasures and cxirrections. It is judged to t)c in the handwriting of ThomaM
Danforth, who was then First Commissioner of the United ColonicK. It is endorsed
br Edw. Rawson, as follows: *' Ron^h draft of Couneirs letter to Connecticot Gov'.
iLni. June 28, 1675.** The figure 8 in tlic date is Momewhat obscure, hut the reference in
the letter to the Fast ai>p<)inted for " tomorrow *' (which fast we know to have been on tlio
29th) proves the date of writing to have been on the 28rh.

It i« hoped to print this letter in full hereafter, but in this present article there is not
room. The fin t half of the contents refers to a detailed account of tlie troubles at Plymouth
Colony, and relates their situation and anpeal for aid, and then goes on with what the Mas*
MU:bo«etta Colony has done to help them. This copy here given is mostly from a partially
fbvised copy of the draft in the hand of Mr. Rawson, ou page 210.

364 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Oct.

since to 9peake with Philip who are returned but could not obtaine speech
with him, The Council have appointed a fast tomorrow to seek Grod in this
matter and a blessing upon our forces, How far his tribes may spread is
with the Lord our God to order, There is reason to concieve y* if Phillip
be not soone [suppressed ?] he and his confederates may skulke into the woods
and greatly anoy the English & y* the confederacy of the Indians is larger
than yet wee see. Maj. Gen^^ Denisou was chosen for to goe Greneral of
these forces, but he being taken ill Capt Savage is sent Commander-in-chief,
Capt Prentis commanding y* horse, Capt. Henchman and Capt Mosley,
Capts of y* foot. Our eyes are unto y* Lord for his presence w'*' y*™, &
hope you will not be wanting in y' prares and watchfulness over the In-
dians, and particularly we request you to use y' utmost authority to re-
strain the Hon begins & Pequods. E. R. Sec'y."

By inquiry I found that this letter, dated June 28th, is preserved
in the Connecticut Archives, and also two others which are not in oar
own. By the kind offices of Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, State Libra-
rian of Connecticut, and member of our society, I have been fur-
nished complete copies of both. One is of July 5th and the
other July 10th. I wish here to record my acknowledgments not
only for the favor itself, but the careful copying by his own hand.
The favor will be appreciated by all on reading the extracts of these
letters given below, from Conn. Arch., War Docs., Vol. I. Doc. 5 :

" Boston July 5«» 1675
" Hon'* Gent" By our former dat the 3* of this instant wee gave you a
briefe account of the late outbreaking of the Indians in the Plimouth Colo-
ny at Swanzie and p*" adjac' and since y* wee received the enclosed declar-
ing the deplorable condition of those at Taunton in the same Colony wee
have at their re(}uest accomodated them with ammunition and men, ie. ab*
80 troopers furnished with carbines & small musketts ah* 100 dragoones &
ab* 100 foote soldjers so that with their attendance for waggons &c. y'
whole may be neere 400 men also two vessells well fitted with men provi-
sions & ammunition we have sent ab* the Cape to accomodate all their ne-
cessityes so farr as wee could judge necessary," &c.

The remainder of the letter discusses the affairs of the United
Colonies relating to the arming and management of the Indians not
yet engaged with Philip, and is signed by Edward Rawson, Sec'y,
on behalf of the Court, and is superscribed,

" These to the Right Worshipf*^ John Winthrop Esq' Gov'n' of his
Maj'^' Colony at Connecticot p^sent, To be communicated to the Council
there."

Extracts of the letter of July 10"^ 1675. Conn. Arch., War
Docs., Vol. I. Doc. 7 :

" Capt Hutchinson w*** ab* 100. of our forces went from o' head-
quarters upon Tuesday last to y* Narrogansets to demand an ace* of their
actings wee expect hourely intelligence w* they have done there which will

be a great guide to us in our further motions "

^* Yesterday came six men sent from Uncas to assure his friendship & offer

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 365

his service ag* Phillip or other enemjes of y* English with a Tre from Mr
Fitch to whome wee have returned o' answer declaring to Uncus y* if he
will send hostages to y* Englisli for the assurance of his faitlifuhiess wee
shall accept his offer " &c, &c. " Signed Edward Rawson, Sec*y

By order of the Council."

On page 207, vol. 67, of the Archives, is the Court's instruction
to Thomas Savage as major of the Massachusetts forces in this expedi-
tion under Maj^r Gen. Denison as commander-in-chief of the colony,
closing thus : " And in case the Lord should disenable y' General
so as to take him of the service you shall take charge and command
of all according to the commission given unto him," &c.

By reference to Article No. 1 of this series, it is seen that Major
Savage had been commissioned for this expedition on or before June
24th, and the Court had then voted to raise one hundred horse and
fifty foot. These constituted the companies of Henchman and Pren-
tice, and together with Capt. Mosely's men, made up the number
to two hundred and sixty men, besides officers and teamsters, &c.,
which force, estimated in round numbers at three hundred, marched
out of Boston on June 26th. As to the exact time of Major Sav-
age's marching, or the force with him, the accounts are somewhat
vague and conflicting. I give briefly the various references bearing
upon this point ; and first, it is certain that Capt. Paige's troop
numbered, according to the treasurer's credits, thirty-six men in-
cluding officers. The statement in the above letter claims over
three hundred and eighty men to have been sent, up to June 28th.
The writer of the '' Present State of New England," published in
Mr. Drake's Old Indian Chronicle, page 129, says Capt. Thomas
Savage, the Major General in that expedition, "with sixty horse and
as many foot went out of Boston having prest horses for the footmen
and six carts to carry provisions." And on page 131 says, "About
the 25th of July the General returned with twelve men to guard his
person." The first statement is misleading and of little authority,
since the writer has not mentioned Henchman and Prentice's com-
panies at all, and seems to have known only of Mosely's men, to
whom he devotes considerable space.

In Mather's "Indian War," strangely enough, no mention is
made of Major Savage in relation to this first campaign. And Mr.
Habbard, the most reliable of all, relates in reference to this partic-
ulart that Major Savage came up " with other supplies " on the eve-
ning of June 29th. On the next day they moved forward into
Mount Hope neck, " with a troop of horse in each wing ;" encam|)-
ing that night (June 30th) "in the open field " in a heavy rain.
Next day (July 1st) they marched back to Swansey. That night
Capt. Prentice's troop rode to Scekonk, and Major Savage appears
to have remained at Swansey, July 2d, awaiting their return. On
July 3d Henchman and Prentice searched the swamps between
JSiransey and Rehoboth, and Capt. Mosely " and Capt. Paige with

TOL. XXXVIL 83*

866 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Oct,

hifl dragoons attending on Major SavagOy" marched back into Mount
Hope. Mr. Church's account is extremely vague in reference to
this campaign, especially in regard to the Massachusetts forces,
making no mention of Maj. Savage by name. Henry Trumbull
published a book some seventy years ago, which is notable only
for its display of ignorance and the utter absurdity of its persis-
tent misstatement of facts ; but the author seems to have stum-
bled upon a statement near the truth when he says that Major
Savage ^ arrived with an additional company of cavalry.'^ After a
diligent search among published accounts and unpublished sources
of information, I am unable to find any further reference giving
light upon this point, except that the Journal has no credits under
Major Savage for this campaign, save the following, viz. :

Septs* 1675
Thomas Savage for service as Major and other charges, 22 00 00

Sept. 28th.

John Paine. 02 00 00

John Williams. 01 04 00

Theophilus Frary, Commissary. 03 04 00

Toten, Chirurgeon.** 16 00 00

Jacob Eliott, Commissary. 00 15 00

Feby 29^ 1675-6

Peter Gennings. 01 10 00

Mr. Joseph Dudley also went out with Major Savage, and re-
ceived on Sept. 14th credit of 08 11 04, for salary as chaplain.

In regard to the two vessels, I find in Mass. Archives, vol. 67,
page 207, the following papers :

'^ Committee implojed for this present Expedition against the Indians,
ordered to send the folIowiDg provisions aboard the Sloope Swanne, where-
of Samuel Woodbery is master to be sent for the supply of our forces. Viz'
2000 weight*' of Bisket, 40 barrellsof pease in casks, 10 Barrells of Pork,

<° William Locke was the rcfralar snrgeon who went oat with the army on Jane 26th,
as will !>e seen by reference to Mass. Archives, toI. 69, padres 58 and 60, and referred to in
article No. II. of this series. This ** Toten " was Dr. John Touton, a Hagaenot, who at this
time lived at Reholxith, and his senrice may be inferred in part by the following order in
Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 221 :

Order to Mr John Toton to take " Peter Sympkins, Robert Smith and Isaac Ratt, to at-
tend " him and ** go for the releife of the wounded "...** and in case of their refasal yon
are required by the Constables to send them forthwith to Capt Hudson who is required to
send them to Boston.** Dated July 22, 167o.

>^ It will be seen by this supply, that Massachusetts then, as always since, showed a gen-
erous appreciation of the appetites of her soldiers. To the uninitiated the above bill of fare
may not seem particularly inviting; but to any one who has been a soldier and knows the
meaning of " pea-ponldge-hot." the item " 40 barrels of pease'* will carry its own con-
victions. Bisket, stripped flsh and raisins, as marching rations, compare favoral)ly, HC(*.ord-
Jng to my experience, with the " hard-tack '* and ** salt-horse ** furnished us by* the U. S.
Commissaries in 1861-6. I cannot testify to the '* Rumme," as I belonged to a Maine regi-
ment ; but many times I have sat down by the camp-fire to a dipper of ** pea-porridge-
hot '* and a sop of bread, as to a royal feast.

In the line of the alx)ve information is this cnrioas old paper in vol. 68, page 13>5. A
" Committee's estimate of what Provisions &c will serve 500 souldiers one month.'* ** Bis-
kett lo"^, Porke 20 barrills, Beefe 30 barrills (or some think only Pork and send salt),
Bacon lO^wt. Cheese 10«: Stockins & Shoocs 200 pr each, Shirts* & Draws 100 of each,
Wastcoiits 50, Walletts 100, 300 small baggs for each man to carry nokake, 300 bush oates,
100 bush barley, 50 bush Indian come parched and beaten to nokake, 6 bar. powder, 12^**
ibott. FUnts 20ct."

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 367

10 Kin talis of drye fish, 1 hogshead of Rumme, six jarra of oyle, 4 barrells
Raisins, 1 Barrell of sngar, 1 hogshead of salt, ^ cask of wine. Moreover

you are to load aboard the Brigandine called the [Joseph] whereof

Edward Winslow is Master the like quantity of provisions as above ex-
pressed abating only two barrells of Raisings <& with two barrels of powder

one in each vessell You are also to take bills of lading of

these goods and to bee delivered to the Commissaries of the Army Theoph-
olus Frary and John Moss or either of them.

Dated in Boston 28 June 1675

By the Council E. R. Sec'y.*'

And on page 211, same date :

** Instructions to Edward Winslow, Master of the Joseph.**
" You are hereby ordered forthwith as wind and weather will permit
with your vessell to sail to Swansey or as near thereunto as you may and
there deliver to Left Theophilus Frary and John Morse, Commissaries for
this Colony and the forces (now) under the conduct of Major Thomas Sav-
age all such provbions Armes &c now on board you for the use of the army.

Signed John Leveret, Gov'."

It appears from the letter above of July 5th, that these two vessels
had sailed before that date. From Hull's Journal, pages 10 and
11, which I have restored from the Ledger, the following credits
are obtained :

August 20, 1675
Maritime Disbursements Dr To Viz.

Samuel Woodbury.*" 03 00 01 John Kennedye Als. Can-
Robert Breck. 01 05 00 nede. 02 09 00
Joshua Matson. 01 10 00 John Ball. 02 09 00
Nath* Phillips. 01 10 00 William Christian. 02 09 00
Henry Rock als. Cock 01 10 00 Nathaniel. Huett. 02 09 00
William Cantrell. 01 10 00 Redeemed. Scott. 02 09 00
Nathaniel Gallop. 02 00 00 Simon Daniel. 02 09 00
Thomas Alson. 01 10 00 Thomas Norton. 02 09 00
William Hascall. 0110 00 John Mane. 02 02 00
Samuel Cross. 02 16 00 Edward Perkins. 03 19 00

William Aldridg. 03 10 00

The first nine in the above list I presume to have been the
master and crew of the ** Sloope Swannc ; " the rest were probably
on the "Brigandine" Joseph. Edward Winslow was master we
know, and Samuel Winslow was of the crew of this vessel, as
I find by this order of the Council, July 24th (Archives, vol.
67, page 226) : "Ordered that Edward & Samuel Winslow, now
on board the Brigandine be released to come home." By the let-

•» In Vol. II. Coloninl History of New York, Holland Documents, I find by report of a
coandl held at Fort William Hendrick, May 26, 1674, that •• Cupt. Cornells Ewoiusc arriv-
ed here this day with his Snow the Zehont, reports havint; captarcd three small NfW Eng-
land prizes." One of these was the i^loop Swan, of which Samuel Woodbury was master,
who Ap|)cared and declared that he lived at Swansey and was part owner of the Sloop, and
that John Dixy's widow of Swansey owned the other part, and that he was captured '* near
Prudence Island." The vessel and cargo were confiscated by the New York Colony, but
on June 29 following were released.

368 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Get-

ter of Capt. Henchman, published in Article No. I., it appears
that he left this vessel at Pocasset on July Slst, when be went in
pursuit of Philip, leaving five files of his men at Fort Leverett.
And I infer that the vessel had left that place before August 9, when
he was ordered by Gen. Denison to return and draw off the men,
since he was to leave there such provisions and ammunition aa ^ for
want of carriage " he could not bring with him.

In regard to other matters referred to in the above letters, it
will be seen that the statement, in the letter of July 5th, of forces
sent, is simply a restatement of that in the former letter, and not,
as might appear at first, additional forces sent to Taunton. No such
additional forces and no other vessels were sent at that time.

Capt. Edward Hutchinson was despatched to the forces at Mount
Hope on July 3d, and paid £5.00.00 on that day by the Court's
order. There went with him, as appears by the Journal credits,
the following men :

Edward Hutchinson jun' 00 12 00 John Minott. 00 10 00

John Rennet. 00 19 00 Nathaniel Holmes. 00 10 00

Sam^ Williams. 00 10 00 John Ruggles. 00 12 00

Hucrh Clark. 00 10 00 Dec' 20. 1675

John Pason. 00 10 00 James Barrett 00 12 00

The explanation of the passage in the letter of July 10th, relat-
ing that Capt. Hutchinson with about one hundred men went from
our headquarters to the Narragansets, &c., is probably this : In their
orders to Major Savage by Hutchinson, the Court doubtless left the
details of the embassy to the discretion of the officers at Mount
Hope, and they determined to march in full force. Hubbard re-
lates that Capt. Mosely crossed over by water to attend Capt.
Hutchinson in his despatch, the others going around. It is likely
that Capt. Hutchinson sent back some of his own men with the mes-
sage of his departure, and from this the Court made their report
to Connecticut Colony.

The negotiations with the Mohegans, of whom Uncas was chief
sachem, are of peculiar interest, but must be deferred to a sep-
arate chapter, with only brief allusion here. On the return of the
six Indians referred to in the letter, Ephraiin Curtis was sent to
conduct them, taking along three Natick Indians, who volunteered
to accompany hira. They went by way of Marlborough, where, at
the Indian fort, they were warned of the danger of the journey by
the friendly Indians gathered there, and Curtis heard of the plun-
dering of his own house at " Quansigamug " (Worcester) and was
shown some of the plunder which the marauders, the Nipmucks, had
brousrlit thither^ and thereupon the Naticks declined to go on unless
more men were added to their force. Upon his application to the
constables of Marlborough, two men with horses and arms were
pressed for this service. These were John and James Barnard,

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Soldiers in King Philippe War.

369

who receive credit in the Journal under date of Sept. 14th, 1675.
With this force he conducted the Mohegans safely home, and on his
return sought out the Nipmuck sachems and had a romantic inter-
view with them. A full account of this journey may be found in
his long and interesting letter, of July 16th, to the Court, preserved
in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 215. The result of the negotia-
tions with Uncas was that he sent two of his sons to Boston as host-
ages, and his eldest son and successor, Oneko, with fifty men, to
assist the English against Philip. These were sent to Plymouth
Colony under the conduct of " Quartermaster Swift and a ply of
horse," as Major Gookin relates. Their subsequent proceedings,
joining with the Rehoboth men in the pursuit and battle with Philip,
their brief service with Capt. Henchman and return home, have
been related in a former article. The Mohegans got as wages the
plunder they seized from Philip. Swift" and his ** 'ply of horse "
were credited as follows, Sept. 16th, 1675 :

Thomas Swift, Corporal
Martin Sanders.
Samael Hayden.
Ebenezer Hayden.
Benjamin Badcocke.
Samael Whiting.
Nathaniel Ballard.
William Hawkins.
Thomas Toleman.
Joseph Penneman.

The other company of Indians that went out in this campaign
was enlisted by Maj. Gookin from the various friendly tribes about
Boston, agreeably to an order of the Court of July 2d, and to the
number of fifty-two marched out of Boston on July 6th, under the
conduct of Capt. Isaac Johnson, who delivered them to Major Sav-
age at Mt. Hope, and then " returned back." Seventeen** of these
were with Capt. Henchman when he crossed from Pocasset to Pro-
vidence, July 31st, in pursuit of Philip. Others were credited, as
we have seen, under Capt. Prentice, the rest returned to their
homes ** after 25 days," according to Major Gookin. The popu-
lar prejudice against these Praying Indians seems to have extended
to our early historians, who, except Gookin, seldom mention them
or their service ; and since they were not generally credited on the
treasurer's book, it is extremely difficult to give a correct account of
them. According to the testimony of Major Savage, Capts. Hench-
man and Prentice, ^ most of them acquitted themselves courageously
and faithfully, '^ and we know that the Mohegans, in company with

<* Thomiu Swift, of Milton, who married, in 1657, Eliza Vose, danghter of Robert, of
whom more hereaftiBr. •* Tly of horse," i. e. a small body of horse.

** Oookin's account says that about half were " sent home and diiibanded after 2d days.*'
Alio says above 20 were with Henchman in the pursuit.

00 13 06

Joseph Crosbey. 00 07 06

00 07 06

Thomas Smith. 00 07 06

00 07 06

Thomas Blighe. 00 07 06

00 07 06

Samuel Blighe. 00 07 06

00 07 06

Sept 28*^ 1675

00 07 06

William Harris. 00 07 06

00 07 06

Asaph Elliott. 00 07 06

00 07 06

James Barrett 00 07 06

00 07 06

March 25th 1675-6

00 07 06

Moses Pain. 00 07 06

370 Soldiers m King Philip's War. [Oct.

the Rehoboth men, did the most effective fighting of the whole
campaign.

We have noted the various elements that made up this expedition
under Major Savage, and now, counting the regular forces that went
out at first under Henchman, Prentice and Moselj as 250 men,. and
under Paige 35, we have but 285 men, 95 less than the number
stated in the letter of June 28th. This seems a large number to
allow as guards and attendants, but I think that some twenty-five
or thirty men besides Paige's troop went out with Major Savage and
joined the companies already there. It will be remembered that
121 men were credited under Capt. Henchman, nearly all of whom,
after a diligent comparison of their credits and subsequent service,
I conclude must have joined him as early as July 1st. And this
reckoning still leaves a large margin for attendants and guards.
The round number of ** about 400 '* in the letter of July 5th may
have included the men of Capt. Johnson, who conducted the 52
^ Gookin " Indians, but not, I think, the Indians themselves. It is
barely possible that the crews of the two vessels were counted, mak-
ing about twenty men additional. The reference to *' dragoons " is
explained by the fact that Capt. Henchman's company was furnished
with horses. See his commission in Article I., '* to take charge of
the said Company of foote mounted as dragoons," &c.

The "Guards and Carriage" account does not show an amount
of expense corresponding to the large number apparently employed
for that service, the total amount for the several campaigns up to
January 25, 1675-6, being but £16.10.00. Some of the guards
in this first expedition were charged directly to Plymouth Colony,
those evidently who guarded the carts sent with ammunition, &c.,
to supply their wants. The following were thus charged at
£00. ()3s. OOd. apiece for guarding their ammunition : Richard
Smith, Thomas Lawrence, James Hoxly, James Montt, Ebenezer
Hill.

And these are all that I can find credited as guards for this expe-
dition, so that I must leave the discrepancy between the numbers
that plainly appear from the Journal credits and other various
sources, and the statement of the letter of June 28th, to be filled in
by the number of oflScers, doctors, quartermasters and their attend-
ants, and also allow for some who returned home sick or disabled,
or else deserted and received no credit on the books, though reckon-
ed in the statement of the Court. This campaign closed, as con-
cerned Major Savage, when he returned to Boston about July 20th.

Major Savage appears not to have been actively engaged in the
war after this campaign until the following February, but in the
mean time as an enterprising merchant, a town commissioner, cap-
tain of an important company of Boston militia, with charge of its
training and the impressment of quotas for active service, the latter
a difficult and trying matter, we can see that he was not idle. The

1883.] Soldiers in King Philips War. 371

eituation of affaire in the colonies at the beginning of February,
1675-6, was somewhat as follows : The summer and autumn cam-
pai^s in the west had not made any material gain for the English ex-
cept in experience ; the Narragansett campaign had resulted in driving
that tribe and the Mount Hope Indians to the north and west ; their
women, children and old people, that survived the Fort fight, were
scattered about amongst the various tribes nearest them ; Piiilip and
his fighting men were thus left free to range up and down, overaw-
ing the smaller tribes, inciting the stronger to hostility against the
colonies ; his agents and friends were active in all the tribes ;
himself with a body of his men had retired as far as the woods
above Albany, where they were supplied with abundance of arms
and ammunition by the Dutch ; as a wanderer and outlaw he had
nothing further to lose and everything to gain by the war ; the young
men of the tribes looked upon him as a great leader, and were eager
to follow him ; large bodies of Indians were drawn together in vari-

ous places ; most of the Nipmucks, with some Narragansetts, were
encamped at Wenimesset (now New Braintree) ; many others from
different tribes had gathered about Mount Wachuset ; another large
encampment was at Squakeag (Northfield) and beyond, whither
many of the tribes about Springfield and Hadley had withdrawn.
And all these made common cause with Philip, and were in an atti-
tude of warfare. Thus Philip, at bay, and with nearly the whole
force of the New England tribes in active sympathy with him, was
far more dangerous than at Mount Hope. The English, on the
other hand, were weary of the war which they had carried on for
seven months, at immense expense of means and men, without ap-
parent gain. The people in the frontier towns were mostly withdrawn
into garrisons, their homes broken up, farms laid waste, and they
living in constant dread of the lurking enemy. Military skill and
bravery could avail but little against the tactics of a skulking foe,
who came when and where least expected, nearly always striking
those least prepared, applying the torch, shooting from the safe co-
vert of the woods, and, before effective resistance could be offered,
vanishing again to the forests. The Indians were intimately
acquainted with the habits and plans of the colonists and knew just
when to strike and where, while the English knew nothing of their
movements except from the friendly Indians,** whom they mostly
distrusted.

Such was the posture of affairs in February, 1675-6, when Philip
was preparing to strike an effectual blow against the colonics. On

** The Enjriish had many of these friendly Indians acting; as spies and scoats, who cii^
coUUed quite freely among Pliilip's allies, and Immf^lit intelligence of their plans; but their
reports wore often received with distrust, and the Council wa^s slow to act apon them, and
io many cases their neglect was followed by disaster. One of these spies, James Quanna-
pobit, alias Rumncymarsh, after \isiting the Nipmucks at Wenimesset, near Brookfield,
DTOoght word to Boston on January 24th, of the intended attack upon Lnncastcr and other
towns, but too little heed was paid to his warning, and so these places were one by one at-
tacked, and seyeral destroyed.

372 Soldiers in King Philip's War. [Oct.

Febniary 6th, the mnnj Tetaming from the Narragansett coimtiy to
Boston was disbanded. On the 8th the Commissioners of the Unit-
ed Colonies voted to raise another army of six hundred men for
a campaign in the west. No quota was required from Plymouth.
On the 10th Lancaster was attacked by the Nipmucks.** On the
15th Mosely and his company were ordered to Sudbury, and about
that time Capt. Oakes with his troop was scouting from Lancaster
to Medfield, and was at the latter place when it was assaulted on the
21st. On that day the Council voted to raise one hundred foot and
seventy-two troopers to fill the Massachusetts quota of the proposed
army. Major Savage was captain of this foot company, but when
he was commissioned as commander of the Massachusetts troops
on the 23th, his lieutenant, Benjamin Gillam, succeeded to that
company's command. Capt. John Whipple was appointed to com-
mand the troopers, and Capt. William Turner marched out with
another company of foot.

John Curtice and six friendly Indians from the Island were to
serve as guides. The Massachusetts troops were ordered to march
immediately to Brookfield, to join the Connecticut men under Maj.
Treat, and Major General Denison was appointed commander-in-
chief of the combined forces, and ordered to Marlborough to direct
the movements of the army.

Our forces joined those of Connecticut under Major Treat on the
2d or 3d of March*' at Brookfield, and advanced to attack the In-
dians at Wenimesset, but the enemy, having intelligence of the
design, fled before our troops arrived. Our dragoons, it is said,
followed a part of these as far as Paquayag (Athol), where they
crossed the river and escaped towards Northfield.** By this pursuit,
and against the earnest advice of the Natick scouts, our army was
diverted from the intention of attacking the Indians gathered near
Mount Wachuset, and instead marched into Hadley on March 8th.
Their coming, however, seems to have been opportune, as the evi-
dent design of the large force of Indians gathered near was upon
the towns on the river. On the 9th they attacked Westfleld with
a small force, and on the 14th assaulted Northampton in full force,
but were repulsed. Major Treat and the Connecticut forces having
entered the town the evening before, and Capt. Turner's company
being already stationed there. The further details of this expedi-
tion must be deferred to the future accounts of garrisons and the
several captains and their companies. The best account of this
campaign now published is, I think, Mr. Judd's History of Hadley.
Besides the many letters written at the time by the chief men at the

01 It is not certain whether PhiMp was at this attack or not. The weight of aathority if
against the supposition. The matter will ))e discussed hereafter.

•7 Notice the mistalce made in the date of Capt. Mosely's march in the April No., p. 188.

«s Mrs Rowlandson was with them a captive, in this retreat, and ^ves an accoant of the
aifiiir. They arrived at Northfield on March the 7th, went up the nrer and crossed to the
west bank, where on the 9th they joined Philip and a large body of Indians encamped there.

1883.] Soldiers in King Philip's War. 373

weat and the officers of the army, there are many interesting papers*'
in the archives of Massachusetts and Connecticut throwing: lin^ht
upon the subject.

The following letter of the Council to Major Savage shows some-
thing of the closing movements of this campaign, and is copied in
full from the original in Mass. Archives, vol. 68, page 191. It is
dated Ist April, 76.

Maj' Savage,

Wee receved your letters by the post dated 28*^ of march and perceve
both by yo" and Mr NoweFs letters that Coneticut forces are drawne of &
that by reason of the numerousnes of the enimy (according to yo' informa-
tion ) you are not in a capacity to pursue y™, also you intimate y* feares of
the people of those townes y' in case you bee drawne of w*** y°^ forces
y' they wilbe in danger to be destroyed by the enimy allso wee under-
stand that the townes are unwilling to attend our advise to draw into a nar-
row compass whereby wee conced they would have been able to defFend
themselves better, but Northampton desires more soldiers to be added to
y*' former number, they offer to mayntayne all soldiers both for wages and
victuall the result of the Council touching this matter is y* wee are willing
for present that you leave soldiers to assist those townes not exceeding 150
men choosing such as are fittest for that service and as neare as you can
All single men Leaving Capt Turner in Capt Poole place ; with the Rest
of the Army we exp^ly comand you to draw homeward ^ endeavf in yr returne
to visit ye enimy aboiU Backqttake Sf bee careful not to bee Deseved by yer lap-
wing stratagems: by drawing you of from yr nest to follow some men; Butt
if Maj' Treat and the Conetecut forces should returne & yHt be advisable
to march after y' enimy to Dearfeld &c. wee leave you to y** liberty to act

as you shall judge Best ; but if y* Conetect men re-
Incapacitated to^'fu^ tume not or after a returne draw of again,* then o'
uieracv-n by reason of exp*"* order is to bee upon y®' march homewards & in

flteht o">«°eiTmy °' ^^^ returne to endeavor to visit the enimy as in o' past

was exp"***; If you should not meet with the eni-
my then we order you to retreat to Marlborow and wait their for further

^ ^ ^ . , orders** Wee have latle sent Capt.

*«froin tbem sent n another letter /^ c nu i * ^'t.\ u * ka

to bim as sews by order & both Gravs of Charlestown with about 50 men

•Igiied l«t April 76. and 30 horses laden with provisions & Am-

£. R. ^^*y» ,y munition to Quabauge ordering him to take

y' charge of y' Garrison for p'sent and to
returne y* horses & men w'** S'' Ingram, so y' wee wilbe sufficiently re-
emited w'^ ammunition at y^ fort at Quabauge, touching that Rebuke of
Grod upon Cap* Whiple and y* poore people at Springfield it is matter
ol great shame and humbling to us. The inteligence by the woonded
woman of what y* enimy said to her ; wee have reason to apreheud much
of it is false <& y* they have not such numbers at Dearefield neither
are the Narragansetts or Nipmucks there ; o' Reasons are because at
this p'sent time & before y^' letter were dated a great Boddy of In-
dians and wee conceive they are Narragansetts have done great mis-

0* In a letter of March 28th Mtgor Savage gives the Council some account of his move-
ments, of the attack upon the people at Longineadow, of the withdrawal of the Connecti-
cat forces, of the gathering of large numbers of Indians about Decrficld and Northfield, and
tbe danger threatening those towns. This letter is iu the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, page 189.

TOL. XXXYU. 34

374

Soldiers in King Philippe War,

[Oct.

cheif at Secancke and Providence neare Secancke apon last Lordaj Capt
Peirce with about 100 English & Indians Ingaged with a great body
of them about 5 miles from Secunke neare Mr Blackston the conseqnent of
w^** fight was y' Peirce was slaine and 51 English more with him & 11
Indians y' Assisted him their escaped of y* whole company not above 7 or
8 English & y* rest the enimy tooke all y' arms and two horse loads with provi-
sions ; there was a great body of indians as y* escaped report & environed
y"^ Round Capt Peirce with a smaler p^ had a skirmish with about 50
of them y" day before and did y™ mischeife & came of without loss w'*'
\_sic] On the same Lord day another party of indians assalted Marlborow in
y^ time of afternone execise they burnt 13 deserted houses &'ll bams at
y' time & 3 men were woonded. The towne of Lancaster is wholly desert-
ed Groton can abide no longer y" untill carts bee sent to bring y" w*^ will
bee next weeke, Chelmsford wee feare will bee soone nessecated to do y* like
& what Meadfeld and other fronters towns may shortly bee put upon y*
Lord know, these things considered you may see the Nessecity of having
o' Army nearer to us this day wee had intelligence of y* enimies assault-
ing and burning Providence and Rehobath : They earnestly sent for
succor but we have y" not we have now about 700 men out in those
westward par(s at Marlboroh and o' other fronters and wee are at a
plunge where to raise more & kepe the heart in any competent safty.
Thus committing you to God desiring his presence with & protection over
you wee Remaine

Wee have sent out a single Indian from ye Island to carry A letter to y^
enimy aboute redemption of Captives, heei [is] ordered to carry a flag of
truce if hee come into your Army let him bee returned in safty.

The following are the credits given under Major Savage, whose
company in this campaign, from February, 1675-6, to May, was
under the immediate command of Lieut. Gillam :

April 24*^ 1676'

David Rainsford.

02 06 00

Phillip Bullis.

18 00

Joseph Andrews.

02 02 00

William Pasmore.

18 00

Richard Scott.

03 07 00

James Hughes.

18 00

Henry Phillips.

02 02 00

June 24«' 1676

Richard Woody.

02 09 08

Joseph Pollard.

01 00

Benjamin Gillam, Lieut.

05 15 06

Jonathan Fairbanks.

07 00

Samuel Rust

02 02 00

Maurice Truelove.

16 00

John Hand.

01 16 10

Richard Keates.

02 00

Samuel Meares.

02 09 00

Phillip Bullis.

09 00

John Hull.

09 06 00

Zibeon Letherland.

02 00

James Hughes.

02 02 00

Joseph Shaw.

02 00

Nathaniel Richards.

03 07 00

Joseph Gannett.

02 00

Henry Cooke.

01 18 06

Thomas Clark.

12 06

John Goff.

02 02 00

Samuel Douse.

02 00

Thomas Read.

01 13 04

Zekery Fowle.

10 00

Moses Pain.

02 11 04

James Boone.

02 00

Benjamin Burges.

02 12 02

John Mulbery.

07 00

John Chapman.

02 02 OO

Gilbert Cole.

04 00

Samuel Bill.

02 02 00

'o These three were paid off perhaps to relieve their families. Bullis and Pasmore were
paid by Jeremiah Ellsworth, constable of Rowley, and in the Archives, 68, page 153, is t
pitiHil petition from ** Jadah Balies " for the release of her husband or relief for herself
and her children.

1883.]

Soldiers in King Philip's War.

375

Edmund Gage.

02 02 00

John Sage.

01 13 04

Ezekiel Levitt.

02 01 00

Thomas Chapman.

01 19 04

Manasses Beck.

02 09 00

July 24"» 1676

John Figg.

02 01 00

Samuel Rigbey.

03 14 00

Benjamin Thurston.

03 03 00

Richard Woods.

02 01 00

Joseph Newell.

01 18 06

Joseph Pecke.

02 13 00

Richard Rogers.

06 17 00

Benjamin Badcock.

03 07 00

Simon Rogers.

02 00 02

John Alger.

01 03 04

Thomas Simkins.

01 10 00

William Gerrish.

06 11 00

Theophilas Thornton.

02 02 00

George Abbott.

02 02 00

Thomas Savage jr.

04 02 04

Christopher Cole.

01 16 00

Joseph Bodman,

01 12 06

Charles Blinco.

01 16 00

Thomas Williams.

02 02 00

John Mausell.

01 17 08

Thomas Bridges.

02 02 00

Thomas Wright

02 02 00

Thomas Savage, Major.

28 00 00

John Sargent.

01 17 08

John Williams.

02 02 00

August 24'»» 1676

James Chevers.

02 02 00

John Wells, jr. (Weld)

01 16 00

Daniel Landon.

02 02 00

Jonathan Barker.

02 02 00

Richard Beffer.

01 16 00

James Brayley.

03 03 00

Joshuah Hughes.

03 03 00

William Stratton.

02 02 00

Francis Shepheard.

02 08 00

Thomas Howard.

03 10 00

Thomas Dure.

02 02 00

Thomas Emes,ds. Fames. 01 08 04

William Pollard.

02 02 00

Joseph Knight.

02 02 00

John Marsh.

02 02 00

Sept. 23*

Robert Smith.

02 02 00

Henry Willis.

01 16 10

John VViswall.

04 11 00

John Rucfi^les.

02 07 00

James Lowden.

03 07 00

Richard Snowden.

01 16 10

In accordance with his instructions Major Savage withdrew
his troops about April 7th, leaving one hundred and fifty-one men
with Capt. Turner to garrison the towns, and with four companies
under Capts. Mosely and Whipple, and Lieutenants Gillam and
Edward Drinker, marched homeward. On arriving at Brookfield a
coimcil of war was held to consider the later orders from the Coun-
cil, advising an attack upon the Indians at Mt. Wacbuset, but it
was decided not advisable. (The officers had learned by experience
the futility of pursuing the enemy with an army.) The expedition
of Major Savage thus closed.^^ The troops were either returned to
Boston or engaged in other service, and there appear no further
credits under his name. Accounts of Capts. Whipple and Turner
are to be given hereafter, also of other officers mentioned in the
letters.

** In Mass. Archives, toI. 6S, page 208, there is an order of the Conncil to Gen. Denison
to inspect the army returned under Minor Savage, and discharging those unfitted for ser-
▼ice to dispose of the rest as he shall judge best. The order was dated April 10, 1676.

MiNunt HOTORiCAL FACTS are to history as the nerves and sinews, the veins and
arteries, are to an animated body : they may not separately exhibit much of use,
elc^nt or just proportion, but taken collectively, they furnish stren^h, spirit, and
ezietence itself: an historian vrho hath neglected to study them knows but the half
of his profession, and, like a surgeon who is ignorant of anatomy, sinlos into a mere
manual openXat.^Lodge,

376 Genealogical Gleanings in England. [Oct.

GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND.

By Henrt F. Waters, A.B., now residing in London, £ng.

[Continoed fh>m pai^e 240.]

Edward Bell, of St Brevells, co. Gloucester, 16 August, 1649, proved
21 January, 1649. He mentions nephew John Gorges, E^q. In a codi-
cil, 20 August, 1649, he mentions lady Elizabeth Gorges of Ashton Phil-
lips, Mrs. Mary Cutts, ** my " godson Mr. Edward Perkins, Mr. Thomas
Pole, &C. &c. He discharges sundry persons (among whom Mr. Wymond
Bradbury, deceased) " of all debts owing by them to me or my brother
William which became due unto me by his gift.'' Pembroke, 3.

[I suppose that this Edward Bell was a brother of Ann, daughter of Edward Bell of
Writtle, Essex. Ann Bell was the first wife of Sir Fordinando Gorges, and her eldest
son, John Gorges, probably the ** nephew John Gorges, Esq." namra in this will, was
the father of Ferdmando Gorges, author of ** America Painted to the Life." See
Johnson's Wonder Working Providence, edited by William F. Poole, LL.D., and
the notice of it by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter in the Register, xzii. SI3-19.
*' Lady Elizabeth Gorges of Ashton Phillips " was no doubt the fourth wife and wid-
ow of Sir Ferdinando. See Register, zziz. 42-7. Wymond Bradbury may be Wy-
mond Bradbury 'of Wicken Bonant, co. Essex, whom the late John M. Bradbuiy,
Esq., supposed to be the father of Thomas Bradbury, of Salisbury, Mass, (see Rsis-
I8TER, xxiii. 262-6), but if so he died before 1650.— Editor.]

Nathaniel Parker, of East Berghoult, co. Suffolk, Esq., 5 August,
1684, proved 19 August, 1684. To be buried at the East end of the
churchyard near the church of Great Wenham, co. Suffolk. He mentions
his farm of Great Wilsey in Wrating, co. Suffolk. To nephew Philip Par-
ker, Esq., son and heir apparent of Sir Philip Parker, Baronet, all my farm
called the Priory in Great Wenham and East Berghoult, and the advowson
of the church of Great Wenham, for life, and then to his son Philip. Neph-
ew Calthorp Parker, son of Sir Philip Parker. Nephew Sir Philip Parker.
Niece Mercy Parker, nieces Dorothy and Mary Parker, daughters of my late
brother Sir Philip Parker, Knight. Niece Mary Parker, daughter of Hen-
ry Parker, Esq., my late brother. Nephew Henry Parker, son of said
brother. My nephew Philip Gurdon, Esq. To John Gordon, son
of my nephew Mr. Nathaniel Gurdon. To Sir John Barker, Baronet.
To my godson Winiff Sergeant My god-daughter Elizabeth Walker. My
god-daughter the daughter of my nephew Bernard Saltingstall. My nephew
in law Anthony Gaudy, Esq., and my god-son Anthony Gaudie, son of the
aforesaid, and his sister Winifred Gaudie. My cousin Elizabeth Garnish,
widow. Hare, 104.

Jane Williams, of Whetenhurst, co. Gloucester, spiuster, 31 May, 1650,
proved 30 June, 1655. To brother Samuel Williams my Scottish print
bible. To my brother Richard Williams and my sister Elizabeth Wil-
liams that are in New England, each of them twenty shillings apiece. To
Benjamin Williams and Nathaniel Williams, the two sons of my brother
Samuel Williams, ten pounds apiece when they reach the age of twenty-
one years. To John Hall, the younger, my sister's eldest son, ten pounds
and a standing bedstead that is in his father's parlour chamber, my brother-
in-law John Hall's. To Samuel, Daniel and Susanna Hall, the other three

1883.] Genealogical Gleanings in Engla'nd. ^Tl

children of my brother-in-law, John Hall, twenty pounds apiece at 21.
Brother-in-law John Hall to be executor. Aylett, 292.

[It is possible that the Richard Williams, named above, as in New England, was
Richard Williams of Taunton (ante, p. 236) ; but it is not probable. Six other per-
sons by this name are recorded oy tSavage. — £d.]

William Goodrick, of Walton Head, co. York, 21 September, 1662,
proved 25 January, 1664. My two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth. My
daughter Mary and her husband Matthew Elwald. My nephews Sir John
Goodricke and Sir Francis Goodrick. My wife Sarah. My son William
Goodrick. Hyde, 4.

[See RxGiSTXR, xxxvi. 384.— H. F. W.]

Joseph Holland, citizen and clothworker of London, 25 December,
1658, with codicil dated 29 December, 1658. proved 17 January, 1658.
To be buried on the south side of the christening pew in the parish church
of St. Sepulchre, London, between my two former wives. To Elizabeth,
my now wife, late the wife and administratrix of Jeffery Cumber, deceased.
To son Joseph Holland the lease of my house in Green Arbour in said pa-
rish. To son-in-law John Perry and Johanna, his wife, my daughter, and
their sons John Perry and Josias Perry and daughter Elizabeth Perry.
To my said daughter Johanna, certain needle work ** wrought by my first
wife, her mother." To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bessy, in Vir-
ginia. To my son Nathaniel Holland, of Waterton in New England twen-
ty pounds in goods ; to sou Samuel Holland, in Virginia, thirty pounds in
goods or money ; and to each a bible. To son-in-law Miles Rich and daugh-
ter Prudence, his wife. To good friend Mr. John White, grocer, of above-
named parish, and his wife. To Mr. John Andrewes in Fleet Lane. To
my servant John Arnott. To the poor of said parish, in bread, twenty
shillings, to such as Master Gouge will distribute unto. The executor to
be Master John White ; the overseer to be Master Andrews. The wit-
nesses to the body of the will were Hen: Travers Scr: Ellen Booth (her
mark). The witnesses to the codicil were Hen: Travers, John Arnatt and
Thomas Bargett. Pell, 9.

[The family of Nathaniel Holland of Watcrtown, named in this will, is found in
Bond's Watertown, p. 302. Dr. Bond erroneously conjectures that he was a son of
John and Judith Holland of Dorchester, Mass., and he has been followed by other
writers. — Ed.]

Samuel Ive, of Portsmouth, 13 July, 1667, proved 17 August, 1667, by
John Ive, brother and executor. To sister Sarah Putland, of Strood, wife
of Elias Putland, four score pounds. To brother John Ive. To Mary Al-
deridge or any other of our kindred. To my brother Thomas Ive twenty
pounds. To Mary Alderidge, my sister's daughter, twelve pence. To Rob-
ert Reynolds, carver, all my working tools and the time of my servant John
Rauly which he has yet to serve, only six months of the time I do give to
the said John Rauly. To M'*' Reynolds what goods I have in the house,
except my desk and trunk of linen and wearing clothes, which I do give to
my brother Thomas Ive if he live to come home ; or, else, to my brother
John Ive, to whom all the residue. Carr, 107.

[Much about the Ive family will be found in £mmerton and Waters's Gleanings
from English Records, pp. 60-1. — Rd,]

VOL. XXXVII. 34*

378 Genealogical Olearrings in England. [Oct.

Margaret Lane, of London, widow, 16 January, 1661, with addition
made 3 September, 1 662. To be buried in the grave of my late husband,
£dmond Lane, in the parish church of St. Dnnstan's in the £ast, London.
To my sister Martha, wife of William Eaton, now, I think, in New Eng-
land, one hundred pounds within one year next after my decease. To her
five children twenty pounds, to be equally divided amongst them, and also
within the like time, to their said father or mother for their use, and whose
acquittance shall be a sufficient discharge to my executor for the same. To
my cousin Sarah Barett, daughter of my late brother Daniel Jenkin, de-
ceased, and now wife of John Barett, twenty pounds. To her eldest daugh-
ter, Sarah Barett, thirty pounds, and to her son John Barett and her oSer
daughter, Mary Barett, twenty pounds apiece. To the three children oT
my late sister Priscilla HaSiond, deceased, late wife of William Hammond,
ten pounds apiece within one year after my decease. To Thomas Jenkins,
eldest sou of said deceased brother Daniel Jenkins. To my other cousin
Daniel Jenkins, son of said deceased brother, &c &c.

The addition, or codicil, mentions cousin Thomas Jenkins, of Minster, oo.
Kent, who is appointed overseer, the said 3 August {sic) 1662.

The witnesses to the will were Henry Travers, Scr. in Smithfield, Jo.
Newland, Micah Machell and Samuel Fox, his servants.

Elizabeth Jenkin, relict and administratrix, with the will annexed, of
Daniel Jenkins, deceased, executor of above will, received commission to
administer on the estate of the above, 5 August, 1667. Carr, 107.

[*' William Eaton of Staple, husbandman, Martha, his wife, three children and
one servant," embarked for New England in 1637 (Reo. xv. S9). They settled at
Water town (Bond's Watertown, p. 302). They had two children bom in this
country, making in all five children, the number named by Mrs. Lane. — Bo.]

Edmund Muninges, of Denge, co. Essex, the unprofitable servant of
God, 2 October, 1666, proved 18 July, 1667, by Hopestill Muniuges, ex-
ecutor. To wife Markiet ten pounds within one month after my decease,
and the household goods which her father gave her, and that is to say, one
bed, one table, cubbord, one guite {sic) chest, one brass pot, one dripping
pan and four little platters. To second son, Return, twenty pounds within
one year after demand be made for it. To third son, Takeheed, forty
pounds within six months after my decease. To eldest daughter, flarry
{sic) ten pounds within one year after demand be made for it. To second
daughter, Rebecca, ten pounds. Eldest son, Hopestill, to be executor. If
wife Markit prove with child, then to such child ten pounds at age of twen-
ty-one years, t&c. Testator made his mark in presence of William Cooch,
John Spencer and Takeheed Muninge. Carr, 95.

[Edmund Munnings, aged 40, came to New England in 1635, in the Abigail,
Rooert ilackwell, master, bringing with him his wife Mary, aged 30 years, daugh-
ters Mary and Anna, and son Ma^laleel, respectively nine, six and three years of
age. He settled in Dorchester, where he had grants of land, among them that of
Moon Island, *' lavd to Dorchester '* by the General Court, June 2, 1641. This
Island contained about twenty acres of land, and was used for pasturage, it may have
been, for two and a half centuries. On the northerly side was a high oluff; souther-
ly it was connected at very low water, by the bars or flats of the island, with the pro-
montory of Squantum. This island is named on the Dorchester Records, in 1637 aivd
1638, *' Mannings Moone.'* It is, however, no longer an island, having recently
been joined to Squantum by an artificial isthmus in connection with the great Boston
isewer, the reservoir of which is being built here.

Mr. Munnings had three sons, born and baptized in Dorchester, bearing the sin-
gular names of Hopestill, bom April 5. 1637, Return, Sept. 7, 1640, and Take
Heed, Oct. 20, 1642. The Dorchester Church Records say that Hopestill went to

1883.] Cfenealogical Gleanings in England. 379

JSngland. We have also eTidence that the father retnmed and died in his native
dime. Retam lemoved to Boston. Goody Mannings, the mother, was admitted
to the Dorchester charch, 16. 3. 1641. On the ** » (1) 59, Mahallaeell Munings "
was dismissed from this churoh '* rnto y* new," or second *^ church at Boston, &
dvedy«27 (13)59, being drowned in v* Milloreek at Boston in y« ni^ht."— Dor-
cbester Church Records. He married Hannah, daughter of John Wiswall. The
widow subsequently married Thomas Overman. By the inventory of the estate of
Mahalaleel Juunnings, made in 1659, and proved Jan. 30, 1660, occupying three
Iwge folio pages in volume three of Suffolk wills and inventories, pages 2*29 to 231.
the last inventory in the book, it would appear that he invested largely in £nglisn
floods, and was a prominent merchant of his day. In 1667 widow Munnings was
lazed three pence, amon^ those rated for lands at the neck in Dorchester, at a half
penny per acre for the plow land. Mahalaleel went to England, it may have been
with his fiither, and is doubtless the person who returned to New England in the
Speedwell in 1656, Oapt. Locke, master, notwithstanding the slight diSsrepanoy in
age, as given at the two arrivals.

The name of Edmund Munnin^, on the 7th of 12 mo. 1641, is affixed to the list,
consisting of seventy-one, of the inhabitants of Dorchester, who a^eed that a rate
of twenty pounds per annum should be paid out of the rents of Thompson's island
towards the maintenance of a school in Dorchester. We are not certain that Mr.
Munnincs was there subsequent to 1641. On the 8th of March, 1663-4, his name
stands the fifteenth on the list of rights in the New Grant of undivided land,
which did belong to William Stoughton. Mr. Munnings had an interest in 10 acres,
3 quarters, 12 pole. Mr. Savage says Mr. Munnings ** had probably gone home, I
think, to Maiden, co. Essex, there at least, was somehow connected with Joseph
HiUe, who before coming over had given M. £11 in a bill for bringing one bullock
fat the use of U." Maldon is a few miles only from Dengie, and is 'Mocally in the
hundred of Dengie." See REQisTsa, i. 132 ; vii. 273 ; viii. 75 ; x. 176 ; xiv. 316 ;
Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners, Boston, pages 29, 32, 106, 120 ; Sav-
age's Genealo^cal Dictionary, iii. 255 ; Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Eng-
MOid, ii. 30 ; lii. 206 ; History of Dorchester, p. 68 ; King's Handbook of Boston
Harbor, pp. 100, 106.— W. B. Trask.]

John Norris the elder, of Westminster, co. Middlesex, yeoman, 8 June,
1667, proved 4 (or 5) July, 1667. To son William Norris seventy-five
pounds to make np the twenty-five pounds formerly given him to one hun-
dred pounds, &c^ and also house, &&, at Mooret-clack,* co. Surrey, which
I bought of him, and a tenement at Tame in co. Oxford, held by lease. To
flon tJohn Norris ninety pounds, to make up the ten pounds formerly given
him to one hundred pounds, and a tenement at Mooretclack, bought of son
William, &c. To grand child Annanias Andrews thirty pounds at age of
twenty-one or day of marriage. To grand child John Andrews thirty
pouDds at twenty-one. To daughter Elizabeth Bell, now beyond the seas,
forty pounds, if she be living and come to England to receive the same her-
self, and that Samuel Bell, her husband, shall not meddle or have to do
therewith. To grand-child Edward Norris, son of Christopher Norris,
thirty pounds, five pounds whereof to put him forth an apprentice, and the
remaining twenty-five pounds, with the benefit and increase, at age of
twenty-one years. Remainder to two sons, William and John Norris.
equally. Carr, 95.

Sir Robert Peake, Knight, citizen and goldsmith of London, 15 May,
1666, with codicil made 27 September, 1666, proved 26 July, 1667, by
Grregory and Benjamin Peake. To my cousin and sometime servant,
Greorge Lyddall, in Virginia, gentleman, three hundred pounds in three
years (one hundred pounds per year payable on Michaelmas day). To my
sometime servant, Michael Tucker, in Virginia, husbandman, ten pounds.
To servant Elizabeth Essington, of London, widow, twenty pounds. To

* Mortlake.

380 Genealogical Gleanings in England. [Oct.

my cousin James Waters, the son of Joseph Waters, fifty pounds. To my

cousin Waters, relict of Samuel Waters, skinner, deceased, twenty

pounds. To friend Doctor James Hide of Oxford, and his wife Margaret
Hide, fifty pounds, and to their son Robert, my godson, fifty pounds. To
my good friend and valentine Mary St. Loe, of the Parish of Dunstans in
the East, London, widow, one thousand pounds in ten years (one hundred
pounds a year, payable on Michaelmas day). To Mrs. Mary Burton, wife
of Mr. Thomas Burton of London, gentleman, and their son Robert, my
godson, &c. To my godson Tristram Huddlestone, son of Nicholas Hud-
dlestone of London, skinner, &c. To good friend Thomas Pulteney, of
London, salter, and his wife, &c. To Edward Hunt, of London, vintner,
and Elizabeth his wife. To my friend Edward Jerman. To good friend
Richard Loans, of London. To John Peake, Esq., eldest son of Sir Wil-
liam Peake, Knight, of London, Alderman, and his brother Benjamin, sec-
ond sou of Sir William, &c. To Mrs. Elizabeth Vanbrugh, wife of Mr.
Giles Vanbrugh, merchant, both my singular good friends — and to others.

Carr, 96.

[Much about the English family of Waters will be found in Emmerton and Wa-
ters *s Gleaning from English Records, pp. 121-30. — Ed.]

William Buroes, of South River, County of Ann Arundell, Proyince
of Maryland, 11 July, 1685. To son Edward Burges five thousand pounds
of tobacco in casque within one year, provided he deliver to my executors
one half of certain live stock that belonged to the estate of George Pud-
dington, deceased. To William and Elizabeth, the children of said son
Edward. To son George Burges five thousand pounds of tobacco in casque,
within one year. To sons William, John, Joseph, Benjamin and Charles,
and daughters Elizabeth, Ann and Susanna Burges. To daughter Susan-
nah, the wife of Major Nicholas Sewall, five pounds in money and my seal
ring. To my .grandson Charles Sewall and my granddaughter Jane Sew-
all. To son William my messuage, &c., near South River, Ann Arundell
county, which I purchased of one George Westall, and on a part whereof
is a town called Loudon. Wife Ursula to have the use of it till son Wil-
liam accomplish the age of twenty-one years. (It is again referred to as
the town or port of London.) Also to son William a tract in Baltimore
County, near land of Col. George AVells, containing four hundred and
eighty acres. To son John a tract near Herring Creek, in Ann Arun-
dell County, containing eight hundred acres. To son Joseph a tract
lately bought of Richard Beard, gentleman, near the South River, &c., con-
taining thirteen hundred and forty acres. To son Benjamin a tract near
the Ridge, in Ann Arundell County, which I bought of Thomas Besson,
containing three hundred acres, and another near the head of South River,
containing four hundred acres. To son Charles my interest in land bought of
Vincent Low, near the head of Sasafras River, in Cecil County, formerly
granted to Nicholas Painter, since deceased, and containing sixteen hundred
acres, also a tract lately purchased by me from said Vincent Lowe, on the south
side of the Susquehanock River in said county, of Baltimore, containing five
hundred acres. (These sons appear to have been all under twenty-one years
of age.) Wife Ursula to be executrix, and Major Nicholas Sewall, Major
Nicholas Cassaway and Captain Henry Hanslapp, supervisors. The wit-
nesses were Thomas Francies, Michael Cusack, John Harrison, William
Elridge (his mark) and John Edwards.

5 July, 1689. Emanavit Comissio Micajae Perry attomato unice depa-

1883.1 Gtmealogieal dtmiwoM in Empltmd. 381

tato per UrsuLun Moore als Ba;;ges ( nxorem Moidecai Moore) jam in com.
de Ann AroDdell in ProTincai de MtfrltDd oomorand. netlkiam et ex^ecu-
trioem, ^bc &c. Em. $1.

Thomas Brixi.et, of DatdieCi. oo. Bodes. Esq., 13 September. lt>6K
with codidl of 16 October, 1661, proTed 11 I>ecember, 1661. Mv thii\i
of tenements in the town of Newcastle opon Trne, and two thirvU of the
manor of Barton in York?hire. to elde^ son. Francis BrinleT ami hi$ heir».
My half of the township or manor of Wakerfield, heretofv^r^ panc^H of the
Lordship of Rahj, and mj lands and tenements in Waker^Kl. couutr aini
Bishoprick of Dnrham. purchased in the names of William Wase of Dur-
ham and of Robert VTomdl. latelr deceased, and of Michael Laml»crt>ft,
lately deceased, and of John Maddocke, of Cuddiiigton. co. Chester, in trust
for the use of me, the said Thomas BrinleT. aud the said Robert Wormll
and our heirs and assies forever, to mv wife, Anne Brinler, during: her
natural life ; at her death to eldest son, Francis Brinlev. Mt lands in I lor-
ton and Stanwell. in the several counties of Middlesex and Bucks. vV:c., by
me purchased of Henry Bulstrode of Horton. to wife Anne for life : then
to my second son, Thomas Brinlev. a lease of ninetv-nine vears. Certain
other lauds, &C., latelv bought of James St vies, the elder, of Ljiuirlev, to
wife Anne ; at her death to mv third son, William Brinlev. A le^niov to
daughter Mary Silvester, widow, and her daughter, my granddauij[hler.
Mary Silvester the younger, who are both left destitute of subsistemv by
the decease of my said daughter's late husband, Peter Silvester, &o. To
the children of my daughter Grissell, the now wife of Nathaniel Silvester,
gentleman, dwelling in New England, in the Parts of America, in an island
called Shelter Island, one hundred pounds within one year after my decease.

The witnesses to the will were Robert Style and Rose Baker. In the
codicil he bequeaths legacies to his brother Lawrence Brinley and Kichanl
Brinley his son, both of London, merchants, to the intent that they shall
with all convenient speed sell that half of said lands, &c. (in Wukertieid),
for the best rate and value that they can get for the same, <&c.

The witnesses to this codicil were William Wase, Budd Wase, William
Carter and William Brinley. The will was proved by the widow, Anne
Brinley. May, li)3.

[Thomas Brinley, who made this will, was the father of Francis Brinley, who
emigrated to BarlMidoes, but, the climate not beinff *' suited to his habir« and con-
stitution/' came to New England and settled at Newport, R. I., as early as 105)).
Francis Brinley wrote an ** Account of the Settlements and Governments in and
about the Lanos of Narraganset Bay/' which is printed in the Massachusetts) His-
torical Collections, 1st 8., vol. v. pp. 217-20. A catalogue of h'u library is printud
in the Register, xii. 75-8.

Brief genealogies of the Brinley f&mily will be found in Bridgnian*s King'a
Cha|)el Epitaphs, 219-228, and in the Heraldic Journal, vol. ii. pp. 31-9. The for-
mer is by the Hon. Francis Brinley, now of Newport, R. I. From it we learn that
Thomas Brinley, '' one of the auditors of the Revenue of King Charles the First
and of King Charles the Second," besides the children named above in his will —
Francis, Thomas, William, Mary, widow of Peter Sylvester, and Uriiieli, wite of
Nathaniel Sylvester — had three other daughters who lived to be married, namely :
Rose, who married Giles Baker, lord of the manor of Riple in Kent ; one, christian
name unknown, who married William Coddington, governor of Rhode Ishind; and
the other, whose christian name is also unknown, who married Richard Hackle, l^^i*
Grizzell was baptized at St. Jameses Church, Clerkonwell, Jan. 6, 1035-0. Ab-
stracts of the wills of Peter and Nathaniel Sylvester will be found latiT in this arti-
cle. — Ed.]

Laurence Brinlet, citizen and haberdasher of Londoui 10 August,
1662, proved 11 December, 1662, by the oaths of Samuel and Richard

382

Genealogical Gleanings in England.

[Oct.

Brinley, sons and executors named in the will. The following bequests
appear : to Marj Limbrej twenty pounds ; to Philip Limbrey, of Virginia,
twenty pounds ; to my sister Susan Gregory, of Exou (Exeter^, widow,
ten pounds ; to my cousin Elizabeth Brinley, of London, widow, and her
two daughters, twenty pounds apiece to buy them a ring ; to Master Gala-
my, my dearly beloved pastor and faithful minister of Jesus Ghrist, five
pounds ; to poor Presbyterian ministers out of their places for conscience
sake, thirty pounds, to be disposed of according to the discretion of my ex-
ecutors with Mr. Galamy ; to my daughter Jenne Jackson, the wife of ,

the sum of twenty pounds, and, in case Weaver*s Hall money cometh in,
eighty pounds ; to my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Earuly, widow, the sum
of twenty pounds ; to my son Nathaniel Brinley fifty pounds when he com-
eth out of his time. I do constitute and appoint my two sons Samuel
and Richard Brinley to be my executors, and give ten pounds apiece to
them. The residue, &c., to my ^ve children, viz., Nathaniel, Susannah,
Hester, Philip and Isaac Brinley, according to equal proportions. My real
estate of land in Ireland and England, after my decease, to be sold accord-
ing to the uttermost value, for the payment of my wife's and the children's
portions.

The witnesses to this will were William Webb, Richard Brinley and
John Jackson. Laud, 151.

Nathaniel, son of Laurence Brinley, of London, merchant, was a leg-
atee to the amount of five pounds, under the will of Henry Hazlewood,
citizen and currier of London, proved in the same year as the foregoing
will. Laud, 108.

[From Lipscombe's History of Buckinghamshire, published in 1847.] In
an account of the church at Datchett are found the following copies of in-
scriptions on a slab in the floor of the nave :

Here lieth the body of Thomas Brinley, Esq., who was one of the audi-
tors of the Revenue of King Charles the First and of King Charles y'
Second. Born in the City of Exeter. He married Anne, youngest daugh-
ter of W™ Ware* of Petworth, in Sussex, gent., who had issue by her five
sons and seven daughters. He dyed the 15^ day of Gctober in the year
of our Lord 1661.

Here also lieth buried y* body of the above said William Ware,* who
died the 19"' of Sept. 1642, aged 62 years and 5 months.

Vol. iv. page 441.

[From Visitation of London, 1634, vol. i., printed by the Harleian Soc.]

LAWRENCE BRINLEY, of WUlenbaU,
descended out of Stafford.

Thomas Brinlev, eld. son,

one of His Ma^* auditors,

Uving 1634.

Sami Brinley,
eld. son.

Richard Brinlev of WlIlenhaU=Joane, da. of Reeve.

in com. Stafford.

t Lawrence BrinleyrsMary, da. of John Minlfie,

of London, merchant,
Uving 1634.

of Uunyton, coin. Devon.

LawreLce.

Richard.

Mary. Anne.

(Signed) Law. Briklet.

• This is undoubtedly a mistake for Wase ; for a pedigree of which family see Berry's
Sussex Genealogies, p. 125, and Dallawav's History of the Western Division of SusseJL,
Vol. 2, Part ii. p. 123. It will be noticed that William Wase and Badd Waae were wit-
nesaes of Thomas Brinley's will.— H. F. W.

1883.]

Genealogical Gleanings in England.

383

[From Randall Holmes's Heraldic Collections for Cheshire, Harleian
M8^ No. 2119 British Museum.]

CHRISTOPHER BRINDLEY
of WUdgooBo House, near I>eeke, oo. Staff.

Safe, of Cheshire,

LawraDoe

, of W

had land in Nantwich, 2 son ; recovered land in Nantwich,
per deeds. or near it ; he obt. before he had pos-

sesfion of his land he reoorered.

lllnall, oo. 8taff.=7da. to Flecher,

of same place.

John,

of Owslej.

00. Stafford.

*Blchard of Exeter.

Lawranoe,
of London,
marohant.

William Brindley of WlUnall=Anne, da. to Tunkes,
Will* was found heir to his uncle, i of Blllson, oo. Staiz.
per office, ex relation of I
ikun. Smith.

Thomas Brindlej,
the King's Auditor.

Thomas George= da. to Robert— ^Alice, <Marffaret. *Johane, ^Elizabeth,

ofWillnall, of the I Hatley. ofWiUnall. ux. ux. Kichard ux. Edw. ux. Sam.
1057. Hide, | Richard Soley. Ir.

Soley, of ofDuafej,
Sturbridge, oo. Wore. 2d to Tho.
CO. Wore. son of Jackson,

Richard, of Bristow.
by ills Ist wife.

CO. Staff. I

Soley, of Smyth, of
Bristow ; Sutton Col-

field, CO.
Jackson, Wore. 16S7.

William. Anne. Sarah.

Richard. Anne. Elixabeth

RAPE de BRERETON,
test. (temp. Cong.) to Venables' Deed.

Margaret.

[Fol. «7 A.]

William Brereton.
of Brereton, in com. Chester.

WOUam Brereton of Brereton=

Isoida ox. Gilbert de Stocke, fll. Hanns (tic)
de Prayers, dni. viUse de Stoke.
With tier he had the town of
Brunlea.

.... . Brindley de Brind ley.
Piers Brindley of Brindley.

John Brindley of Brindley= Beatrix, da. and heir to John (or Jenkin) Bressey,

of Wistaston.

Thomas Brindley of Brindley= Alice, dau. and heir to David, son of Patrick de Crew.

WlUiam de Brindley=Margery, coh. to Tho'. Bulkley, John Brindley. Hugh Brindley

I of Wolstanwood.

Thomas de Brindley— Katherlne, dau. to Plera Venables, of Kinderton.
21 H. 6.

William de Brindley (21 H. 6.)

J ohn Brindley of Brindley.

Thomai Brindley of Wolstanwood,
WiGhlialbank(lR,8).

(Whence the main line of
Brindley of Brindley dceoended.)

384 Oenealogical Gleanings in England. [Octi

[Abstracts of deeds in evidence.] William, son of Thomas de Brindley,
gives to Rich** Reffs, parson of Bastomlej, all his lands, tenements, ^bc, in
the Hundred of Wich Malbank. Dated at Wolstanwood on the Feast of
Epiphany — 21 H. 6.

A lease of a messuage in Rottenrow in Wich Malbank, by Thomas Brind-
ley of Wolstanwood, near Wich Malbank, to Hugh Boston of the Wich,
gentleman, dated 6 February, 1 R. 3.

A lease of Crofts in Copenhall and Wolstanwood, and a messuage and
two crofts* in Wighterson, near Nantwich, made by Thomas Brindeley of
Wolstanwood aforesaid, to Hugh Boston, gent, aforesaid, of same date.

Mr. Garside to pay me for this pedigree for Mr. Sam. Smyth of Sutton
Coldfield, 1637. Ff. 40, 67 A. and 68.

Peter Silvester of London, merchant, now inhabitant in the parish
of Saint James, Dukes Place, in London, 26 January, 1657, proved II
February, 1657. Whereas my dear mother, Mary Silvester, of London,
widow, did oblige herself by promise to give unto me the sum of one thou-
sand pounds of lawful money of England, for which said sum of one thou-
sand pounds, i&c., my said mother, at my request, hath this day become
bound by obligation of the penalty of two thousand pounds unto Thomas
Middleton of Stratford Bow, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, condi-
tioned for the payment of the said one thousand pounds within six yean
af^er the date of the said bond unto me or to Mary my now wife, &c. &c.
I do give and bequeath the said sum to wife Mary. To only daughter
Mary six hundred pounds at the age of one and twenty years or cUiy of
marriage. If she die in the mean time, then two hundred pounds of it to
my dear aud loving wife, one hundred pounds to my brother Nathaniel Sil-
vester, one hundred pounds to brother Joshua Silvester, one hundred and
fifty pounds to brother Giles Silvester, and fifty pounds to my sister Cart-
wright. The said sum of six hundred pounds to be sent to my loving bro-
ther ConsUint Silvester, now resident in the Barbados, he to become bound
for the payment, as above. To each and every of my own brothers and
brothers-in-law forty shillings apiece to make each of them a ring to wear
in remembrance of me. To my uncle Jeofrie Silvester the sum of twenty-
five pounds. To my cousin Joseph Gascoigne fifteen pounds. To my
Aunt Gascoigne five pounds, and to her daughter Anne Gascoigne ^^e
pounds. To loving friend Richard Duke, scrivener, forty shillings to make
him a ring. To the poor of the parish of St. James, Duke's Place, five
pounds. Thomas Middleton, Esq., to be sole executor, and loving unde
Nathaniel Arnold overseer, and 1 give him fifty pounds.

The witnesses to the above were Edw: Warren, Hum: Richardson and
Richard Duke, scr. Wootton, 95.

Giles Silvester, of London, merchant, 2 March, 1670, proved 26 May,
1671. To such child or children as my wife now goeth with, the sum of
three hundred pounds at his, her or their age of one and twenty years, if
sons, aud at age of twenty-one, or on day of marriage, which shall first bap
pen, if daughters. To my nephew, Constant Silvester, the four pictures
that were my late fathers. The residue of the estate to loving wife, Anoe
Silvester, who is appointed executrix. I entreat and appoint my dear and
loving brother, Constant Silvester Esquire, and my good friend Redmaine
Burrell to be overseers. To each of them forty shillings, for rings.

Grant of administration on the estate of the above was made to Constant
Silvester, natural and lawfiil brother of the deceased, the widow Anoe Sil-
vester having renounced the executorship. Duke, 68.

1883.] .Genealogical Gleanings in England. 385

Constant Silvester made his will 7 April, 1671, proved 7 October,
1671, by Grace Silvester, relict and executrix. All my lands, plantations,
houses and tenements in the island of Barbados, &c., to wife Grace and to
Henry Walrond, Sen' Esq., brother of the said Grace, Col. Richard Haw-
kins, Samuel Farmer, P^sq.. and Mr. Francis Raynes (being all of the said
island of Barbados) for one thousand years from the day of my decease, in
trast, &c. ; wife Grace to enjoy one moiety during her natural life, and' my
eldest son. Constant, to enjoy two thirds of the other moiety during hi»
mother's life, and my second son, Humphrey Silvester, to have and hold
ihe remaining third of said other moiety during his mother's life. After
her death Constant to have two thirds of the whole, and Humphrey the
remaining third. If there should be more sons, the eldest son (in that
case) to have a double share, and each other son a single share. If wife
Grace should marry again, then she to have one third, instead of one half,
of the above described property. To daughters Grace and Mary two thou-
sand pounds sterling each at day of marriage, or at age of twenty-one years,
and, over and above that, the sum of one hundred pounds sterling each, to
bay them a jewel at the age of sixteen years.

Item, I give and bequeath to my brother Nathaniel Silvester, his heirs
and assigns forever, one sixth part of all the lauds which I and my said
brother hold in partnership in Shelter Islanij, upon the coast of New Eng-
land; so that, whereas he had a third part of the said lands before, now he
shall have a moiety. And the remaining moiety of the said lands I give
and bequeath to my two sons before named, equally, and to the heirs of
their bodies lawfully begotten, forever ; and, for want of such issue, to my
brother Joshua Silvester and the heirs of his body, forever; and, for want
of such issue, to my brother Nathaniel, his heirs and assigns, forever. To
brother Joshua Silvester eight hundred pounds sterling. To my sister Mary
Cartwright a mortgage on the estate made over to me by her deceased hus-
band, Isaac Cartwright, during her natural life, and after her decease to my
nephew. Constant Cartwright, he paying out of the same to each of his sis-
ters, Mary*and Anne, two hundred pounds sterling at their day of marriage or
arrival at age of twenty-one years, whichever shall first happen. To my neph-
ew Richard Kett, six hundred pounds sterling, and sixty pounds sterling
per annum so long as he shall remain upon my Plantation after my decease,
to keep the accompts thereof and taking care no injury or prejudice be done
to the estate by any without giving notice thereof to my trustees before-
Dame<l.

Wife Grace to be executrix so long as she remain unmarried, then the
other trustees, &c. To each of these fifty pounds sterling apiece to boy
them what they shall think fit to remember me by after my decease.

The witnesses were Henry Walrond, Grace Walrond, Peter Blackler,>
Anne Guillett, Dorothy Marshall, Samuel Ainseworth, jun** and Willi.
Swepson.

17 June 1702 emanavit commissio Dominad Gratise Pickering, uxor!
Domini Henrici Pickering, Baronetti, filiae uaturali et legitimae dicti Con--
fttantii Silvester defuucti, etc. etc. Duke, 124.

In the Chancel Aisle of the church in Brampton (co. Huntington), is a
Btone with this inscription : *' Here lieth the body of Constant Silvester
Esq'* who departed this life the 2"** September, 1671." The church Regis-
ter contains the following : '< M' Humphrey Silvester, son of Mf Constant

VOL. XXXVII. 35

386 Oenealogicdl Qleanxng9 in England. [Oct.

Silvester & M" Grace his wife, was baried April y* sixteenth 1673." " M'
CoDstaDt Silvester was baried the 4'^ daj of September a: d: 1671."

Add. MS. 24493, Fol. 341, Brit Mus. (Joseph Hanter's Colls.).

The following is an Skbstract of the last will and testament of Nathan-
iel Sylvester of Shelter Island, proved 2 October, 1680. He calls him-
self the right, true and lawful owner and proprietor of one moiety or half
part, in fee simple, of all that Island whereon he was then dwelling, for-
merly called Manhansack-Ahaqua-Shuwamock, now Shelter Island, &c Ac
also of one moiety or half part, in possession and reversion, of one other
Island, formerly called Robert's Island. He gives and bequeaths to his en-
deared wife Grizzell Sylvester, Francis Briuley, James Lloyd, Isaac Arnold,
Lewis Morris and Daniel Gould, all the above described property, and also
the other moiety or half part of Shelter Island which is claimed in partne^
ship by my brother Constant Sylvester and Thomas Middleton, or any part
or parts thereof which may happen to fall due unto me from the said Con-
stant Sylvester and Thomas Middleton by reason of the great disburse-
ments made by me for the said moiety, &a, in their behalf since the year
1652 until this present year, and likewise by reason of the great sums of
money which my brother Constant doth in particular stand indebted unto
me, as per accounts doth appear, and furthermore by reason of the confis-
cation of the said moiety, &c. &&, by the Dutch men of war at their taking
of New York with their fleet of nineteen men of war, they also taking and
surprising the said moiety, &c. &c., as by the chief commanders of the said
Dutch men of war their instrument of confiscation and Bill of Sale given
unto me for the same, as doth at large appear, the said commanders also
sending one of their men of war to Shelter Island where the Captain land-
ed with about fifty soldiers, taking possession of the said moiety, &c, and
to strike the greater dread in my family they beset my house, the better to
obtain the money which they forced from me and myself constrained to pay
to prevent their suing of said moiety, &c. &c The above described prop-
erty is to be held in trust for certain purposes. Reference is made to his
wife's jointure, as by a deed left in hands of brother William Coddington oi
Rhode Island may at large appear. My children to be brought up in the
fear of God, and to have such education bestowed upon them as may be
conveniently gotten in these parts of the world, and as shall seem meet to
my endeared wife, their mother, &c. My brother Joshua to be convenient-
ly maintained both with diet, lodging, clothing and necessaries, decent and
becoming him, as hitherto he hath enjoyed, that he may in no manner of
way want, and in no wise put off from the Island, unless he shall think good
to live elsewhere, &c. To son Giles (certain property) ; to son Nathaniel ;
to son Peter ; to daughter Patience at age of twenty-one or marriage ; to
daughter Elizabeth at twenty-one or marriage; to daughter Mary at twen-
ty-one or marriage ; to daughter Ann at twenty-one or marriage ; to daugh-
ter Mercy at twenty-one or marriage. To sons Constant and Benjamin at
twenty-one. Son Nathaniel (a minor) to have certain bricks lying at Tho-
mas Moore Senior's farm and at the Oyster Pond. Son Peter (also a
minor) to have part of the said bricks. Property at Southold spoken of.
The executors of the above will to be wife Grizzell Sylvester, brother-in-
law Francis Brinley, son-in-law James Lloyd, cousin Isaac Arnold, Lewis
Morris and Daniel Gould.

The witnesses were John Colling, Ann Colling (by mark), Peter Al-
dritchand Jaques Guillott These made deposition 2 October, 1680, under
authority given by the Governor 2 September, 1680.

1883.] Oenealogical Olcaninga in England. 387

AdditioDal MS. 24493, Fol. 344, British Moseam (Joseph HuDter's
Collections).

[On the of June, 1651, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Roase, Constant Sylvester
and Nathaniel Sylvester, purchased Shelter Island, on the east end of Long Ltliind,
for sixteen hundred pounas of sood merchantable Muscovado sugar, from Stephen
Goodycare, of New Haven, who bad purchased it May 18, 1641. from the agent of the
Earl of Sterling. Full particulars of the transactiouH of Nathaniel Sylvester in re-
lation to Shelter Island will be found in Thompson's Long Island, vol. i. pp. 364-9.
Nathaniel Silvester died in March, 1680, according to Thompson, who gives an
aooount of his descendants. Savage, in hiH Genealogical Dictionary (iv. 09), says :
** There is no slight reason to believe this Nathaniel to be the son of the celebrated
poet Joshua Sylvester, translator of the divine rhapsodies of Du Bartas.*' I do not
uow what reason Mr. Savage, "who was a cautious genealogist, had for thinking
•0. It is possible that he was a son, or more likely a grandson. — £d.]

Samuel Ward, the elder, of Ipswich, clerk, 19 October, 1689, proved 24
April, 1640, by Nathaniel and Joseph Ward, sons of the deceased and ex-
ecutors of his will ; to whom he left all his books, all his loadstones, shells,
papers, pictures and maps. Item — I will and bequeath all that money which
doth belong to me upon the house where I now dwell, situate in Ipswich
aforesaid (which money was given by many gentlemen and townsmen my
friends), to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever ; also
all my lands and houses in Brickelsea, both free and copy, equally, &c, &c.,
on condition that every year during the natural life of Deborah, my loving
wife, and Samuel Ward, my eldest son, they pay to the said Deborah and
Samuel twenty pounds a year apiece, — to either of them at four times or
terms in the year, — upon the feast-day of the Nativity of our Lord God, upon
the feast day of the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady St. Mary the Virgin,
upon the feast day of St. John the Baptist, and upon the feast day of St.
Michael the Archangel, by even and equal portions, &c , at the now dwell-
ing house of Mr. Robert Knapp in Ipswich ; or, in lieu of said twenty
pounds a year to son Samuel, to keep and maintain him in a comely and de-
cent manner for and during his natural lite, at the election and choice of
the said Nathaniel and Joseph. To my mother forty shillings yearly, to
be paid her at her now dwelling house in WeathersHeld, quarterly. My
watch to my daughter Deborah, and my fair P^nglish Bible, printed anno
domini 1633, to my said daughter Deborah, only my wife to have the use
of said bible during her life. Sundry chattels -to daughter Abigail, after
decease of wife. All the plate and wearing clothes to son Nathaniel. My
Greek Testament, of Robert Stephens print, to my brother John Ward.
My best gloves to my son Robert Bolton. A Greek Testament to sou
John Bolton. To Margaret my maid, twenty shillings. To John Boggiis,
my servant, ten shillings. To the poor of the parish of St. Mary Tower
and of St. Mary Key in Ipswich, either of them twenty shillings apiece.
To Mr. Robert Knapp, my ancient friend, a pair of gloves of five shillings
price, or a book of the same value.

The witnesses to the signature were Thomasin Willis and Daniel Ray.

Coventry, 47.

[The Rev. Samuel Ward, B.D., the maker of the above will, was the town
preacher at Ipswich, and a celebrated Puritan author. He was the eldest son of
(be Rev. John Ward of Haverhill, in Suffolk, and brother of the Rev. Nathaniel
Ward, anthor of the Massachusetts Body of LihertieR, or code of laws adopted in
1641. Samuel Ward married, January 2, 1604-5, Deborah Bolton, widow, of Isle-
ham, Cambridj2:e8hire. It seems from this will that she had two sons, Robert and
John Bolton, by her first husband. For further details of his life, see a brief me-

388 The Oibson Family of Cambridge. [Oct.

moir of Rev. Samnel Ward, appended to the editor's memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel
Ward (Albany, 1868). An anstract of his will, furnished by the late Col. Chester,
will be found on pages 154-5 of that work. — £o.]

Maroaret Simonds, late widow of John Simonds, late of Kunckles
Alley in London, deceased, her nuncupative will, August, 1665 ; To daugh-
ter Margaret Burton, who is now beyond the seas. Proved 6 March, 1 667,
by Margaret Burton. Hene 36.

TiMOTHT Snape, London, yeoman, one of the sons of Edmond Snape,
late of the parish of St. Saviors, in Southwark, co. Surrey, clerk, deceased,
being bound forth on a voyage to Virginia in the parts beyond the seas,
executed his will 10 September, 1624, proved 9 July, 1629. He uames
brothers and sisters, Samuel, Nathaniel and John Snape, Hannah, now
wife of John Barker, citizen and haberdasher of London, and Sarah Snape,
spinster. Ridley, 67.

THE GIBSON FAMILY OF CAMBRIDGE.

By Fbedebicx Clifton Pierce, £m)., of Rockford, 111., Author of the History of

Orahon, Massachasetu.

1. John* Gibson, the ancestor of this branch of the Gibson family, was
born in England in 1601, in what part I have been unable to a8ce^
tain after considerable research. He settled in Cambridge about
1 634, in 1 635 he owned a house on the easterly side of Sparks
Street, not far southerly from Vassall Lane ; and soon after he add-
ed three acres more, so that his estate extended across to Garden
Street.* He was made freeman of Massachusetts Colony, May 17,
1637 ; he signed a petition to the king in 1688. He was probably
married in England. Children by wife Rebecca:

i. Rebecca, b. 1635 ; m. June 22, 1654, Charles Steams, hia second wife.
They had six children. In 1656 she was grievously afflicted with a
mental disease, imagining herself to be under the power of witchcraft.
She was a member of the Watertown church, February, 1658-9, to
wliich place the family removed from Cambridge, 1655-6. He died
before 1695.

ii. Mary, b. March, 1637-8 ; m. April 3, 1655, John Ruggles, of Roxbury.
andd. Dec. 6, 1674.

iii. Martha, b. April, 1639 ; m. Nov. 3, 1657, Jacob Newell, of Roxbury.
2. iv. John, b. about 1641 ; m. Dec. 9, 1668. Rebecca Errinffton,of Cambridge.

V. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1644 ; m. Oct. 30, 1668, Sarah Perabcrton. bhe
d. Oct. 10, 1676, and he m. second, June 14, 1679. Elizabeth Stedman,

widow of John. She d. about 1680, and he m. third, Abigail ,

who survived him. His children were — I. Sarah.^h. March 30, 1670,
m. April 9. 1691, John Stedman, and d. July 1, 1764 ; 2. Martha,^ b.

Dec. 12, 1671, m. Kolfe; 3. Samuel,* b. May 6 and d. Sept. 14,

1676 ; 4. Samuel,^ b. Oct. 2, 1690 ; 6. Elizabeth,* who with her
mother Abigail, sold the original homestead. May 4, 1711, to Jacob
HiU. Samuel, senior, was a glover, and died March 20, 1709-10.

Rebecca, the wife of John Gibson, was buried at Roxbury, Dec
1, 1661, and he married second, Joanna, widow of Henry Prentice,
July 24, 1662.

• Paige's History of Cambridge.

1883.] Tke Gibson Family of Cambridge. 889

** Nov. 2, 1679. The cootribution upon the Saboth day was for
the relief of the family of John Gibsou they being in a low coiidi-
tiou they being visited with the small pox and under many wants.
The sum contributed in cash was six pounds nineteen shillings and
fower pence.** — Cambridge Church Record*. John died in 1694,
aged 93.

2. John' Gibson {JohiC), bom about 1641 ; married, Dec 9, 1668, Re-
becca Erriugton,^ born about 1651, died Dec. 4, 1713, after having
long been a pensioner on the bounty of the church. He was a sol-
dier in Captain Thomas Prentice's company of foot in Cambridge,
and participated in King Philip's war. His family were put out by
selectmen to families in the county in 1680. He died Oct 15, 1679.
Children :

3. i. TmoTHV, m. Rebecca Gates and Submit Taylor.

ii. Rbbicca, b. Oct. 4, 1669; d. in Wobum Dec. 2, 1713.

iii. Martha, m. 1696, Reuben Lilley, and second, 1699, Joseph Knight, of

Wobum.
iv. Mary, m. Dec. 17, 1700, Nathaniel Gates, of Concord.

8. Timothy* Gibson {John* John*), married Nov. 17, 1700, Rebecca
Gates ; mar. second, Nov. 80, [ — ?], Submit Taylor. Timothy Gib-
son, of Sudbury, was an original proprietor of two lots of land in
Lunenburg for his sons Isaac and Reuben. In ^ deed of land made
to him by Abraham Holmau of Stow, dated 1 703, it is stated that he
lived with Holman fVom a child. He was quite a distinguished man,
and was for some time a deacon in Sudbury. He died January 21,
1754. Children :

4. i. Abraham, b. 1701 ; m. Mary Wheeler.

ii. Timothy, b. 1703 ; m. Persis Rice, Dec. 99, 17d5. He was styled Capt.

iii. Kkbecca, b. 1704 ; m. Joseph Farnsworth.

iv. John, b. 170B ; m. Eliza Uartwell.

V. 8arah, b. Oct. 87, 1710.

vi. Samuel, b. 1712; d. 1731.

6. vii. SnPBiN, b. March 93, 1714; m. Sarah .

viii. Arrjngton, b. 1717.

iz. Stephen, b. 1719.

0. z. Isaac, b. 1721 ; m. Keziah Johnson.

zi. Marv, b. 1723.

zii. Reuben, b. 1725 ; m. Lois Smith.

4. Abraham^ Gibson ( Timothy,* John* JohnS), bom 1701 ; married

Mary Wheeler. He died Nov. 8, 1740. Children :

i. Mart, b. August 20, 1725.

ii. Rebecca, b. June 27, 1728.

iii. Abraham, b. August 26, 1730 ; d. young.

iv. Sarah, b. August 26, 1732.

V. Abraham, b. June 25, 1735.

vi. £PBRAIM, b. Oct. 23, 17.S7 ; d. young.

vii. Epuraim, b. Jan. 21, 1740.

5. Stephen^ Gibson {Timothy* John,* John*), bom March 28, 1714 ;

married Sarah . Children :

i. Stephen, h. May 29. 1745; m. Rebecca Puffer.

ii. Sarab, b. Oct. 8, 1746 ; m. Sept. 12, 1766, Jacob Paftr.

• This name on the old records is written Brringt^n^ prohablj the same as Harrington
er ArriogtoD.

VOL, XXXVII. 85»

390 The Oibaon Family of Cambridge. [Oct.

iii. Mart, b. Angii»t 4, 1748 ; m. Oct. 26, 1768, William Tharlow.

iv. Samuxl, b. AlarcK 4. 1750.

V. JoHH, b. Dec. 22, 1751 : m. Gatberine Puffer.

Ti. Rbbecca, b. March 31, 1754.

▼ii. Arrington, b. Feb. 4, 1756; m. Rachel Longley.

▼iii. Timothy, b. Feb. 1, 1758.

iz. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 10, 1760 ; m. Nov. 1777, Jonathan Puffer, of Acton.

X. Abraham, b. July 4, 1762 ; m. Feb. 0, 1782, Elizabeth Barker.

6. Isaac* Gibson (TYmoMy," John* John} )y born 1721; married, Feb.
4, 1744, Keziah Johnson, of Lunenburg, bom 1722, died in Fitch-
burg, Feb. 7, 1766; married second, Widow Bennett, born 1727,
died Nov. 26, 1808, in Grafton, Vt He died June 1, 1797, in Graf-
ton, Vt., to which place he removed from Fitchburg in 1783-5.
Children by first wife, born in Lunenburg :

7. i. Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1745 ; m. Lois Samnon and Ruth Eaton.

ii. John, b. July 25, 1747. Wa8 in a Fitchburg oompany in the Revola-

tionary War, and was undoubtedly killed in the battle at Bunker llill.
iii. Abraham, b. June 13, 1740 ; d. in Lunenburg,
iv. Jacob, b. March 6, 1751 ; d. in Fitchburg.
V. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 22, 1753 ; d. in Grafton, Vt.
vi. Jonathan, b. Dec. 22, 1755 ; d. ** *'

vii. David, b. Jan. 22. 1757 ; d. •♦ "

viii. Solomon, b. Nov. 19, 1758 ; d. in Fitchburg
iz. Abraham, b. June 13, 1760, d. in Graflon, vt.
X. Keziah, b. Feb. 10, 1762 ; m. Eigah Phelps, and d. in Grafton, Vt., in

1817, and left neven children,
xi. Patience, b. 1764 ; m. Thomas K. Parks, and d. September 3, 1803, in

Grafton.

Child by second wife :

xii. Ann, b. 1769 ; m. Robert Parks, and d. in Graflon, Feb. 4, 1850.

A large majority of the people of Fitchburg, as well as most of
the neighboring towns, were Shaysites, among whom were the Gib-
sons of Pearl Hill, who were threatened with a nocturnal visit from
the military. The wrath of these stout yeomen, who prided them-
selves much upon their courage and strength, was kindled not a lit-
tle at this intimation. They, Reuben and Jacob, stationed themselves
upon the. common and dared the soldiers to lay hands upon them.
The latter declined the contest, or a *^ battle royal " would have
ensued.

The house of David* Gibson (vii.) stood on the site now occupied
by Central Block in Fitchburg, and his baker's shop was on the op-
posite side of the road, on the site of the house of Ebenezer Torrey.
His house was the first one erected in " Fitchburg Village." He re-
moved to Grafton, Vt., in 1792.

In the year 1745-6 the house of Isaac* Gibson was used as a gar-
rison house by the few inhabitants then in that part of Lunenburg,
afterwards incorporated into the town of Fitchburg. Isaac Gibson
was a giant, whose size and strength would have done honor to the
days of chivalry. His sons were also hardy looking men. The person-
al prowess of these Gibsons was quite proverbial. On one occasion
Isaac Gibson, senior, in his rambles on Pearl Hill, found a bear's
cub, which he immediately seized as his legitimate prize. The
mother of the cub came to the rescue of her offspring. Gibson re-
treated, and the bear attacked him in the rear to the manifest detri-
ment of his pantaloons. This finally compelled him to £Etce his un-

1883.] ITie Gibson Family of Cambridge. 391

welcome antagonist, and they closed in a more fraternal embrace.
Gibson being the more skilful wrestler of the two, *' threw " bruin,
and they came to the ground together. Without relinquishing the
hug, both man and beast now rolled over each other to a considera-
ble distance down the hill, receiving sundry bruises by the way.
When they reached the bottom both were willing to relinquish the
contest without any further experience of each other's prowess. It
was a draw game — the bear losing her cub, and Gibson his clothes.

Isaac, junior, was one of the leading citizens of Fitch burg, and
took a prominent part in the affairs of the town, often serving on
important committees. In 1773 he was chairman of the committee
*' to consider of our constitutional rights and privileges in common
with other towns in the province."

It is not known how many of the inhabitants of Fitchburg were
engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, but the number was not far
from ten or twelve. John, the son of Isaac Gibson, Senior, was
one of these. It is supposed that he was killed there, for he was
never seen or heard of after that day. He was last seen in the in-
trenchments, in the hottest of the fight, bravely opposing the ene-
my with the breech of his gun. There cannot be much doubt
that he was finally overpowered and killed, though his body could
not be recognized by his comrades among the slain. The father and
one of the sons endeavored to recover the body, but were refused
an entrance into the lines.

7. Isaac* Gibson (fsaac* Timothy^ John* John^), born Nov. 28, 1745 ;

married Lois Samson, of Bolton, who died June 17, 1782; married
second, 1782, Ruth Eaton, of Woburn, born Sept. 27, 1757, died in
Rindge, N. H., Feb. 25, 1835. He was born in Lunenburg, in that
part afterwards Fitchburg, where he resided till 1783, when he re-
moved with his family to Rindge, N. H., and settled in the southwest
part of the town. He died December 6, 1815. Children bom in
Fitchburg:

1. Hannah, d. young.

ii. Joel, d. yoan^.

iii. Sarah, b. 1776; in. William Stickney, of Grafton, Vt.

iv. Lois, b. 1781 ; m. £lcazer Houghton, and resided in Grallon, Vt.

Children born in Rindge :

8. V. Isaac, b. Aug. 4, 1783 ; m. Nancy Kimball.
Ti. RcTu, b. May 23, 1786; d. 1812, in Grafton, Vt.
▼ii. Israel, b. Sept. 15, 1789; m. Betsey Rugg, and d. in Mendon, Vt.
viii. Pattt, b. Oct. 1, 1701 : m. Samuel Howard, of Clarendon,
iz. John, b. April 4, 1794; m. Lucy Day, of WiDchendun; d. in Bald-

winsrille, 1856.
z. Catherine, b. Aug. 13, 1796; d. onm. in Rindge, N. H., March S5,

1823.
xi. Nathaniel, m. Deo. 9, 1839, Susan Eaton, and resided in Bingham-

ton, N. Y.

8. Isaac* Gibson {Isaac,^ Isaac* Timothy,* John* John^), born August

4, 1783 ; married, December 14, 1814, Nancy Kimball, daughter of
Aquilla and Ann (Teniiey) KimbalL, born in Bradford, Mass., April
4, 1782, died August 21), 1858. He died Sept. 25, 1858. They
resided in Winchendon until 1827, when they removed to Rindge,
N. U. Children, born in Winchendon :

892 LetterM to and from Edward Winslaw. [OcL

i. Alonzo, b. Sept. 90, 1815 ; d. unm. Jan. 9, 1850. He was barned in
the night, and in attempting to aecare some articles of value from his
house, he perished in the flames. Was captain in the militia.

ii. fiLYiRA, b. April 16, 1817 : d. Sept. 16, 1819.

iii. KuTH Ann, b. May 10, 1810 ; m. October 20, 1851, E. Henry Howe, of
Bane, b. July 88, 1830, d. Nov. 15, 1853; m. second, Feb. 3, 1854,
Timothy Jenkins Howland, b. in Barre, Nov. 18, 1813. Her only
child (by her first husband), Edward Alonio Howe,* b. Nov. SI, 1858,
was drowned at Sterling, Aug. 25, 1868.

iv. Ellin E., b. May 8, 1821. When five years of age her parents removed
to Kindge. She poHsessed an active, nervous temperament ; phe learned
readily and was at the head of her class. Her first published articles
appeared in the miscellaneous department of the ** Boston Cultivator,"
to which she contributed for several years. She be^an school-teaching
at the age of fifteen, and met with decided success m that vocation. In
1848 she was compelled to relinquish teaching on account of ill health.
When the war of the Rebellion oroke out she was in the West, lector*
ing, and she became inthused with the patriotic spirit, and gave her ser-
vices in raising funds to establish Soldiers' Aid Societies, under the pat-
ronage of Gov. Salomon of Wisconsin. During the first N . W . Sanitaiv
Fair neld in Chicago, she sold thirteen hundred copies of a little book
she wrote entitled *' The Soldier *b Gift, or the Dangers and Temptations
of Army Life,*' giving the proceeds to the Fair. In 1864 she was
recommended as Chaplain b^ Gov. Lewis and Gen. Fairchild of Wis-
consin, and assijyped to the First Wis. Vol. Artillery. President Lin-
coln gave her this testimonial : ** This lady would l>e appointed Chap-
lain of the First Wis. Heavy Artillery, only she is a woman. Toe
President has not legally anything to do with such a question, but has
no objection to her appointment. A. Lincoln." Dated Nov. 10, 1864.
She finally served without being mustered in. She was known during
the war as Ella fi. J. Uobart. She now resides in Barre.

V. Amasa, b. August 13, 1B23 ; m. Jan. 1, 1847, Lois H. Stevens. No is-
sue. She d. Oct. 17, 1865, and he d. Oct. 1, 1865. For many years
he was socceestnlly en^^^ in the manufacture of palm-leaf goods,
and was a partner in buHiness with his bn)tber-in-law, Hon. George
M. Buttrick. lie contributed liberally to the Methodist Church wilh
which he was connected, and to several benevolent societies, and was
esteemed a useful citizen and a zealous christian. He resided in Barre,
and in 1864 was the representative in the General Court.

LETTERS TO AND FROM EDWARD WINSLOW, 1651-3.

Communicated by G. D. Socll, Esq., of Oxford, England.

Honored S' ffalmouth the 20*^ day of the Tenth month, 1651.

I did longe synce receive a letter from you & one from the Treasu-
rer of the New England Corporacou & one other from the Secretary w*^
the sevrall bookes w°^ I wrote for to you, but had not convenient tyme to an-
swer either, till this tyme. Nowe theis maye Certyfie you that presently on
receipt of the bookes you sent me I caused them to be be dispersed to sev-
erall freinds to stirr upp others to be liberall in Contributinge to this pious
worke of propagation of the Gospele in New England & I conceive ther
is a good quantity of money collected (though not so much as would have
beene) if fish in our County had not fayled as itt did, & one man in o' west
partes put in by the gentleman to be a treasurer w'^ is not well beloved wth
us, but rather feare that he will deceive you of itt — his name is M' Samp-

• Changed legally to Alonzo Edward Gibson, at the request of his grandfather, Issic
Gibson.

1883.] • Letters to and from Edward Winalow. 393

son Bond, a notorious Insjnuatinge Hypocrite as is by moste w^^ us Con-
oeived & I thinke not abused by their conceipt wherefore I believe itt
were best for you, to make hast to call in the money already collected for
ieare of miscarriage of parte of itt. I have written so much also to Collon-
ell Bennett who is nowe in London, a member of Parliament. I leave itt
to your discrecbn : And as concerniiige what money I did p'mise to ad-
▼ance my self towards this pious work the first payment viz^ 2()£ for my
self I have caused my freind M' John Hallett, a marchant in London to
pay itt to yo' Treasurer & have his receipt for itt, together w*^ 20£ from
my friend M' Nicholas Opie and 20£ more from my freind M' Stephen Tre-
▼ill who uppou my motion willingly consented to. give itt to this piouB
worke, hopinge God will give a blessinge to itt And for the other 20£ per
annum which I have promissed to give to make upp the 100£ I have prom-
issed if God will, shalbe punctually paid in yeerly to your treasurer, and
I hope itt shall not come alone but w*^ some addition yeerly from other
freinds well wishers to this worke, w'** I shall endeavour to stirr upp yeerly
to ooDtribute and be ever ready to farther this good worke to the utmost of
my power as my God shall enable me and ever rest

Yours in the Lord Jesus

To Mr Edward Winslowe Bichabd Lobb.

one of the Commissioners att

Haberdashers Hall —

present — this with speede

Edward Wlnslow ^^to the right hon^^^ William LenthaU Es(f^ Speaker of

the Parlr^ of the ConConweaUh of England:'

Noble Sir . . . Understanding that Cap' Bray hath and doth endeavour
to oomplaine of me to the Parliament for opposing his plea at our Barris-
ters instance, I beseech you take notice it was at the same time when we
were under regard by y* like complaint of o' primate and John Lilbume
and had but the morning of the day to sitt and to oppose at Westminster
in the afternoone.

The charge was prosecuted before us in the name of M' Bellingham and
M' Hale two of our Surveighers for Berkshire ag' our Commissioners for
underletting certain delinquents estates there. The said Commissioners de-
nied no p' of y' charge but made their plea (not w^out ignorance) that
there were certaine incumbrances upon this estate allowed by Lords and
Commons or y* Barristers of y' Exchequer w*** w'** the taxes as made up
the full sum sugesting they should have had new allowance for us.
. Cap* Bray exceedingly troubled us and hindered our despatch of the
business as Cownsell for one Cheesman whom we had justly cast out of his
place for bribery being agent to the said Comm'* for Berks and who was
now neither plaintiffe or defendant, and yet would be heard for a third p'son
not concerned in the case. Observing his audacious carriage and that he
wonld have taken up our time to read large depositions to prove that w"^
was not in the least denied but acknowledged, I told him, he was not fitt to
pleade and besides I had heard he was of an evill conversation and did aske
him such or like questions as he mentioneth, but not in those words. He
confessed he was no Barrister, and if such as he may be Countenanced to
breake in upon those you employ in so greate a trust and may not be checked
for theire rudeness, I suppose it will very much obstruct yo' busines and I
trust they will not be countenanced by the Parlem\

894 Letter$ to and /ram Edward Wifulow. [Oct

As for Cap* Bray I moat confesse I was mistaken in the point of his mis-
demeanors for w^^ he was so long imprisoned but if ronged w^ his offence
you will fiude itt more dangerous. Sir if I might be so much engaged to
you ; if he gives full protest in his complaint, to make this my just defence,
It will further oblige him who is S'

Y' Honours most humble servant

Jan^?: 165 J. Edw Winslow,

[According to Whitelocke, Captain William Bray had been a captain in
Col. Lilbume's regiment, and was one of the leaders of the maiiny at
Ware in November, 1647. In March of the year 1649 he had presented
to the members of the house a book entitled '^ an appeal against the Lord
Fairfax, Greneral," which was voted ^ to be scandalous as to the General
and council of war and tending to stir up sedition in the people and mutiny
in the army.** For this he was committed prisoner to Windsor.

In prison he wrote a long letter (20 day of June 1649) to Speaker Len-
thall, which ends thus : '* &> leaving you and your house to the judgment
of the great day of the Lord and &e Lords faithful people in the land I
take my last farewell and rest yours, if you will be the nation's W"* Bray
.... From my cruel, arbitrary and causeless prison and endurance (by that
everlasting (to be) accursed principle by which Abel, Naboth and the Lord
Jesus and many in other days were crucified and massacred) in Windsor
Castle this 20 day of June (1649) in the year of declared freedom db a called
Commonwealth." Capt Bray was kept three years in prison, for he wrote ano-
ther letter to Lenthall (29 Junij~1652) on his release asking for some com-
pensation, for he writes — ^^ if I cannot have the Justice and favour of you
to move my last petition and appeale which you have in writinge I must of
necessitie printe itt and give every member one that soe pure Religion,
Reason, Lawe, honour & good nature may move them towards him who
desires to bee, a lover of righteousnesse & gooduesse, in whomsoever & calls
upon God against the resolved enemies of such principles." .... A pass
was granted to Capt. Bray September 13, 1655, and he seems to have re-
tired out of England to Amsterdam. — G. D. S.]

Dear Sir . . . . Havinge concluded this day a large Letter to yo** selfe about
the gen" affaires of these p*" and the p'ticulars conceruinge yo' owne Grov-
ernm^ Now I am put uppon itt to write to yo^ about such Goods as are
this yeare sent over to the Com*^ for the united Coloneys for the better pro-
mo tinge the gospel! among the Heathen w*** yo^. Yo^ may p'ceive by the
Bill of Ladinge heere inclosed how nuiny severall peeces of goods yo^ are to
expect beinge all sent in M' Crane's shipp marked and numbered as in the
Margent. The p'ticulars of each Caske and Contents I have long expected
that I might inclose the same but cannott reseive itt only w* was putt upp
by our Treasurer M' ffloyd w®^ yo^ will receive heerewith. Wee are very
much troubled by pry vate collecc6ns sent by M' Burcher and p*cured by
him to the great p*judice of the Worke, wee endeavoringe to purchase
Lands of Inheritance and to meynteyne the worke w^*^ the Revenue Hee
sending over w* hee getts and wee knowe not but by accident w^ hee sends,
nor to whome, soe that wee are like to bee att no certaintyes. and truly
if the Comm^*^ there and M' Eliott and the rest of the Labourers in the
worke take not some course there abouts to p^swade them to desist, itt wil-
bee the mine of soe hopeful! a busines, ffbr the same p'son did p'vayle w^

1883.] Letters to and from Edward Winahto. 395

M* Bodcley to write to mj Lord S' John to p*ciire heere that hee might
hane the dispose of all the moneys for sendinge goods to New England for
fnrthringe that worke, and sense hee cannott have itt one way I see he will
doe itt another, but I have not tyme to bee larger and therefore w*^ my un-
fei^ed love to yo^ it yo" I remayne S'
London — truly lo« freind E. Winslow.

vii — april : 52

S' . . . . Since I wrote the aboves^ take notice there is a Casque of Hatts.
I take itt an Hogeshead shipped in M' Carwithy of the same in N® 26.
they were given and therefore yo^ must complayne of it. Our Gierke is
confident there is another [Trusse] of Kerseys of the same marke n* 25 in
M' Cranes I pray yo^ inquire allsoe after itt — he pauseth — wee to send yo^
the contents of each p'ell heerin and to that end I have left my P'* open
that hee may send itt accordindly Yrs E. Winslow.

Sir .... By Order of the Corporac6n (for promoting the Grospel amongst
the Indians in New England) I am to acquaint yo^ that there is shipped
on Board of the New England Marchant of London whereof Digory Car-
withy is Master one small Barr^ or Casque of Hatts marked and numbered
/-i^-A^^ as in the Margent — Allsoe yo^ shall finde on board the Ca-
J [Merchants' ) nary Merchant whereof Gilb' Crane is Master one Trusse
( marks.] ) of Kerseys — marked as in the margent w*^^ is not intered
^^nf*^^ in the Bill of Ladinge because the Boatswayne forgott to
take notice of the shippinge of itt but I find in the Serchers office heere and
amongst the notes taken by the warehoosekeeper that the same was shipped
with the rest of the goods. Your freind & Serv^

Jo. Hooper, Clerke to the Corpora^'*.
London 3"* may 1652

Letter to Edward Window B$q from Richard Onslow B$q,

Honored S'

I receaved the printed letters signed by my Lord General] with a
letter from your Cp° and (being immediately before our Quarter sessions)
I thought it best there to have my Lord Generairs letter openly rend and
then caused every High Constable to take a proportionable number of them
to disperse to the sevrall parishes, and with all acquainted them with the
sabetance of yours that there was land presently to be purchased & there-
fore there must be speedy returns. Sir I have what I could advanced the
worke, and did nominat sevrall Treasurers for the west devision — M' Rich-
ard Withers for the middle devision — maior Yates for Tantrlrlffe and By-
Bte M' Jeremy Johnson for Witrundridge of Brixton and Vnillington —
' John Sayer. I have spoken to them myselfe to gett in what is collect-
ed and to pay it to M' ffloyd in cheapside for although I was vwy willing
to take the name of Treasurer yett I never receaved any of the money and
I p'ceave by the Treasurers and also by divers ministers that some p'sont
have divulged about that the monies collected in toverall places formerly
have not Iinbuc bestowed the right way and when such p*sons shall refuse to
give uppon that account, it doth only discourage those of the neighbourhood
but flyes about like wildfire people being too apt to give creditt to such
reports. I haveing done my endeavours there romalnos only a little pay-
ment to gamer in those monies that are in teverall church wardens handt

396 Records of Winchester ^ K. H. [Oct.

into the respective Treasurers who I am confident will speedjly make [>a7-
ment : if you please this bearer may repaire to those 4 Treasurers to niake
dispatch. I have nothing more at present but to give you the account &
subscribe myselfe that of Sir your most sincere Freind
august 2"^. 1653 Richard Onslow.

Reverend Sir —

As itt is not a little greevyous to mee to be kept from visiting my
freinds att a distance, soe especially that I cannott wayte uppon your selfe,
to whome our Corporacon is soe much engaged, but my present infirmity
must pleade my Excuse to you and them. But beinge now to goe out of
Towne in order to a cure (if God shalbee pleased to accompany w^ his
blessinge, I take the boldnesse to write a few leines unto you and to
acquaint you that since I saw you Co^ Bedingfeild is come to towne who
sent mee word by his Maio' that his Brother Harry would bee in Towne
this weeke, and would acknowledge heere before the Lord Cheife Justice,
or any other the Justices of the Comon pleas, which if hee doe you shall
not need to goe over to Sir Henry about itt yet least hee should fayle I
thought good to coinitt the Comission and the letter to Sir Henry to your
care, only you may please to keepe itt a while by you till you heare further
from us, wee doe this the rather because its not safe to send itt to you by
the post wherein so many have acknowledged already — And if you must
doe itt att last, my desire is that you will send itt by some sure hand to our
Treasurer W Rich** ffloyde att the Meremayd in Cheapside, betweene Milk
Street & Wood Street, or to my selfe. I have ordered our Register be-
cause I heare noe word from M' Chester in answere of that 1" I showed
you the Coppy to write another of the same by you & to intreate you to
get some whose under the Treasurers hands to engage them to pay the rent
to our Treasurer att his dwellinge house abovesaid instead of payinge itt att
Oxborow (for they desire to pay itt att London rather then Norwich their
leases will shew you their Covenant there beinge tyme between Michmas &
Xmas for the paym* of the mich"*' rent and for faylo' the Leases voyde &
the like for the Lady day rent att or before midsummer ensueinge you
might write M"" ffloyde Treas' to y* Society for prop* the Gospel in New
Eng** — you see dear Sir how bould wee make with you but who should wee
presume uppon in Gospel 1 work but Gospell spirited men & if wee bee
wantiuge the Lord Jesus Xt wilbee your reward which is the unfeined de-
sire of Your most humble serv*

London — 1 — December E6. Winslow-

1G53

PARTIAL COPY OF RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF WIN-

CHESTER, N. H.

Communicated by John L. Alexander, M.D., of Belmoi>t, Mass.

[Continued fh>in page 297.}

1787 Joshua Lyman m. Katharine Hammond Dec 19^.
Tertius Lyman m. Plunice Houghton Apr 16^.
Daniel Tenny m. Rebeccah Owen July 15*\

1883.] Records of Winchesterj If. H. 897

1788 Phineas Ljman m. Hannah Houghton Apr 21**.
Abial Narramore m. Dolly Smith May 26^\
Ichabod Franklin m. Loisa McDole Dec 11**^.
Samuel Bond m. Mary Wellman May 15^.
Nehemiah Houghton m. Lydia Dodge Jan^ 24*^.
Samuel Warren m. Elizabeth Alexander July 10'\
Ebenezer Alexander m. Bhoda Scott Jan^ S .
Henry Foster m. Lucy Dana May 9^.

1789 Samuel Gleason m. Azuba Wright Feb 2^.
Daniel Bancroft m. Patience Marble Sept 1*^.
Levi Marble m. Mindwell Faasett Mar 9*^.
Hezekiah WiUis m. Abigail Healy Mar 24^
James Foster m. Hannah Stetson Mar 9^.
Abel Oldham m. Amy Hawkins Dec 27*^.
Ebenezer Sanger m. Sabina Whitney Jan 7^.
Eliakim Parsons m. Bebeckah Dodge Jan^ 21**.

1790 John Eames m. Thankful Franklin Feb 9*^.
Bim Wilder m. Abagail Griggs Dec 15^.
James Follett m. Hulda Cook Mar 23^

Martin Pomeroy m. Dorcas Chamberlain Nov 25^.
Nathaniel Stone m. Maliuda Willard (date obliterated).

Shattuck m. Eunice Scott **

James Scott m. Hannah Jewell ^

Joshua Willis m. Jona Watkins
Nathaniel Keys m. Molly Taylor

1791 Ezra Conant m. Sally Alexander Jan 16.
Elisha Chamberlain m. Hannah Twitchel Aug 18*
Samuel Fessendeu m. Azuba Houghton Aug 8»
Joel Chapin m. Roda Scott Feb 28.

Luther Houghton m. Anna Munro May 21.
Josiah Ward m. Lydia Sherman
Daniel Stone m. Sally Pratt
Daniel Severance m. Lydia Healy
Oliver Prime m. Rachel Franklin
Samuel Hildreth m. Ruth Marble
William Foster m. Subrey Miles
David Goss m. Cynthia Brett

1792 Alpheus Houghton m. Elizabeth Wood July 5.
Robert Prentice m. Susannah Wright Jan^ 80.
Samuel Hammond m. Elizabeth Very July 14.
John Knapp nv. Susanna Alexander July 22.
Abiather Dean m. Fidelia Hawkins Aug 15.
Solomon Griggs m. Philena Bobter Sept 8.
Daniel Hawkins m. Ama Arnold

Oliver Wakefield m. Susannah Hatdi
Cyrus Robinson m. Abagail Knapp
1798 John Anthony m. Susannah Cahoon
Nathaniel Keys m. Olive Carpenter
Benjamin Estabrook m. Betsey Houghton
Daniel Ripley m. Polly Hawkins
James Corsley m. Silvia Darlin
John Whitemore m. Martha Roberta

T«b. XXXTII. 86

398 Records of WincheBitrf If, H. [Oct.

Joshua Cook m. Naomi Hammond
Reuben Alexander m. Hannah Pratt
Francis Henry m. Tabitha Chamberlain
James Pratt m. Hannah Davis

1794 Thomas Faberm. Rhoda Hutching
Nathan Fassett m. Jerusha Tuttle
Caleb Alexander m. Harriet Locke
Lewis Watkins m. Sybil Willard
Daniel Stowel m. Polly Pratt
Reuben Lord m. Polly Divol
Pearley Ilutchins m. Rhoda Smith
George Watkins m. Freedom Hooghtoo
Charles Mansfield m. Polly Howard

Dr. George Farrington m. Nancy Hawkins
Asahel Pomeroy m. Hannah Whitney

1795 Calvin Chaml>erlain m. Rhoda Cook
Henry Pratt m. Rebecah Jewell
Jesse Scott m. Matilda Gould
Elisha Knapp m. Lucretia Alexander
Daniel Twichel m. Eunice Wright
Samuel Hill m. Sophia Ashley
Joseph Miles m. Martha Healey
Caleb Parker m. Sarah Watkins
Benjamin Freedom m. Lucina Perry
Ephraim Hawkins m. Grata Alexander
Nathan Pratt m. Hannah Hammond
Francis Verry m. Rhoda Lawrence
Noadiah Kelley m. Polina Stebins
Ezekiel Kelley m. Julia Cahoon
Josiah Ward m. Ellen Washburn
Ricliard Gordon m. Lois Hazy
Ephraim Watkins m. Sarah Hammond
Amasa Houghton m. Polly Haskins
Daniel Cook m. Eunice Cook

179G Nathan Fellows m. Hannah Knapp

Elisha Smith m. Charlott Dodge

John Jones m. Sally Whittemore

Levi Ripley m. Elizabeth Hawkins

Nathaniel King m. Susannah Smith

David Very m. Rispah Miles

Enos Hefrin m. Sally Brattle

Enoch Day m. Rebecca Lawrence

Paul Willard m. Sally Butler

Alpha Wright m. Elizabeth Stowel

Ephraim Brett m. Hannah Stearns
1797 Mathew Bartlett m. Mindwell Haskins

Harris Ealy m. Molly Gould

Asahel Jewell m. Hepsibah Chamberlain

David Turtelo m. Phebe Combs

John Robinson m. Charity Lawrence

Asa Verry m. Cloe Rixford

Solomon Willard m^ Cynthia Lewis

Jesse Spaulding m. Rhoda Stowell

1883.] Letters of Mesheck Weare. S99

Josiah Stebbins m. Abagail Stratton
Nathan Parker m. Jemima Joseph
John Eviden m. Rebeckah Pratt
Samuel Brooks m. Betsey Healy
Elisha Rice m. Bertha Twitchell
Asa Hutchens m. Abagail Wise
Fessenden Curtis m. Polly Smith
Stephen Hawkins m. Lucy Butler
Amos Adams m. Mary Fassett
Levi Follett m. Mary Scott

1798 James Aires m. Sally Goodwin

1799 Joseph Stowell m. Content Alexander
Francis Kimball m. Olive Kimball
Reuben Battle m. Ruth Battle
Stephen Combs m. Molly Verry
Curtis Latham m. Sylvia Marble
Stephen Randall m. Lydia Hammond
Josiah Stebbins m. Martha Belding

[To be continued.]

LETTERS OF MESHECK WEARE, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

Communicated by John S. H. Foao, M.D., of Soath Boston, Mass.

Exeter Feb: S'** 1776.
Sir,

Your favour of the 9'^ & 20*** ult® we acknowledge the receipt of.
And are heartily sorry for the Loss at Quebec — especially of General
Montgomery. But previous to the Receipt of any Letter from Philadelphia,
And at the Request of his Excell^ General Washington, we had given Or-
ders to Raise a Regiment in the upper part of our Colony which is now
nearly compleated, and some part of them Already marched oil*, Who are
under the Command of ColP Beedell. We difiered a little in our Encour-
agement to the Soldiers, which was to have been Two months advance pay.
But since the Receipt of a Letter from your President, we have followed
his Directions and given 40s. Bounty and One months pay advance, agrea-
ble to the Resolves of Congress — Nothing has been wanting in us, in hav-
ing Said Regiment Raised, and in forwarding the Same Who We hope may
arrive in Time, And that all Canada may fall into our hands, without which
we are to expect Every difficulty on the frontiers, and on ours in Particu-
lar. Which Convinces us that no Cost Ought to be Spared to Secure the
Same. Your hint was hardly in Season, to put us in Mind of Choosing
another delegate to attend the Congress, as that business was done before
your favour Came to hand. We concluded it was Necessary, especially as
we found One of ours was for Some time out of the way, and will Necessa-
rily be detained here. Our Colony's Poverty you are Perfectly acquaint*
ed with. Therefore it's Needless to inform you, that was the Reason which
Confined us to the Choice of one Only, By whom you will Receive this —
And pray you would assist him in Getting a credit for as much Money of

400 lAtter of Me$hech Weare. [Oct

the Congress as Will procure 1000 Barrels of Flour: aud have the Same

Shipped to this Port as Soon as may be. We are ConviDced it's the

hardest of Labour to be Confiaed so much as f ou are, But if your health
Should Dot be impaired thereby, you will still Persevere In die Axduoos
Task ; And in the End Recieve the Plaudits of Your Country men for
your good Services. — The money you mention to be ordered to be Sent to
us by the Congress for the Use of the Northern Army, we have not as yet
Recieved. And at the same time Remind you, it is much Less than what

we have advanced them. We are preparing our accounts of Expenses

as well Provincial as Continental, and when Compleated shall be forwarded,
which we hope won't be Long first. — As to other Public matters they stand
with us much as per our last. Only that we are convinced that it won't
be above one Month, before we shall be under the Necessity of Raising
a Number of Men for the Defence of our Metropolis : At least one Bat-
talion, and have taken the Liberty to petition the Congress to fix them as
Continental, which we are Very desirous of having Granted, and ask your
Interest in getting the Same accomplished. — We Likewise acknowledge the

Receipt of Common Sense, For which we are much obliged to you.

We cannot find by the Records that there has been any Petitions forward-
ed to Great Britain Since the Commencement of these Times.

By order of the Committee I am Sr.

Tour mt hum. ServS
The Hon^ Josiah Bartlett Esq. Mesheck Weabe.

[Superscription to above.] To | The Hon^* | Josiah Bartlett Esq |

att. I Philadelphia.

New Hampshire } ^" Committee of Safety Exeter ^^^ ^, j^^

Gentlemen,

You are appointed and Desired Immediately to Repair to Ben-
nington, and do Every thing in your power to assist the Sick and wounded
men of General Stark's Brigade of Militia of this State, and to Consult
with and advise General Stark with Respect to any further operations —
and to procure an Exact Account of the late Action of Greneral Stark's with
the Brittish Troops.

And Further you are Empowered to do and transact any matters and
things with Respect to Said Brigade that you may think Necessary.

By Order of the Committee

M. WsARE Chairman.

Hon^* Josiah Bartlett & )

Col* Nathaniel Peabody Esq". )

[Lulorsed in handwriting of Josiah Bartlett:]

'* Instruction to the Committee to repair to Bennington."

Duty TO Ancestors.— The ** first commandment with promise," which requires
the individual to ** honor*' his immediate parents with grateful areiduity while
they live, and with grateful commemoration when they are gone, is a command'
ment for communities and races to honor all that was good in their progenitors.—
Leonard Sacon^ D.D,, LL.D,

1883.] Baptisms in Dover, Jf. U. 401

BAPTISMS IN DOVER, N. H. 1717—1766.

Copt of the Rev. Jonathan Cushing's Record op Baptisms in
Dover, N. H., now a part op the Records op the

First Church.

Commanicated by John R. Ham, M.D., of Dover, N. H.
[Continued firom toI. xxx. pag« 467.]

John & Elizabeth, Child" of Matthews.

Aaron, son of Ezekiel Wentworth (in private).

Sobriety, D' of W" Hill.

John, son of John Roberts.

Joseph, son of Joseph Bickford.

Timothy, son of Tim** Moses (in private).

Benj*, son of Daniel Titcomb.

Eliz', D' of Isaac Watson.

John Ham, on a sick bed.

Elihu, son of Elihu Hayes.

Sarah, D' of George Hern.

Thomas, son of Daniel Ham.

Elihu, son of Ephraim Wentworth.

Joshua, son of W" Twombly.

Eliz* D' of Jacob Horsum.

Mary, D"" of Saml Chesley (in private).

Tamsen, Wife of John Tibbets, & their Child**, viz ;
Daniel, Mary, Nathaniel & Sarah.

Thomas, son of Dudley Watson (in private).

Hannah Tibbetts.

Paul, son of Paul Gerrish.

Jane, D*" of Henry Buzzell.

John, son of Solomon Emerson.

James, son of John Row. k,, ^ xtr ^n . r

Benaiah, son of Francis Drew. I ^' ^ ^r^^ ^*^' ^^

Eleazar, son of Sam* Davis. ^ ^^'^^'

Sam^ son of Benj* Hall.

Robert, son of Azariah Boody. .

Elizabeth, D' of Stephen WiUey.
28. Molly, D' of William Gerrish.
Sept 18. Eunice, IK of Cheney Smith.

23. Andrew, son of Andrew Marshall (in private).
Octob 2. Abigail, D' of Dan* Horn.

30. Mary, D' of John Mills.
Nov. 6. Daniel Young.

28. Moses & Aaron, twin children of John Wingate.
1744.
Jan. 8. John, James, W™, Sam*, Moses & Aaron, Child" of James

Kielle.
Feb. 16. Solomon, son of David Daniel (in private).
Mar. 11. Ichabod, son of Ichabod Uayes. *
TOL. zxxvii. 86*

1743.

Jan. 1 2.

Feb. 21.

May 8.

22.

June

4.
12.

16.
19.

July

26.
3.

10.
19.
24.

Aug.

10.
21.
25.

27.

July

Sept

30.

Oct

Nov.

13.

402 Baptisms in Dover, IT. H. [0(

April 15. Tim® son of John Grerrish.

Anna, Jy of Ephraim Ham.

17. Martha M* £1 Roy — upon a sick bed.
22. Israel, son of W"" Hanson.

W", son of Mary Tuttle.

29. Mary, D' of George Hem.

May 12. Sampson of James Pinkham (in private).

13. Ebenezer, son of W"* Twombly.
Ephr" son of Joseph Bickfbrd.

' 20. John, son of John Meserve.

Hannah, D' of Arthur Danielson.

Judith, Jy of George Horn.

James, son of James Davis.

Patience, Jy of John Horn.

James, son of Jonathan Toung.

Sarah, D^ of Clement Ham.

Jane, IH of Jonathan Ham.

Olive, D' of John Leighton.

Abigail, TY of Joseph Hall.

Patience, D' of Daniel Jacobs — in privatey she being sick.

Lydia, Seth & SamS Child" of Dan^ Jacobs. ^ all baptised

John, Dorcas, Stephen, Philip & Zechuiah, at a

Child" of Zechariah Bunker. \ service

Sarah, Joseph & Mary, Child" of Thomas [ at Daniel
Pinkham. J Jacobs.

18. Hannah, D' of Nathaniel Horn.
25. Andrew, son of Vincent Torr.

Dec' 9. Susanna, Jy of Joshua Perkins.

1745.

Feb. 3. Samuel Hanson.

April 7. Sam*, son of Dudley Watson.

1 4. John, son of John Wood.
21. Tamson, D' of Elihu Hayes.

28. W", John & Lydia, Child" of Andrew Marshall.

30. Eliz* D' of Hezekiah Hayes (in private).
May 26. Eliz' & Mary, Child" of Daniel Jacobs.

Abijah, son of Sam* Hanson.
June 2. George, son of Hatevil Leighton.
George, son of George Horn.
9. Abigail, D' of Shadrach Hodgdon.
Mary, D' of Joseph Drew.
Abigail, D' of Stephen Pinkham.
23. Parnel, D' of Tristam Coffin.

27. Paul, Hepzibah, Lemuel and Solomon CSiild* of Joseph
Twombly.
July 21. Paul, son of Nehemiah Kimbal.

Sarah, D' of George Hern.
Octo 6. Abigail Field.

Ichabod, son of Daniel Horn.
1 3. Timothy, son of W"* Gerrish.
20. Nathaniel, son of W" Twombly.
27. Anna, D' of Ephraim Wentworth.
Nov. 3. Nathaniel, son of W"" Whitehoase.

1883.] mtes and Queries. 408

Dec 29. Isaac, soo of James Pinkham.

1746.

Feb. 23. Sarah, D' of Cheney Smith.

Mar. 23. Mary Tuttle.

28. Ezekiel, son of Ichabod Hayes.

May 18. Clement, soh of Jonathan Ham.

[Tobeoontiiiaed.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTSS.

Thx First Rbligious Newspaper. — A note on this subjecl is printed in the Rn-
IBTXR, vol. zzv. page 382. Articles upon it will also be found in the historical Mag-
azine, iBt Series, vol. i. pp. 280, 316, 347 ; vol. ii. pp. 27, 282, 341. The following
list of the religious newspapers, of which the publication was commenced before
1820, with dates of first issue, is as near complete as I have been able to make it.
Most if not all of them have been called ** the first religious newspaper.** Addi-
tions and corrections are solicited.

1. Rprald of Gospel Uberiy, Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. I, 1808.

2. ReHgioits Remembrancer, Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1813.

3. Weekly Recorder, Chillicothe, Ohio, July 5, 1814.

4. Boston Recorder, Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1816.

5. Rel^oiLS Intelligencer, New Haven, Ct., June 1, 1816.

6. Christian Herald, Newburyport. Mass., Sept. 1817.

7. Southern Religious Intelligencer, Charleston, S. C, as early as 1819.

The publication of the Herald of Oospel Liberty was discontinued in September,
1817, and that of the Chillicothe Weekly Recorder the same year. The title of the
Christian Herald was changed to the Herald of Gospel Ltoerty, and that of the
Boston Recorder to the Puritan Recorder ; and it is now merged in the Conarega-
tionalist. Titles and other particulars of religious newspapers published Defore
1850 are also solicited. Perhaps' Prince*s Christian History, published weekly at
Boston, from March 5, 1743. to February 23, 1745, should be included in this list
and placed at its head.

WoRnswoRTB AND Wadsworth.— The origin of the name Wordsworth (William
the poet) has always been involved in obscurity, although traced back to Yorkshire.
Dr. M. Edward Wadsworth, whose address at the Wadsworth Reunion, September
13, 188*2, is printed in the Wadsworth Family in America, noticed in the last
Rsqister, page 331, has shown that William Wordsworth's |preat-great-grand-
fi&ther*s name was spelled Wadsworth, and that the two spellings came ori^n-
ally from the Yorkshire towns — Wadsworth and Wadwortb — both originally being
spelled alike. He finds also that the orthography Wadsworth and Wordsworth was
common for the same person. William Wordlsworth without doubt belongs to the
Wadsworth family, wnile the orthography of many of the surnames in the Words-
worth genealogy, published in the Ueral. Misoel. Qen. of J. J. Howard, is shovm
to be incorrect, since the family is not large, and since the members all appear to
have originally come from Yorkshire, a connection between Longfellow and Wil-
liam Wordsworth is probable. Is not further study on this question worth the trou-
ble on the part of English and American genealogists? W.

In the recently published Wadsworth Family in America, page 30, is'found this
statement: '* The exact date of Christopher Wadsworth *s arrival or bow he came
is not known."

I would say that S. W. Cowles, Em., of Bartford, Ct., has a bible, printed in
London in 1625, in which is found the Following entry among others :

•* Christopher Wadsworth. his Book. 16«» Sept. 1632, Landed y* Boston In y«
Harbour. Sailed in y« Ship Lion and William Wadsworth Together in T Ship."

404 NoUa and Queries. [Oct.

The author of the WadHworth Family a
the Lion at that date. [Ria. iit. 300;
shows that Christopher cams with him.

John Hancock. — The Baiton Gazette and Country Journal, Aofcust 31, 1769,
OODtHins tho foUoiriilg item :

Last FriiJay [AuRuat 18J a Trial was made of the Brigantine, Risinq Libutt,
belongiog to John UiNCoCE Bsq ; aod lately buiit by Mr. H'atter, oTthie Tuwo.

Qunin.
Kifo, Sparhawk (REQiam, Jan. 1874, p. 83),— It would
be iateresting to know what authority there is for the state-
that " Capt. Daniel King was an officer in the Britiah
, from Wales," In the Registry cif De«U at Eieter,
I. (vol, 4, p, 4!J), we (indtbnt Daniel King, of the townuC
Salem, in the County of Essex, merchant, for £100 conveys to
. ^ _, Andrew and James Burley, of Ipswich, in the same couDty,

ftV' r* KTTTl '^ lores of land, which wae boitghtof Edward Hiilton.aa
^■■'"" '* il J*» Mipears by a bill of sale fjiven for the same by John Wedgett,
and " la the same i^na and meadow that was given to Mary Taughan, now the wife
of the said DanicU King, afiireeaid." This deed is dated January 31, leU3-4, and
signed by Daniel King and Mary King.

In the Surrogate 'a office at flieter is recorded the will of Sumnna Atkinson, of
Portsmouth, N. II., widow, dated April 38, 17S4. Among the bequests is one to
faer nephew, William K. Atkinson, oi her "silTcr wrought bread- buket and largest
silver tnnkiird with the Atkinson arms thereon," family pictures, Jbc. Also to ner
nephew, (Juurge King Sparhawk, her "plain silver oval waiter, largest silver tea-
pot and the tea spoons with the King crest."

These tcn-spoiras are now in the puoMsslon of a daughter of Ueorge Sparhawk,
Esq, , the second son of George King Sparhawk.

The underaigned. when in Newburypurt a few years since, was permitted to ei-

omini- them, und found tliereun a cre^t, bh depicted in the accompanying illustration.

None of the liernldiu autliuricim examined assign tlii^ cre'<t to thu name of King,

and liie writer inxerla this note with the hope ol eliciting some further iDformatiou

on the Huliject, Rurua EiNa.

Yonktrs, Weatcbeittr Co., N. Y.

RidL*nd. — In " Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown," Wyman mentions
William ICidland (" not John, as in print ") , who died Dec. 3. IfS94, aged upwards
of 60. Married l^tience Davis, U-iue.— William, burn Di,-c, 21, lfi63 ; Nathanitl,
born Dec. B, 1065; Fatience. Jna. Ifl, 1667; Juanna, Aug, 15, 1670; Af or u, Jan.
9, 1HT3, and Bamabai, June 28, IdTU,

Mr, Kiiilnnd seems tu have had property in Charlestown or Groton, Man. Itwill
be seen there were three sons in the family, and yet the name is not known in New
Knglaiid. Can any one direct ine to a tnraily in the United States named Ridland ?
They are numerous in tho Shetland Islandi.

P. S. Where was " John " mentioned " in print " ? [Savage, ill. 541.— En.]
Mancheiler, N. H. O. T. Kidlon.

KcDi.Er, — Wyman aUo mentions a William Ridley who had daughter Mary Ran-
dall, A|ivil 18, 1730. Had house and land in Charlestown, Widow died I7lfl).
tirave^tiiiieH were paid lor in account. Where was he buried? Are his ''grave-
stones " standing in Charlestown '! G. T. Ridwn.

BaRWKTER, — Can any one inform me who were the descendants of Jonathan and
Love Itrf^^ttT, the sons of William Brewster who came over in the Mayflower ?
Jonntliiin moved to Norwich, Ct., after 1648,

A graiiduin of Love Brewster, named Jonathan, married Mary Partridge and was
living in Windham, Ct., 1733.

1883.] Notes and Queries. 405

My greai-grandmoiher, Grace Brewster, was niarried to Leonard Perkins, and
liTed many years in Woodstock, Ct. ; though her birthplace 1 do not know.

That she was a lineal descendant of £laer Brewster we are sure ; for her son,
Warren Perkins, obtained the record of her family from a Mr. Brewster who visited
bim at Arlington Heights, Va., during the war. The house wfts afterwards burned
ind the reooras destroyed. Mrs. Lillian G. Monk.

Nevada J Story Co. , Iowa,

Stoddard. — Can any one give the names of the descendants of Ebenezer Stoddard,
bom 1664, and was the son of Anthony of Boston ?

My fl;reat-great-grandfather, Ebenezer Stoddard, bom about 1736-30, married
Anna (other name unknown). Acoordinj? to family tradition he went from Rox-
bury, MasH., to Pomfret, Ct. : but as the Kozbury records have not been examined,
we do not know positively who were his ancestors, though the supposition is that
he was a descendant of Ebeneser, son of Anthony of Boston.

Nevada, Siory Co,, Iowa, Mrs. Liluan 0. Monk.

Waterman. — A tradition exists among the descendants of Robert Waterman, who
settled in Marshfield, Mass., that Robert Waterman was brother to Richard Water-
man, 12th Prop, of Providence, R. L Material is said to exist proving the correot-
of this tradition. Where can it be found ? Wm. H. Watxrhait.

New Bedford, Mass,

OnrxALOGiCAL QuiRnEB :

1. Who was Bannah Cooper, who married Jonathan HiUiard at Hampton FaUt,
UTot. 9, 1733 ?

3. Who was Esther , who married Samuel Melcher (son of Samuel) in 1734?

3. Whose son was Samuel Melcher, who was born in 16^, who married Eliz.
daughter of Benj. Cram and Argentine Cromwell?

4. I find in Hampton records, among the births of 1680, or thereabouts, *' Susan-
na, ye dau. of John Smith and Rebecca his wyfe,'* and among the marriages of 1678
or so, " John Smith & Rebecca Adams were married " ; but in the Page Genealo-
gy (Rxqistrr, page 76, vol. 26) I find that John Smith of Hampton married Re-
becca Marston, daughter of Wm. Marston and Rebecca (Page) Marston. Which
douple was Susanna Smith the child of?

5. Has it yet been found out who the wife of Eleazer Williams* (Samuel,' Sam-
uel,' Robert,^ of Roxbury, Mass.) was? She is not named in Williams Genealogy.
Her first name was Sarah.

6. Who was the wife of Abia Holbrook,* bora 1694-5, first of Weymouth then of
Boston, Mass. ? His ancestry were (Samuel,^ Capt. John,' Thomas').

7. Who was the wife of Samuel Holbrook^ (Capt. John,' Thomas'), first name
I^dia? She died in 1745. See Vinton Memorial.

8. Who was Anne Towle of Hampton (?), who married (Feb. 1755) Benjamin
Sunbora* of Hampton Falls (Joseph,^ Joseph,* Lieut. John') ?

Concord, Mass, I. C. SAKBOKif.

BifiTH QuBRin :

1. Smith — //tin/inor.— Jonathan Smith and Ruth Hunting were married Septem-
ber 24th, 1742-3. Needbam Town Records.

What was the ancestry of this couple ?

2. Smith — ^arnare/.— Jonathan Smith and Mary Barnard were married Jane
6th, 1738. Roxbury Town Records.

What was the ancestry of this couple ?

3. Smith-^Peabody. — Jonathan Smith and Jane Peabody Were married March 16,
1683. ''Bond and Savage.''

What were the names of her parents ? Gio. Lamb.

13 Kilby Street, Boston.

Ladp. — Richard Ladd paid taxes in Boston in 1688. He married Martha

and they had two children— Richard, born Sept. 7th, 1689, and Mary, bora Not. 9d,
1601.

406 Notes and Queries. [Oct.

Robert Ladd paid taxes in Boston in 1689. He married Bridget , and had

a son Edward, bom Oct. 10th, 1694.

I find in the Provincial Records of New Hampshire, vol. 2d, p. 79, that Robert
Ladd — supposed to be the Robert of Boston — was master of the Brig William and
Samuel, of Portsmouth, N. U., ISept. 1st, 1692.

Can any one of your readers give me any other facts in regard to Richard and
Robert Ladd, or their descendants? Were Richard and Robert brothers? Who
was their father, and where did they live before coming to Boston ? Were they de-
scendants of Daniel Ladd, who came from* London in the Mary and John in 1633?
He was in Ipswich in 1637, at Salisbury in 1640, and Haverhill in 1645, where he
died, July 24th, 1693. He married Ann — . Can any one give me her maiden
surname? or where they were married?

New Bedford, Warrb3V Ladd.

Ervino. — JanV 12, 1785. John Kirkland, David Spead, and Benjamin Bonney,
in behalf of the State, sold at auction to Amzi Childs, a lot of land in Deerfield, the
confiscated estate of James Erving, Who was this man? The name is never met
with in this tovm. G. Sheldon.

Deerfield, Mass.

FosTKR — Nash. — Edward Foster (Nash Gen. p. 104) married Lowly Nash, daugh-
ter of PhineasNash, of Wyoming, Pa., Feb. 10, 1791. They lived at Hubhard-
ton, Vt., where their six children were bom. The wife being unwilling to have her
bans published in Massachusetts where she lived, they were married in New York
state. They had : I.Samuel, b. April 2, 1793, m. Mary Parker; 2. James, b.
Sept. 14, 1794 ; 3. Phineas Nash, b. Dec. 25, 1795, m. Mrs. Mary Bulford ; 4. Sally,
b. Sept. 10, 1797, m. October, 1819, John Ide ; 5. Lowly, b. Oct. 5, 1799 ; 6. Aspasia,
b. Sept. 1, 1800 (as per family Bible).

I will be elad to know whose son Edward Foster was, with some account of his
ancestry, either through the Registbr or direct to me.

Wilkes Barre, Penn, Rev. Horace Edwin Hatden.

Perkins. — I desire information concerning the de8<?endant8 of Timothy Perkins,
who married Mary Washburn, 1753.

He was the son of Martha Leonard and Nathan Perkins, who was the son of Da-
vid Perkins, of Bridgewater, Mass. My great-grandfather Leonard Perkins was in
the Revolutionary War, and was born and reared in New England, his home for
many years being in Woodstock, Ct. His birth must have occurred not later than
1760. From the similarity of names, dates and places, I conclude he may have
sprung from the Leonard and Perkins families of Bridgewater.

Nevada^ Story Co.^ Iowa. Mrs. Lillian C. Monk.

Lane. — In what year was James Lane of North Yarmouth '* killed in a fight
with Indians " ? Samuel Richards.

South Paris, Me.

Replies.

Garfield. — Since writing the Garfield paper (ante, p. 253) I have had opportuni-
ty of looking at a friend's Northants collections, and find notes of three wills which
you may think worth printing.

Robert Thomson^ named in the will of Garfield about 1544.

iVo/g.— Between 1527 and 1534, the will of Thomas Thompson of Kilsby wa»
proved at Northampton, in which he named his son Robert, probably the one above
mentioned.

Alice Howlett. See will of John G., 1618, or Alice G., of London.

jVo/€.— The will of William Howlet of Kilsbye, carpenter, in which his wife Alice
is named, was proved in 1602. That of Alice llowlet of Kilsby, widow, was proved
in 1623. As it refers to several of the families already mentioned in connection
with the Garfields, an abstract of it may interest the reader. She names— John

1883.] Ifotea and Queries. 407

Alflop and his son Richard and three other children — William Alsop and his daa^^h-
ter Marv— William Abbott and Lydia his wife, and Ann and JSlizabeth, two daugh-
ters — Aloees Alaop— William Tompson and Margaret bis wife and their daughter
Sarah Tompson — Saunders Sabyn and his wife Ellen— John Howlett and Elizabeth
his wife and their sons William, John, John, Ephraim, Moses and their daughter
Sarah. Overseers, Georce Harris and Saunders Harbert.
Witnessed. Sephaniah Cricke, his mark.

1 have had the following additional burials from the Clerkenwell registers sent
me.

1680 Oct. 10 Master Beniamin Garfeild buryed from St Gileses in the feilds

1682 July 18 Willia Garfeild, a wever, an Inhabytant.

168^-4 Feb. 8 William son of wm Garfeild, weaver from the Black Swan

1685-6 Mar. 23 Mary Garfield, from Bull Alley.

28 Budffe Row, E. C. London, W. P. W. Phillmorh.

Marriage op a Widow {ante^p, 202).— In the Salem Gazette of April 21, 1818,

appears theTollowine : ** At St. Johns, Mr. Siimuel to Mrs. , widow. She

was in a state of nudity while the ceremony was performed, which according to an
old custom exonerates the new husband from any liability for the former husband's
debts.*' This is a copy from above paper, omitting the surnames.

Sakm, Mass. ^.

Historical Intelligence.

Spencer and Htde. — Brief genealogies of these families have appeared in the
Seymour Record, published at Seymour, Ct., by W. 0. Sharpe, the former in the
issue for May 25, 1883, and the latter in those for July 13, and August 17, 1893.
Subscription to the paper $1.50 a year in advance.

Genealogies in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised to fur-
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other
information which they think will be useful. We would suggest that all facts of.
interest illustrating family history or character be communicated, especially ser-
Tioe under the U. S. government, the holding of other ofiBces, graduation from
college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates of oirth, marriagee
residence and death. When there are more than one christian name thev should all
be given in full if possible. No initials should be used when the full names are
known.

Cunnaheil, Connable, or Conable. By John Bearso Newcomb, of Elgin, III., au-
thor of the ** Newcomb Genealogy.'* — At various times during the past twenty-
two years Mr. Newcomb has been engaged in collecting materials for a Genealogi-
cal Memoir of the Cunnabell, Connable, or Conable family.

John Cunnabell,' bom Jan. 25, 1649-50, living in London, England, 1673, came
800D after to Boston, Mass., where he died AprillO, 1724. Ue had at least eleven
children, two of whom were sons. John^ left no children. Samuel' had twelve
children ; among them were Samuel,' Preserved' and John,' from whom are de-
acended all of the name in America. Samuel' settled in Bemardston, Mass., 1739;
Preserved' inNovaSootia about 1750, and John' in Leyden, Mass., 1772. Mr.
Newcomb, whose paternal grandmother was Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel,' will
be thankful for any information relating to the family. It is the purpose to pab-
Ueh the work this year.

Herrick. By Dr. L. C. Herrick, 295 Hunter Street, Columbus, Ohio.— It will be
hftfled on the genealogy of this family prepared by Gen. Jedediah Herrick ,^f Hamp-
den, Me., who died October 19, 1849 (Reg. iv. 101), — and published in 1846. Clrcu-
lars, giving particulars as to illustrations and other matters, may be obtained by
writing to Dr. Herrick at the above address.

Starkweather. By J. C. Starkweather, Providence, R. I. — Robert Starkweather,
the emigrant ancestor of this family, was of Rozbury as early as 1640.

Treat. Bv John Hervey Treat, of Ijawrence, Mass.— Mr. Treat is preparing a
gttMilogy of the descendants of Rev. Samuel Treat, of Eastham, Cape Cod, the eld-*

408 Societies and their Proceedings. [Oct*

est son of Got. J3UAmt Tieat, of ComieoUcut, aod grandsoD of Biobard Treat iU
settler. All of the family of Treat in the United States, ae far aa is known, are d»-
soended from either Richard, or Mathias Treat, bis relative. From 1713-1806, then
were many of this branch liying in Boston, and some aJao at the present day. The
Maine family belongs to this branch. Any information respecting the desoeodanti
of RcT. Samuel Treat would be most thankfully seoei?ed. A large amount of
terial ib already prepared and arranged.

SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS.

Nkw-£moland Historic GsfiAMMicAii •Sogikit.

Boston, Mas$,^ February 7, 1883. — A stated meeting wss held at the Society's
House, 18 Somerset Street, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the president, the Hon.
Marshal] P. Wilder, Ph.D., in the chair.

The corresponding secretary, the Rct. Edmund F. Slallter, announced and exhi*-
biked important donations, among them a handsome arm-chair from ez-QoTeroor
Hiland Hall, which is to be placed* as a memorial of the state of Vermont, on the
platform with the Qov. Haaoook chair, which represents Massachusetts. Mr. Slaf-
ter has undertaken, with the approTal of the society, to obtain chairs for tbe plat-
form which have belonged to governors of the six New England states. Tbanki
were voted to Gov. Hall and the other donors.

The Rev. David G. Haskins, D.D., read a paper entitled, ** A Boston Memorial of
an Interesting Event in our Colonial History.*' The memorial was the sign-board of
Charter Street where Sir William Phips, the first provincial governor of MasBacba-
setts, lived, which caUs up recollections of the obartar of William and Mary, and
the benefits derived from that charter.

Remarks followed from Rev. Dra. Increase N. Tarbox, William M. Cornell and
DoruB Clarke, and from Col. A. H. Hoys. Thanks were voted to Dr. Hai^ins, and
a copy of his paper requested.

John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported as donations in January, 48 volumes
and 292 pamphlets.

The Rev. Mr. Slafter, the oorrespondinff secretary, reported letters accepting
the membership to which they had been elected, from the following gentlemin:
Hon. George S. Boutwell of Groton, Mass., Horace S. Cummings of Exeter, Nrfl.,
Edward A. Kelley of Boston, Hon. William E. Chandler of Wsshington, thC.,
Hon. Oliver Ames of North Easton, Benjamin H. Dewing of Revere, Charles Chaun-
oey of Philadelphia, John K. Rogers of Brookline, Col. John M. Fessenden of
Princeton, N. J., Frank M. Ames of Canton. Henrv R. Shaw of Boston, Edward
Stanwood of Brookline, Rev. Andrew P. Peaoody, D.D., of Cambridge, and fVan-
cis 0. French of New York, as resident members.

The Rev. Dr. Tarbox, the historiographer, reported a memorial sketch of theRer.
Henry 0. Sheldon, of Oberiin, 0., a corresponding member, who died Dec. 91, 1888,
8^83.

Mains Historical Socurr.

Brunswick, Friday , July 13, 1883. — The annual meeting was held this foreiioOBi
the president, the Bon. James W. Bradbury, LL.D., in the cbair.

Hubbard W. Bryant, the librarian, made his annual report. During the psst
year 260 volumes and 1077 pamphlets had been presented to tbe society.

The treasurer's annual report showed that an unexpended income of over $309
remains in the treasury. The following officers for the ensuing year were aUeted :

President. — Hon James W. Bradbury, of Augusta.

Vice- President. — Hon. William G. Barrows, of Brunswick.

Treasurer. — Lewis Pierce, of Portland.

Corresponding Secretary, — Hon. William Goold, of Windham.

Secretary and Librarian. — Hubbard Winslow Bryant, of Portland.

Standing Committee. — Rufus K. Sewall of Wiscasset, Joseph Williamson of
Belfast, Edward U. Elwell of Deering, William Goold of Windham, William B.
Lapham of Augusta, Stephen J. Young of Brunswick, and James r. Bastar of
Portland.

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B. B. NasIleT, J. P. Baxter mud S. F. Dike were choseD a eoeimitlee to ap^uat
tiie time and pnee of the mnnoal field neetiiijic.

It WM deeiaed tfcmt the mnoiiml laeetiiig shall be held as heretofixv at Braifeswi^»
OD Friday of oomneneement week.

Hon. Joseph Williaiiwon was ehosen biographer, a new ofioe created at this
meeting.

New Hampshiix Hdiobical Socnrr.

Concord, Wedmesdm^^ June 13, 1883.— The sixty-first annoal meeting of this
society was held in the society^s rooms this day at 11 o*do^, A.M.. the prMident.
the Hon. Charles H. Bell, LL.D., in the chair.

The corresponding secretary, John J. Bell, and the recording secretary, Amos
Hadley, made their annual reports.

In the absence of the treasurer, S. S. Kimball, hut annual report was read by Mr.
Hadley. It showed the finances to be in go<jd condition, the funds on hand amount-
inff to $6,855.13. J. C. A. Hill was elected treasurer pro tem.

I>. F. ISecomb, assistant librarian, John J. Bell for the publishing committee, and
Joseph B. Walker for the standing committee, made reports.

Hon. Moody Currier, Hon. Austin F. Pike and Rev. M. T. Ronnely, were ap-
pointed a conunittee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. They reported the
lollowing list, which was elected, vix. :

Premlen/.— Chafes H. Bell.

Vice Presidents.— -JontLthAtk E. Sargent. John M. Shirley.

Corresponding Secretary. — John J. Bell.

Becorainy Secretary. — Amos Uadley.

Treasurer. — Samuel S. Kimball.

lAlfrarian. — Samuel C. finstman.

Publishing Committee.— William L. Foster, John J. Bell, Moses T. Runnels.

Standing Committee. — Joseph B. Walker, Sylvester Dana, Joseph C. A. Hill.

Library Committee. — Amos Hadley, P. B. Cogswell, Samuel C. finstman.

The following special committees were appointed, vii. : Hons. J. B. Sargent,
John Kimball and Sylvester Dana, on a Centennial Record of the United States ;
and Rev. A. U. Quint, D.D., William H. Hackett and John T. Perry, to endeavor
to obtain the Gerrish manuscripts.

A letter from Henry Stevens, of London, concerning New England papers in Lon-
don libraries, wasreaa; and John M. Shirley, Samuol C. Eastman, A. II. Quint
and John J. Bell were appointed a committee* to bring the sut^ect to the attention
of the New Hampshire legislature.

In the evening the society met at 7.30 P.M. in the Representatives* Hall. Hon.
John M. Shirley read a paper on ** The Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire.*'

Rhode Island Historical Socibtt.

Providence, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1883. — A stated meeting was held this OTOnlng ,
the president. Prof. William Gammell, LL.D., in the chair.

William £. Foster, A.M., librarian of the Puhlic Library, read a paper on '* Ste-
phen Hopkins and his Connection with the Growth of National Sentiment In Rhode
Island.** A careful synopsis of this paper, which treats the subject ** in a thorough
and scholarly manner, indicating careful research and an ingenious mi*thod of ar-
rangement,* is published in tha Providence Journal, Jan. Sn, 1883. CowpUmen-
tary remarks by President Gammell followed the reading of the paper.

February 6. — ^The regular meeting was held this eveninir. Prof. Charles W. Par--
, M.D., read a paper on ** Early Votaries of Natural Science in Rhode Island."

February 20.— A stated meeting was held this evening. In the absence of Pra^-
ident Gammell, Charles W. Parsons, M.D., vice-president, presided.

Justin Winsor, A.M., librarian of Harvard University, read a paper on '*'Tba
Historical Relations of Latitude and Longitude.**

February 27. — A special meeting was held this evening to take aetloa upon tba
purchase of books at the first auction sale of the library of the late J^jseph J. Cooke,
commencing at New York March 13. Under the will of Mr. Cooke tlie sooltty
has a credit of $6,000. Hon. John R. Bartlett wss appointed to act fur tlie society
at the sale.

VOL. XXXTII. 87

410 Societies and their Proceedings. [Oct.

March 6. — A meeting was held this eyeningtYioe-PresideDt PftrRona in the chair.

Hon. £dwin C. Larned read a paper on the " Great Chicago Fire and its Relief
Work.'*

After the paper, remarks were made by Col. William Goddard and John C.
Pegram.

April 4. — A quarterly meeting was held this evening, President Gammell in the
chair.

Hon. Amos Perry, the secretary, read letters aooepting membership from Ber.
Georse E. Ellis, D.D., of Boston, Mass., as an honorary, and ReT. Stephen D. Peet,
of Clinton, Wis., as a corresponding member.

The librarian reported larse additions to the library. Hon. John R. Bartlett re-
ported in full in relation to his purchases at the Cooke sale, and received the thanks
of the society.

Dr. Charles W. Parsons, William B. Weeden and Stephen H. Arnold were cho-
sen the library committee, in place of the previoas committee who bad resigned.

July 3. — A quarterly meeting was held this evening, Pres*t Gammell presiding.

£)ecrctary Perry reported the additions to the society's collections during the Gist
quarter, namely, 148 volumes, 1116 pamphlets and 102 other articles.

A communication was received from the State Commissioners on Indian Afbira,
inviting the society to send delegates to a special historical celebration at Fort Nin-
jgret, the date to be determinea hereafter. It was voted to accept the invitation,
and the chair appointed as delegates ex-Gov. Elisba Dyer, Ibbuic H. Soathwick,
B B. Hammond, Charles Gorton.

The president read a communication from Franklin B. Hoagh, inviting this socie-
ty to unite in recommending to the United States Senate the passage of a Dill provid-
ing for a centennial record of the government of the United States. The matter
was referred to the president and secretary.

Prof. John L. Lincoln was appointed a member of the committee on pnUication
in place of Dr. C. W. Parsons, who resigned on account of ill health.

Uenrv T. Drowne, of New York city, read an interesting paper on the life of Ste-
phen VVhitney Phoenix, the genealogical author and book collector, for which thanks
were voted. The paper will be printed.

Virginia Historical Sociktt.

Richmond, Saturday , Aug. 11, 1883. — A meeting of the executive committee was
held this evening at the VVestmoreland Club House, Col. Henry C. Cabell in the
chair.

A large number of donations was reported.

The following life members were announced, viz. : Messrs. John C. Griffin and
James Gary of Baltimore; Washington and Lee Universi^, Gen. G. W. C. Lee,

E resident, Lexington, Va. ; and Brinton Coxe, £sq., of Philadelphia ; besides a
iTge list of resident members.
Letters were read from several eminent men.

The society has issued the following circular :

Richmond, Va., Aagast 6, 1883.

My Dear Sir : The work was undertaken by the Virginia Historical Society to
gather up and preserve the memorials of this the most ancient of the American dom-
mon wealths, and this work it has endeavored faithfully to oerform. The care» of the
Society prior to the war was very prosperous, but through the calamities incident
to that struggle its arrangements were so broken up that until quite lately it wa«
unable to secure a lodgment for its collection that was deemed either safe or accessi-
ble. Through the great courtesy of the Westmoreland Club, of this city, accommo-
dations have been provided in their Club House at the comer of Sixth and Grace
Streets, and the books and papers are properly arranged for reference.

The Society is without any endowment fund whatever. It derives its income
solely from the dues of its members. The membership is now quite large, and it is
hoped to carry it to a figure that will not only provide for the current expenses of
the Society, including the cost of its publications, but for additions to the library.

While the present location of its property (which includes a very large collec-
tion of manuscript material of the highest historical value) is the best that coald
be secured with the means at our command, it is every way desirable that it should
be put beyond any hazard whatever, and this can only be accomplished by the pro-

1383.] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. 411

Tision of qoaiten tbat will be fir^-fwoof. Now. it ts {>30MMe to secant the hoafl»
bailt, and oeeupied to the <ky of h» destli. by the Ute ChiH^ustioe Jv>hD Mars^balK
Bitimtfd uo the comer of Manhall mud Ninth Streete, in this city. TW Ivhi» and
groand, incloding the txfteo e e of reiMierinf it fire^pr>»f, will evWt ^:30,(W> This
proTinon made, and there » no reason why the Sociecy ^hoakl not fill, to the letter,
erer^thing that was hoped fhr in its creatiuo. Mr. Corcoran, one ot our Viee-
Presidentii, having signified his intention to oontnbute $1,000 towards the htiilding
fand, it is pr o pon e d to present the matter of the remainder to gentlemen, Virginia
ans or k>Ters ch Virginia, to whom fortaoe has been kind.

Onoe il is aoderstood that the Society is provided with a fire-proof buiKiin:;« we
are r^rsaaded that the owners, amongrt oar uld (amilies.'of manuscript material
bearing upon oar history will cheermlly tarn it owr to the Society s cu>t<Hly.
Every day that it remains outside of such security it b in peril.

I am Tery truly yours, K. A. Baocc.

Corrap0ndiMg Searttttry.

HCGUXNOT SOCIBTT OP AviElCA.

New York Oily, April 12, 1883. — \ few gentlemen of Huguenot de^acent met in
the houae of the Uon. John Jav for the purpose of orgnniiing a Huguenot S(H.Moty.
A committee of nine, with Frederic de Lancey as chairman, was appointed to pi^
pare a constitution aiid by laws.

Tuesday, May 29. — About fifty ladies and gentlemen, representing nearly all the
original Huguenot settlements in America, met at the Hall of the New York 11 is-
torical Society. Ihe committee appointed in April reported a constitution and cudo
of by-laws, which were adopted, and the following oflkers elected :

Prendent, — Hon. John Jay.

Vice- President for New York Ciht --Flwari F. de Lancey.
Secretary. — Rev. A. V. Wittmeyer.
Treasurer. — Murey Hale Bartow.

Stotei

gansett,

poned till the next meeting.

The object of the society is, " To perpetuate the memory and to flutter and pro-
mote the principles and virtues of the lluguenot8.'* Membership is confineil to dt^
^ndants of Huguenot families that emignited to Amorica prior to tho promulga-
tion of the Edict of Toleration, Nov. 28, 1/87 ; reprt-seiitatives of other French l«uu-
ilies whosie profession of the Protestant Faith is anterior to that date; and writcra
of any nationality who have made a special study of the history. genealoio*% or prin-
ciples of the Huguenots. Meetin^^ are held on the anniversaries of the promulga-
tion of the Edict of Nantes, April 13; the massacre of St. Bartholomew, August
24 ; the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Octol)er 2*2 ; and the publication of liO-
fevre*8 Commentary, Dcceoiber 15, which may be regarded as the beginning of the
reformation io Fraoce.

NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Prepared by the Rev. Incrbasb N. Tarbox, D.D., Historiographer of tho Society.

The historiographer would inform the society, that tho sketches pro-

Cd for the Register are necessarily brief iu coiiseciueuce of the
;ed space which can be appropriated. All the facts, however, ho is
able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the Society, and will aid in
more extended memoirs for which the " Towne Memorial Fund," the gift
of the late William B. Towne, A.M., is provided. Two volumes, printed
at the charge of this fund, entitled " Memokial BiooiiAPiiiKd," edited by
the Committee on Memorials, have been issued. They contain memoirs of
all the members who have died from the organization of the society to the
close of the year 1855. A third volume is iu press.

41^ Kecrology of Historic Chnealogical Society. [Oct.

The Hon. Paul Ansel Chadbourni. a resident member, admitted Dec. 6, 1880,
was bom in North Berwick, Me., October 21, 1833, and died in New York city,
Feb. 23. 1883.

The early life of Dr. Chadbourno was humble and laborious, but he became at
length a man with such large and diversified talents and powers, that it would
seem he had been a child of fortune from the beginning. With rich natural endow-
ments, by his own persistent energy and the aid of friends, he rose to the point
where he stood conspicuously among the intellectual men of the country.

Ue was fitted for college at Exeter Academy, N. H.. where he entered with only
twenty-three dollars. Ue went from there and entered the Sophomore Clara in Wil-
liams College in 1845, being then twenty-twoyears old. Here he was graduated in
1848, with the highest honors of his class. Tjien to help p^y his debts he taught a
year at Freehold, N. J., studying theology at the same time. He also studied the-
ology at the East Windsor Seminary.

He was united in marriage Oct. 0. 1850, with Miss Elizabeth Sawyer Pkige, of
Exeter, N. H., who was with him in New York at the time of his death. By this
, marriage there were three children, two daughters and a son.

In 1851 he was chosen tutor in Williams College. In May, 1853, he became a

Srofessor in that institution. In 1855 he went upon an exploring expedition to
fewfoundland, and in 1857 he was at the head of a similar expedition to Florida.
In 1859 he made an extensive journey through the northern countries of Europe.
I In 186() he gave lectures before the Smithsonian Institution, which have been pub-
lished. In 1850 he acoeptCNl the professorship of Chemistry and Natural History
in Bowdoin College, the same office which he held in Williams. He labored alter-
. natoly in the two colleges. He was aUo Chemical liccturer in the Mt- Holyok&Sem-
inary for twelve or thirteen 3*ears. He was professor in the Berkshire Medical School.
In 1865 and 1866 he was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, and during
this time gave a course of lectures before the Lowell Institute. In 1867 be became
the president of Madison University, Wisconsin, including the State Agricul-
tural College. This ofllce he held for three years. It would m almost impossible in
this brief notice even to name all his public labors. On the retirement of Dr. Mark
Hopkins from the presidency of Williams College in 1872, Dr. Chadboume was
chosen to fill his place, which office he held until 1881, when he resigned, and for
the second time took the presidency of the Ma.^sachusetts State Agricultural Col-
lege, where his death will be felt as a very heavy loss.

Dr. C. was one of the delegates at large to the Republican National Convention
, that nominated President Qnrneld. Ho also presided with great ability at the Mas-
sachusetts Republican State Convention a year or two since.

This rapid survey will show that Dr. C. has been a man of almost boundless
activities.

His titles were many. He received the degree of M.D. from the Berkshire Medi-
cal School in 1869 that of LL.D. from Williams College in 1868, and that of D.D.
from Amherst College in 1872.

The father of Dr. Chadbourne vras Isaiah Chadboume, born in North Berwick,
March 24, 1801. His grandfather was Francis Chadboume, bora also in North
Berwick. His earliest American ancestor was Uuraphrev Chadbourne, who came to
this country as early as 1631, and bought a tract of land in North Berwick of the
Indians in 1643. An account of him and some of his descendants is printed in the
Rbgistbr, xiii. 339-41.

His mother was Pandora Dennett, born in North Berwick, July 11, 1806. Her
ancestral line was through five John Dennetts, the first of whom was bom in Eng-
land about 1665, and di^ in this country in 1709.

The Hon. Samxtel Leonard Crocker, of Taunton, Mass., a life member, admitted
Dec. 9, 1873, was born at Taunton, Mass., March 31, 1804, and died in Boston, Feb.
10, 1883, of pneumonia.

He was graduated at Brown University in 18*22, at the age of eighteen, and had
among his classmates Alexis Caswell, D.U., LL.D., late president of the university,
and Isaac Davis, LL.D. Instead of giving himself to a professional life, soon afwr
leaving college he entered upon the business of manufacturing copper. He was a
member of the firm of Crocker Brothers & Co., and the Taunton Copper Manufac-
turing Company. He was also connected with the old Colony Iron Company, the
Taunton Brick Company, the Giles Iron Company, the Machinists* National bank.
He was trustee of the Bristol County Savings Bank, and a director in the Old Colo-

1883.] Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society. 413

ny Railroad Company. He was one of the trustees of the Taunton Lunatic Hospi-
tal, serving from 1876 to his death.

In 1852 Tie was a member of the State Executive Council, and served in congress
from 1853 to 1855.

Mr. Crocker was the son of William Augustus Crocker, grandson of Josiah Crock-
er, and great-grandson of Rev. Josiah Crocker, who was Congregational minister in
Taunton from May 19. 1742, until 1765. The last named was born in Barnstable In
1723. and died Aug. 28, 1774.

He was united in marriage in April, 1830, with Miss Caroline Thomas, of Wor-
cester, daughter of Isaiah 'fhomas. She was born Sept. 26, 1802, and died in Taun-
ton, Jan. !^, 1875. She was a granddaughter of Isaiah Thomas, born in Boston,
January 19, 1747, resident, during his active life, at Boston and Worcester, a man
of wide reputation as an author and journalist. One brother of Mrs. Crocker was
the Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas, LL.l)., a man of well known learning and ability,
and another was William Thomas, Esq., a member of this society (Reg. zzvi. 445).
A sister of hers was Mrs. Merrick, wile of the late Judge Pliny Merrick. A daugh-
ter of Mr. Crocker is the wife of Judge Edmund H. Bennett, of Taunton.

Nathaniel Thayer, A.M., a life member and benefactor, whose connection with
the society dates from March 27, 1869, was born in the town of Lancaster, Mass.,
&pt 11, 1808, and died in Boston, March 7, 1883, aged 74. •

He was the son of the Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D.D., who was graduated at Har-
vard in 1789, was settled in lAncaster, Mass., August 26, 1793, and remained until
his death, June 23, 1840.

The father of Dr. N. Thayer, of Lancaster, was Rev. Ebenezer Thayer, who
was born in Boston, July 16. 1734, was graduated at Harvard College in 1753, was
settled at Hampton, N. li., Sept. 17, 1766, and died Sept. 6, 1792.

llis earliest paternal American anc&stor was Richard* Thayer, of Braintree, who
was made a freeman in 1640. He brought with him from England three children,
and had tour born in this country. (See Register, zxxvii. 84.)

His oldest child was Richard,' who married Dorothy Pray, Oct. 24, 1651.

The seventh and youngest child of Richard and Dorothy was Cornelius,^ who was
bom July 18, 1670, and in 1706 married Lydia Paine and settled in Boston. The
second child of Cornelius and Lydia was Nathaniel,^ born July 17, 1710, who mar-
ried Ruth Eliot, sister of Rev. Andrew Eliot, of Boston. The eldest child of Nathan-
iel and Ruth was Rev. Ebenezer,^ already described, who was the father of Dr. Na-
thaniel,* of Lancaster, who was the father of Nathaniel,^ the subject of our sketch.

Rev. Ebenezer^ Thayer married Martha, the daughter of Rev John Cotton, of
Newton, who was directly descended from the celebrated John Cotton, of Boston,
minister of the First Church in 1633.

As soon as he had reached the age of manhood, Nathaniel came to Boston, and
with his brother established the firm of John E. Thayer & Brother, bankers. This
firm was successful to a very remarkable degree. As great wealth was acc^uired su
it was given away with a liberal hand for public uses. The gifts of >iathaniel
Thayer to Harvard College alone are said to exceed $250,000, including the noble
building bearing his family name. The firm and the individuals of the firm (by their
separate action) have had much to do in carrying forward the construction of west-
ern railroads. There were hazards in this business. Sometimes the profits were
great and sometimes the losses were great. But on the whole there were such large
acquisitions of property, and this property was held with such a generous spirit,
that Mr. Thayer, as also his brother, nave long been known as among the mast
princely givers of Boston.

Mr. Thayer was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia Van Rensselaer, of Albany.
From this marriage there were seven children. Mrs. Thayer and six of the children
survive.

Holmes Ammidown, Esq., a resident member, admitted Nov. 7, 1862, was born in
Southbridge, Mass., June 12, 1801, and died at St. Augustine, Florida, April 3,
1883, aged 81 years, 9 mos. and 21 days.

Uis father was Luther* Ammidown, bom July 8, 1761, in Charlton, Ma&s., a
merchant, and his mother was Hannah Hovey, daughter of Josiah Hovey, of Dud-
ley, who was born Dec. 21, 1775. She was a second wife, the first one having been
Patty Holmes, of Woodstock, Ct. It will be noticed that Mr. Ammidown received
VOL, xxxvii. 37*

414 Necrology of Historic Oenealogiccd Society. [Oct.

his given name not from his own mother, but from the former wife of his fiither.
This Pattv Holmes was coasin of Abiel Holmes, D.D., so long the minister at Gftm-
bridge, Nlass., father of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.

His CTandfather was Caleb* Ammidown, of Charlton, bom in Ausost, 1736, who
married April 14, 175B, Hannah 2Sabin, daughter of Joseph Sabin, of Dudley, Mass.
She was bom June 23, 1741. His great-f^randfather was Philip^ Ammidown, bora
in 1706, in Rehoboth, Mass., whose wife was Submit Bullard. The &ther of the last
named was also Philip,' of Rehoboth, born in 1660, whose wife was Mehetable
Perry. This Philip was the son of Roger^ Ammidown, Jr., who married December
97, Joanna Uarwood. Roger, Jr. was the son of Roger^ Ammidown, the American
founder, who was in Salem as early as 1637, and af^rwards settled in Rehoboth.

Mr. Ammidown first established himself in business in his native town of Squth-
hridge, where he continued till 1835. He was united in marriage, November 17,
1825, with Seraph, daughter of Daniel Hodges, of Warren. From this marriage
there were three children, all sons, who with their mother survive. His married
life continued about forty-eight years.

On leaving Suuthbridge in 1835, be established himself in Boston in the firm of
Ammidown, Bowman & Co., afterwards Holmes Ammidown k Co. This was for
dry goods. In 1853 he became associated in the firm of Pierce, Lovejoy & Co.,
clothing Ten or twelve years later he went^to New York, in the dry ^oods trade,
with the firm of Ammidown, Liane & Co. From this oonncKStion he retired in 1870,
his son succeeding in the firm of Ammidown, Smith k Co. Hie business course
was marked by uprightness and success.

In his later vears Mr. A. became a writer, having compiled a brief ^^nealogy of
his own and aflied families, and also a valuable work on local history, in two good
sised volumes, entitled *' Historical Collections." He gave his native town twen-
fy-five thousand dollars for a library.

Dudley Richards Child, Esq., of Boston, a resident member, admitted Jan. 7,
1870, was born in Hillsborough, 111., June 33, 1845, and died at Oakland, Califor-
nia, whither he had gone on account of ill health, May 13, 1883.

His father was Henry Richards Child, who was b4)m in Boston^ July 35, 1816,
and died March 16, 1847. His mother was Sally Shurtleff, born in Boston, Sept.
5, 1808. She had been previously married to Benjamin Freeman.

It will be noticed that Mr. Child s father and mother were both natives of Boston,
and that his father died when the son was only two years old. At the age of four
he wan brought back to Boston, ho that his childhood and youth were passed here,
and he received his education in the Boston English High School.

His grandfather was Richards Child, and his great-grandparents were Daniel
Child and Rebecca Richards. His earliest American ancestor was Benjamin Child,
of Roxbury, who was on those shores probably in 1630. At any rate he was here
early enough to help build the first meeting-house at Rozbury. The subject of
this sketch was of the eighth generation from Benjamin.

He was united in marriage, Oct. 13, 1R66, with M. Missouri Stockwell, daughter
of Samuel B. and Marv Steadman (Tileston) Stockwell. There were three children
from this marriage, the eldest, a son, bearing his father's name. Two of these
children, with their mother, survive.

Mr. Child was not in any special line of trade or professionsl business, but devot-
ed himself to the care of his own property, and actea also as guardian for other peo-
ple's property. He was for quite a number of years clerk of the '* Proprietors of
the Mt'eting-house in HoUis Street,'' and was also recording secretary of the *' New
England Numismatic and Archadological Society."

He was troubled with lung difficulties, and thought a journey to California might
benefit bim. He went in the first Raymond excursion of this year. In passing
over the high lands of the Rocky Mountains, the greatly rarefied air proved very in-
jurious. He was made worse rather than better, and so remained till his death.

The Hon. Richard Frothingham, LL.D., a resident member, of Boston (Charles-
town District), where he was born, Jan. 31, 1813, and where he died, Jan. 89,
1880, nged 68 years lacking two days.

From '* The Genealogies of Charlestown," by our late member Thomas Bellows
Wyman, we loarn that Richard Frothingham descended from William}- Frothing-
ham, an emigrant from Yorkshire, England, in Winthrop's fleet ; inhabitant 1630 ;

1883.] Necrology of Historic Chnealogical Society. 415

freeman of the oolony 1633 ; through Nathaniel^* bom 1640, Naihaniel^^ bom 1671,
yafhaniel* bom 1696, Nathaniel,* bora 1723, Richard,* .born 1745, and his father
Richard,^ boro 1781.

Mr. Frothinzham was long and favorably known in public life, and as an indas-
trious and reliable historian. He wrote on many subjects, and on all he bestowed
each care as to give the reader confidence in the honesty of his opinions. From 1853
to 1865 he was connected as managing editor, or as editorial writer, with the Boston
Poot, of which he was also a proprietor. He was a member of the Massachusetts
legislature, elected to the house of representatives by the democratic party in 1839,
1840, 1843, 1840 and 1850. He was mayor of Uharlestown for three consecutive
years, beginning with 1851. In 1853 he was a member of the convention to revise
the constitution of Massachusetts, and took an active part in its debates. In 1876 he
was the democratic candidate for congress from the fifth district. For the past few
years he has been president of the Bunker Hill Monument Association ; was for
many years treasurer of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and an active member
of other learned societies, and a frequent contributor to their publications.

Mr. Frothinghaw's contributions to historical literature have been numerous and
admirable. Fortv years or more ago he prepared, con amore, a series of papers on
the history of Cbarlestown, which were published in pamphlet form, and which
brought the hif<tory down to the period of the hattle of Bunker Hill. In 1849 he
published the History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Con-
cord and Bunker Hill. This was followed in 1865 by the '' The Life and Times of
Joseph Warren.'* The '* Rise of the Republic " was his last and best work. From
1838 to 1853, previous to his position as editor of the Boston Post, he was a con-
tributor to its pages of articles more or less elaborate on points of American historv,
and thus from his earlier studies he was led by patient labor to the noble work, the
*' Rise of the Republic of the United States ; '* a '* work done in the spirit of a true
historian, impartial and earnest, and also in the spirit of a trae patriot who loved
his country, and believed that to trace her beginnings and her progress was a labor
worth giving his life to-~and it was. His history stands alone ; it is unrivalled in
its broad views, its concise statements, its elimination of the non-essential things,
the accidents in a nation's life, and its clear understanding of the essentials, the vital
and enduring forces by which the republic was formed.*'

^ Mr. Frothingham married Vrylena Blanchard, October 18, 1833, by whom he had
six children. One died young : one son and four daughters are married and have
issue, and with their mother survive him.

Mr. Frothingham *6 membership dates from June 8, 1847.
By the late Rev, Samuel Cutler,

TlieHon. Marshall Jewell, of Hartford, Conn., vice-president of the society
for Connecticut, was born in the town of Vv incheeter. N. H., Oct. SO, 1825, and
died in the city of Hartford, Conn , Saturday evening, Feb. 10, 1883, of pneumonia.

His father was Plinv Jewell, born in Winchester, N. H., Sept. 27, 1797. His
mother was Emily Alexander, born in Winchester, N. H., Feo. 13, 1800. This
mother is still alive at the advanced age of 83, her birth-day following two days after
ber distinguished son's death.

The earliest American ancestor on the paternal side was Thomas^ Jewell, who was
born in England about the year 1000, came to America in the early New England
days and settled in Braintree, Mass. A son of his, Joseph,* was born in Braintree,
April 34, 1643. A son of the last named was Joseph,' born in Boston in June, 1673.
A son of the second Joseph was Archibald,^ who was born at Plainfield, Conn., April
8, 1716. Archihald had a son Asahel,* bom in Dudley, Aug. 8, 1744. There was
a second Asahel,* son of the first, who was born in Winchester, N. 11., May 16,
1776. This Asahel was the father of Pliny ,^ already mentioned, and the grand-
fiither of the subject of this sketch, who was therefore of the eighth American gene-
ration.

Without collegiate education young Jewell sought diligentlv for knowledge, mak-
ing good use of all his opportunities wr reading and study. In 1845, when he was
twenty years of age, his father removed to Hartford, Conn., and in 1850 a business
firm was formed under the name of Pliny Jewell & Sons, for the manufacture of
leather. This business grew until it became widely extended and very .successful.
But Mr. Jewell, by degrees, became connected with many other forms of businsas,
by which he accumulated a verv handsome fortune. He was a man of such mark,
00 winning and easy in his address, and at the aanie time of such anbounded ener-

416 Booh Notices. [Oct.

fQ and practical ability, that he was naturally called into public life. Ue was ^ver-
nor of Connecticut for three years, in 1869, 1871 and 1872. In 1873 he was appoint-
ed Minister to Russia, where he was very popular during the short time he re-
mained in the offioe. In 1874 be vras appointed by President Grant Postmaster
General. We cannot for want of spaoe toUow him through all the details of his
public life. At the time of his death he was chairman of tne National Republican
Committee.

The wife of Gov. Jewell was Mrs. Esther Dickinson, of Newburg, N. Y. She and
two daughters survived. One of his daughters is the wife of Arthur M. Dodge, son
of the iluD. William E. Dodge, of New York, and the other is wife of a Mr. btrong,
of Detroit, Mich.

Mr. Jewell and Mr. Dodge, allied by the marriage of their children, died within
a few hours uf each other, and seldom do men die whose funeral honors are larger
than those which have been paid to these two.

By a singular providence Mrs. Jewell, having gone to New York to be with her
daughter, Sirs. Dodge, in her loneliness, died there, of heart disease, Feb. 33, only
thirteen days after her husband.

He was admitted a resident member of this society, Nov. 8, 1863.

BOOK NOTICES.

The Editor requests persons sending books for notice to state, for the information of
readers, the price uf each book, with the aoioant to be added for postage when sent by
mall.

The History of Windham in New Hampshire (Rockingham County). 1719—1883.
A Sattch Settlement {commonly called Scotch-irish) , embracing nearly onc'third
oj the ancient settlement and historic town of Londonderry ^ iV. H. , tPtth the Hu"
tory and Genealogy of its First Settlers and their Descendants , and most of the
Families of its Past and all of its Present Permanent Inhabitants^ comprising
more than Two Hundred different Family Names. By Leonard A. Morriso.v,
Author ol the ** History of the Morison or Morrison Family." Bostton, Mass. :
Cupplt'8, Upham A Co., 283 Washington St. 1883. 8vo. pp. x.-f 862. Price $4.

This is an exceedingly interesting and elaborate history of another one of the lit-
tle group of New Hampshire towns of which Londonderry was the parent settlement,
and winch owed their origin to the efforts of those grand and sturdy old Presbyte-
rian Covenanters who emigrated from Ireland and Scotland at the beginning of the
last century ; — those brave selt-sacrificiug patriots whom no sufferings couldsubdue,
no threats could terrify, no bribery could tempt, nor no persecution cause to WBver
in their devotion to their simple faith. The author of this notice has before alluded
to these energetic settlers in his description of the Ui^^tory of Antrim, N. U. ; but
he will be pardoned, perhaps, for a few more words in relation to their career, in
view of the fact that justice has hardly been done them by the more prominent his-
torians of the country. In the leading records of the events and elements which
enter into the foundation of New England character, these patriotic and industrious
people have been too much overlooked. The writer confcsws that he never can read
the account of the heroic defence of the town of Londonderry in Ireland, with its lit-
tle giirrison of seven thousand men, a^rainst the whole Catholic force of James II.,
supported by an army sent by Louis XIV. of France — which has been so graphical-
ly described in the histories of the New Hampshire towns of Londonderry, Antrim
and Windham — without feelings of intense enthusiasm, although he himself comes
Irom Puritan stock. These gallant patriots, who thus held out for one hundred and
five days in the face of starvation and despair, should be welcomed in history among
the pioneers of our country with pride and gratitude, and not treated with cold neg-
lect, as has usually been their fate in the chronicles of New England ; and this
more especially since the same bravery and devotion to liberty which they exhibited
in the mother country was shown by their descendants in their adopted home.
Major General John Stark, who possibly saved Prescott's command from annihila-
tion by his brave defence of the *' Hail Fence" at Breed's Hill (thus preventing
Prescott's flank from being turped), and who was twice victorious at Bennington,

1883.] Booh Kotieet. 417

was an example, amotu^ namerou;* others, of the character of these bold settlers.
They should ba?o a bijirh place in the history of New England ; a place but little
lower than that of the Puritans, to whom they were kindred in character if not in
blood ; and although not, like the latter, Yisiitors to nn almost unknown land, they
brought to their pioneer experience in deTeloping the resources of frontier towns
all those rugged and indomitable qualities which go so far to form the structure of
New EnglaM life and manners, and by that structure illustrating the essential fea-
tures of our national greatness.

Yet while these ennobling traits will nerer cease to command our admiration and
regard, we should not shut our eyes, in strict justice to their character, to the more
prominent faults displayed by these worthy old Covenanters. Having obtained power
in Cromwell's time, they were inclined to be merciless and sometimes cruel. This
is shown in their treatment of the gallant James Graham, Man^uis of Montrose.

downfall of Charles, Montrose returned to Scotland, hoping to reyiye the king's fall-
en fortunes. He was soon after taken prisoner and executed bv the Covenanters
after a mock trial, and amid circumstances of great cruelty and ignominy. Al-
though much of this feeling may be fairly attributed to the unrelenting spirit of
the age, it does not wholly excuse the actors in this tragedy. But it cannot Be just-
ly said that their descendants, who contributed so much to the settlement of th«
New Hampshire towns, inherited this unforgiving spirit; and beyond the exhibi-
tion of a little intolerance in religious matters now and then, which they shared
in common with the Puritans, there is nothing to forfeit our respect or alienate
our esteem in their New England career.

It is a curious fact that the later Puritans, whom they so much resembled, re-
fused encouragement to these hardy Probbyterians, denouncing them as *' Irish,*'
using that term as one of reproach. No more serious blunder could have been com-
mitted, as it lost to Massachusetts a fine class of citizens who would have greatlv
aided in the development of the state. They were Irish only by the accident of birtn
and descent of two or three generations at the utmost, tn all the excellent quali-
ties which rendered them so fine a body of settlers, as well as by their not very re-
mote ancestry, they were essentially Scotch ; and surely it is not very complimen-
tary to the patriotism of the Puritans to refuse a place in their midst to a people
who had done so much to preserve the cause of protestantism in Great Britain.
While I do not agree with Messrs. Cochrane and Morrbon in their statement that
the defence of Lond(inderry saved the protestant cause in the United Kingdom, it
certainly was mainly instrumental to its salvation in Ireland.

The title of Mr. Morrison *s book indicates in some measure the labor bestowed
upon, and the interest taken in the subject; a labor too often unrequited, and an
interest too frequently unappreciated by the public in the makers of town histories.
On nearly every page there is evidence of patient and painstaking research and unre-
mitting toil. Aside from the usual routine of customary topics that forms a part of the
pr^Miration of all town histories to a greater or less extent, there is an interesting
and detailed account of the habits, customs, utensils and mode of living of the set-
tlers, whiah adds not a little to the attractiveness of the volume. Nearly two-thirds
of the work is devoted to genealogical matter which seems to have been compiled
with much care, and, so far as can be judged at this distance from the locality, with
accuracy. The book is written in simple fashion, with no pretensions to a high
literary style. Here and there there is an obscure passaee, and one or two inaccura-
cies in dates in regard to foreij^n matters, but as a whole the History of Windham
forms decidedlv a worthy addition to the ever increasing catalogue of town historical
literature. The illustrations, a map, sixty full page illustrations and twenty auto-
f^rsphs and cuts, add greatly to the value of the work, while the twp indexes of sub-
jects and names are sufficiently copious to materially increase its usefulness. Part
of the pleasure of the writer in reviewing this volume is due to the fact that two
members of the Park family described therein— Lieut. William and Francis £.
Park — were his schoolmates at South Boston.

By Oliver B. SleUnns, Esq,^ of South Boston , Mass,

418 Book Notices. [Oct.

The Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of

Vtroinia^ 1751-1758. Now First Printed from the Manuscript m the Collections

of ike Virginia Historical Society. With an Introduction and Notes by R. A.

fiftocK, Correspond in); Secretary and Librarian of the Society. Vol. I. Riob-

mond, Va. : Published by the Society. 1883. 8?o. pp. lYii.-f538.

The book before us forms the third yolume of the New Series of the Gollectioiis
of the Virginia Historical Society. In it is presented the first instalment of the
Dinwiddio Papers, recently purchased in Enfi^land and presented to the Vir^nia
Historical Society. Mr. BrocK in his prefatoi^ note giyes this account of them :

" The manuscripts, as at present constituted, are comprised in five folio yoiumes;
the first four containing the records of the administration of GoTemor Dinwiddie —
being copies of bis oflioial letters, addresses, reports, etc. ; and the fiflh, original
letters or Washington, complementary thereto. These last had been dispersed in
England as autograph memorials, but were collected and replaced with the records
by their late possessor, Ueniy Stevens, Esiquire, F.S A. At the auction sale of the
mst portion of his library, in London, July, 1881, these papers were, with the en-
lightened consideration cnaracteristio of William W. Corcoran, Esquire, purchased
by him, and presented to this Society, of which he is a vioe-president.*'

The reader is also referred to the Kiqister. vol. xxxv. page 389, for other partio-
olfirs concerning these papers.

The period to which tnese pwipers relate, 1751 to 1758, is an interesting one in
our historv. It is that in whicn the military operations were carried on against
the Frencn, of which the expedition of Gen. Braddock was an important part,
while other equally notcwortny events occurred in this and the mother country.
In this perioa George Washington received his first important public trust, and
that from the hands of Lieut. Grov. Dinwiddie.

The editing of this work has been entrusted to Robert A. Brook, the secretary
and librarian of the Historical Society of Virginia, than whom a more competent
person could not be found. His thorough knowledge of the hintory of Virginia, and
Dis familiarity with the lives of the men of that colony who were actors in the

events then going on, has enabled him to add much to the value of his work by bis
annotations. A life of Gov. Dinwiddie and a genealogy of the family to which be
belongs is prefixed. Mr. Brock has been indefatigable in his endeavors to obtain

information concerning this subject, and has met with remarkable success. Among
his fortunate discoveries is the finding of portraits of the governor and his daugh-
ters, and much new information concerning them, in the possession of their rela-
tives in England (Reg. xxxvi. 04). It was not known before in this country that
there was a portrait of Gov. Dinwiddie.

Mr. Corcoran, besides presenting these valuable documents to the Virginia His-
torical Society, has contributed liberally to the cost of publication, and we are glad
to see that his portrait and a fac-simile of the letter to Mr. Brock on presenting the
papers, adorn the volume.

^^^ «

The History of Minnesota ; from the Earliest French Explorations to the Present
Time. By the Rev. Edward Duffibld Neill, President of the Macalester Col-
lege. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Minneapolis : Minnesota Histori-
cal Society. 1883. 8vo. pp. 929+16+4. 8 Portraits and six Maps.

The first edition of this work was published at Philadelphia in 1858, in an octavo
of 500 pages. Its successive editions have been enlarged and amended till we have
before us a volume of about double the size, enriched oy the results of a quarter of
a century more of very successful research in England and in this country. We
quote the following statements concerning the author*8 new materials and im-
provements of this ^ition from his prefatory note :

'* Appended to this edition will be found a chapter on the published and unpub-
lished maps of the region west of Lake Superior ; additional notices of Groseilliers
and Radisson, the first white men to visit the Sioux ; a memoir of Du Luth ; a care-
ful examination of the writings of Hennepin ; additional notices of Perroc, and
Pierre Le Sueur the explorer of the St. Pierre, now Minnesota River ; an ahstract of
La Hontan's fabulous vo3'age in midwinter upon a so-called Long River ; an ex-
tended account of Fort Beaunarnois on the shores of Lake Pepin ; the explorations
of the Verandries ; a sketch of David Thompson, the geographer and astronomer of
the North- West Company ; large extracts from the manuscripts of Alexander Henry,
one of the first English traders in the valley of the Red River of the North ; and a
history of Fort Snelling."

id8d.J Booh ybtices. 419

" Two yean ago tneings were obtained, froiii some anpiibliahed mape, which
more fully exhibit the moTements of the hret explorers of Miiuiesota than the pub-
lished charts of De Tlsle and others, and hare led to a modification of some »tat^
ments in the former editions. Theae tracing were loaned to the State Cn\tl(igi«t«
Prof. Winch^, who considered them of sufficient importance to be engraTed for his
final report on the ceology of Minnesota, and by his oourte^ two of the maps ap-
IMar in this work.

The Rev. Mr. Neiil*s first historical publication was also on the history of his adopt-
ed state. It was issued in 1856, and entitled '* Annals of the Minne^ta Hi8torical
Society, 1856, containing Materials for the History of Minnesota.*^ The writ<>r of
this had the pleasure of printing a notice of that work, in April, 1857, in the iHs^
torktU Magazine, of which he was editor. Since then Mr. Neill has pnidaced
many works illustrating American history, and has won a high rank as an original
ioTestigator.

Figures of the Past, From the Zjeaves of Old Journals. By Josuh Qvinct (Cli
of 1831. Uanrard College). Boston : Roberts Brothers. 1883. i2mo. pp. viii.-h
404. Price $1.50.

This book in some particulars resembles the '* Familiar Lettere on Public Char>
acters," by William Sullivan, LL.D., which was so popular on its publication in
1834. That work furnished, to people who were then entering the stage of aetiTS
life, descriptions of prominent public men of a previous generation, with interoeting
incidents in their lives. The book now before us introduces to us men and women
who held a conspicuous place in public or social life half a century and more a^,
when the writer of the other volume was approaching or had passed the meridian
of his days ; and reveals to us their characters and modes of life. The author, tbs
late Hon. Josiah Quincy, the eleventh mayor of Boston and a son of the second, had
opportunities which few are favored with, from the high position of his father, h»
own ability and a fortunate combination of circumstances, to come in contact on
fiimiliar terms, while he was still a younff man, with those who had won a national,
if not a world-wide, reputation. lie had early formed the habit of keeping a jour*
nal, which, with that of his talented sister, Miss Eliia Susan Quincy, has becm
freely drawn upon for materials, so that the work has a freshness and a reliability
not generally found in such writings. The book, which is written in an animatea
and attractive style, cannot fail to have many readers. Among the lUmouA men
with whom we are made familiar may be named, President John Adams, iji>n. La-
fayette, Daniel Webster, Judge Story, John Randolph, President Jackson, and the
Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith.

Memorials of the Class of 1833 of Harvard College. Prepared for the Fiftieth An-
niversary of their Graduation. By the Class Secretary, Waldo Hiuuinson.
C^mbridfge: John Wilson and Son, University Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. 104.

Harvard College. Class of ISA3. Memorabilia, 1883. Prepared bv WrLLiAM A.
Richardson, Class Secretary. Printed for the Use of the Class, June ^, 1883.
ISmo. pp. 44.

Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863 of Harvard College, June, 1875, to June,
1883. With an Appendix, Printed for the Class. Cambridge : John Wilaoa
and Son, University Press. 1883. 8to. pp. 188.

A Series of Biographical Sketches of the Class qf 1803 in Dartmouth College. By
John Scales, Recording Secretary. 1883. 19mo. pp. 53.

Much valuable biography is preserved in the volumes and pamphlets issued 1^
the various classes m our American colleffcs ; much also remains in manuscript
in the volumes kept by class secretaries. Tlie number of class publications would
surprise any one who has not looked into the subject. A gentleman who was mak-
ing a collection of Yale College cla.<w books, sent us in May, 1878, a list of 140 class
poolications of that college, including post-graduate circulars, most of which he
bad obtained. A large number have no doubt been issued since. Though wo have
no means of knowing the number printed bv the classes of Harvard College, it must
be very large. Many have also been issuea by the alumni of other oolleirt's.

The books before us are good specimens of this species of literature. The first on
the list is a half century memorial of the class of 1833, Harvard College. It is a
handsome volume. The full biographies and other matter of interest to his olasH
mates contained in it, do credit to Mr. Higsinson, the editor.

The editor of the second book is Judge Richardson, of the United States Court of

420 Booh JToticeM. [Oct.

Claims. The biographic statistios oonsiet of the residence of the lirinff and the
death-place of the deceased alumni of the class of 1863, H. C, and of tbe& children
and gnwdchildren, with other jmrticulars.

The editor of the third book is Arthur Lincoln, the class secretarjr. This is the
fourth issue by the class of 1863, Harvard College ; the first being printed in 1866,
the second in 1869, and the third in 1875. They have all been edited by Mr. Lin-
coln. The first issue contains full statistics to date, and each succeeding issue what
has happened to the members of the class in the several intervals.

The iHst book is edited by the class recording secretary, John Scales, editor of the
Dover Daily RepubUcan, Dr. Addison H. Foster, the corresponding secretary, has
assisted by collecting statistics. The book contains well prepared biographies not
only of the alumni, but of all who at anv time were members of the <uaas of 1863,
Dartmouth College ; with other matters of interest to the class.

l4/e of Edwin H. Chopin, D.D. By SvKsm Ellis, D.D. With Portraits and
Illustrations. (Jniversalist Publishing House. 1883. 8vo. pp. 338. Price $1.50.

The biography of an eminent man is full of interest. Doctor Chapin waa such
a man, and Doctor £lli8, his biographer, was the one to detect the salient points
of interest ; and by a masterly command of language he has given a record, fore-
most among the biographies of the world's great men. No brief notice of this
book can compass the grandeur of Chapin 's career. It were vain to attempt. The
chief dates of time which mark it might be given, but that is the sphere of the
biographer. If name and date of birth, marriage and death were every thing, the
story of every man's life is soon told. But there is the character, not measured as
are the years, which really makes the man. TO measure character takes fine dia-
cemroont. In this biography Mr. Ellis has well succeeded. Doctor Chapin, as a
consecrated christian orator, had no peers. The easy, graceful langaaa;e, uttered
with a rare earnestness, became the conversation of sll woo listened to him. And
in this record, with superior skill, have the charms of the pulpit, platform, social
life and the home been ^iven. The reputation of a man is fortunate in havinfsuch
a biography. The details which characterise many a like work are omitted. There
are details, to be sure^ but not an overload. The incidents ol' childhood, of his early
and later ministry, or his triumphs of eloquence, of his methods of study, of his
labors as a reformer and lecturer, of his poetry and his witticisms, are all of that
character which present the real man to the readers. This biography approaches
the model of its kind. It is a worthy tribute to the memory of him whose earnest-
ness and eloquence went far to mould and fashion the thought and life of to-day.

By the Rev. Anson Titus ^ of Weymouth, Mass,

The Puritan Conspiraq/ against the Pilgrim Fathers and the Congregational Church,
16S4. By John A. Goodwin. Boston : Cupples, (Jpham & Co., 283 Washing-
ton Street. 1883. 8vo. pp. 20.

This is a well written and interesting monograph on the attempts of Oldham, Ly-
ford and others to overthrow the government ana church at Plymouth, which con-
spiracy Gov. Bradford and his a.«ociates detected and crushed. The liberal spirit
of the Pilgrim Fathers in ecclesiastical matters, and their able management of secu-
lar affairs, are conspicuous in their dealings with the conspirators.

Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical, relating to
Interior Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa. : Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883. 8vo.
pp. 80 each number. Published quarterly. Price $2 a year in advance.

This periodical was commenced last January, under the editorship of William
H. Egle, M.D., the author of a valuable history of Pennsylvania and one of the
editors of the second series of Pennsylvania Archives, of which works notices have
appeared in these pages. For about four years Dr. Egle was the editor of a series of
articles which appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, entitled ** Notes and Queries,
Historical and Genealogical," filled with valuable matter illustrating the history and
genealogy of central Pennsylvania, to which this periodical is devoted. This series of
articles, of which the last, numbered 87, appeared Dec. 0, 1883, and those contributed
by K. A. Brock, Esq., to the Richmond Standard, and by the Rev. Alonso H. Quint,
D.D., to the Dover (N. H.) Enquirer, show what a vast amount of local history,
much of which would otherwise be lost, can be preserved by a periodical publica-
tion of historical and genealogical articles in newspapers, especially if, as in these
cases, contributions are solicited from all who have information to impart eoooem-

1883.] Booh Notices. 421

ing the localibr. The present magasine continues the work oommenced in the col-
omoB of the narris^nrg Telegraph, in a better style, and in a form more likely to
be preserved. Able writers have contributed the results of their researches to the
numbers which have appeared. The articles are well written, interesting and valu-
able. We commend the publication to the patronage of all interest^ in the history
of our country.

The History of Southbridgt, By MocoB Plimpton. Journal Steam Book Prints
1883. 8vo. pp. 48.

Mr. Plimpton, the author of this History of Southbridge, Mass., was a member of
the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and a memoir by his son-in-law.
Charles S. Lincoln, ie printed in the second volume of the Society's ** Memorial.
Biographies.*' The present work was delivered in three lectures, in March, 1836,.
before the Southbridge Lyceum or Literary Association. After the death of Mr.
Plimpton in 1854, Mr. Lincoln, in behalf of*^ the family, presented the manuscript
of these lectures to this societv. The late Holmes Ammidown, a native of South-
bridge, in his *' Historical Collections," vol. ii. page 561, supposing this manu-
script to be lost, expressed deep regret, " as much of its contents was ^m the recol- -
lections of the aged several ^ears since passed away." On the publication of
Mr. Ammidown 'a book the librarian of this society wrote to him informing him
tliat the manuscript was not lost. He requested and was granted permission to
have a copy made for his use. Later a brother of Mr. Ammidown having a desire
to possess the manuscript requested the society, through Mr. Lincoln, to present it
to him. The board of directors, having the consent oT the family, and desiring to
act in accordance with their wishes, voted to comply with this request provided
that an accurate copy should be made for the society, which was done. From this-
eopv the work was printed in the Southbridge Journal ; and it has been reprinted >
with the same type in the pamphlet before us.

1839—1883. Semi-Centennial Celebration of the City of Buffalo, Address by the
Hon. £. C. Spraoub before the Buffalo Historical Society, July 3, 188*2. Cetebra-
tion of July 4ih in connection with laying the Corner Stone of the Soldiers^ and'
Sailors* Monument. Published under the Direction of a Committee of the Buf--
ialo Historical Society. 1883. 8vo. pp. 50.

The city of Bnfialo was incorporated by the legislature of the state of New York,
April 30, 1833, and fifty years were completed since that event in the spring of last
year. The Buffalo Historical Society commemorated the anniversary by a meeting
oo the evening of July 3, 1832, at St. James Hall, which was handsomely decorated!
Ibe next day, the anniversary of Independence, the city authorities laid with Ap-
propriate ceremonies the comer stone of a monument to the memory of the soldiers
and sailors who fell in the war for the preservation of the Union. The proceedings-
on both occasions are printed in the pamphlet before us. The address of }&,
Spiagae before the Historical Society gives a history of the city of Buffiilo and of
the territory previous to the settlement of the place. Several portraits and other
iliostarations embellish the work.

Biographioal Record of the Alumni of Amherst College ^ during its First Half Century
1831— 187K Edited by W. L. Montaoub, Class of 1855. Assisted by £. p.'
jGiovkll, Class of 1853, and W. S. Bisooe, Class of 1874. With an Introduc^

tk>n by Professor W. S. Ttler, Class of 1830. Amherst, Mass., 1883. 8vo. pp,
666. Price, post-paid, $4.37.

Oenerai Catalogue of the Theological €eminary, Mass,, 1880. Andover : Warren F
Draper. 1883. Pp. xx. 356.

Ahmmi Record of Wesleyan University , Middletown, Conn. Third Edition. 1881-3..
Hartford, Conn. : Press of The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company. 1883..
6fo. pp. cx.-f-730.

Baiely are works made record of with more satisfaction than these. Before ua-
are three large volumes, and everv pa^e and every line is full of information.
These volumes are of as many educational institutions, and they chronicle the
life and labors of those who were educated therein. Each volume betrays great
paiastaklnff. They are alike in character, though in presenting the information
alightlv dtBbrent methods are used. They are well arranged, and possessing the-
needful indexes are of great value^ not alone to the Rcattored alumni and friends of
the iBBtitutions, bat also to the historian and genealogist. As works of rcferenee-*

TOL. ZXXYII. S^

422 Book Kotices. [Oct.

they are of great worth, for therein in brief is a sketch of very many of the leadine
men whoee lives are spent, or are being spent, among the basy ways of professional
and secular life.
By the Rev. Anson Titus ^ of Wei/moiUh, Mass.

Sparsholt Feast, A Svrmon preached in the Church of the Holy Rood ai Sparshnlt,
Berks, on Sunday evening ^ May20thf lBd3 {being the Feast Sunday). By Oswald
J. RsiCHKLL, B.C.L. & M. A., Vicar of Sparsholt cum Kingston-Lisle. Paignton :
Printed at *' The Devon County Standard '* Office, Dartmouth Place. 1883.
8vo. pp. 16.

The present church at Sparsholt, in substantially its present form, has stood for
more than five centuries, while its predecessors antedate the Conquest. ^ The Rev.
Mr. Reichell, in his sermon and its appendix, gives the history of tne parish and its
vicars, also much information concerning ecclesiastical affiiira in England in early
times. The list of vicars from 1584 to toe present time is complete, while much is
preserved concerning earlier incumbents for several oenturies.

Annals of Fort Mackinac. By D wight H. Kslton, Lieutenant U. S. Army. Re-
vised Edition. 1883. Price 50 cts.

A new and enlarged edition of this work (vide Register, zxxvi. p. 345) has been
issued, and data placed in it which was inaccessible in the first. Also new engrav-
in^ of citizens and localities are added.

By the Rtv. Anson TituSy of Weymouth, Mass,

Bi'Centennial Celebration of the Town of Slow, Mass., May 16, 1883. Republished
from the Stow Sentinel. Marlboro*, Mass. : Pratt Brothers, Publishers. 1883.
8vo. pp. 28.

This pamphlet contains the proceedin^^ at the celebration last sprinjr of the two
hundreatb anniversary of the town of Stow, which was incorporated May 16, 1683,.
bv the general court of Massachusetts colony. There was an oration by A. Q. R.
ifale, an address by C. A. Whitney, an historical address by John L. Swift, and
bi-centennial poems by Miss F. Smith and S. £. Bent.

History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts, from its Early Settlement to A,D,
188*2. By Srtu Chandler. In Three Parts. Shirley, Mass. : Published by the
Author. 1883. 8vo. pp. 745. Illustrated. Price $5.

The Rev. Mr. Chandler, the author of this work, has been engaged ill its prepa-
ration for about forty years, and much of his material was collected over a tnira of
a oentury ago. The book is well written, and will be prized, both now and in suc-
ceeding years, by the citizens of the town and those who trace their ancestry to it.

Shirley was originally a part of Groton,and was separated from it in 1753 ; slight
additions were afterwards made to it. It received its name from the then governor
of the colony. It was incorporated as a *' district," and by an act of the legisla-
ture in 1786, in common with other districts erected before 1777, it was designated
a town. Settlements began within its territory as early as 1720, and a thrift was
displayed which made its citizens desire the privileges of the church and town gov-
ernment of their own. The movement towards a town began in 1747, but was not
obtained until 1753. Nature was quite generous in the supply of its water privi-
leges, even Ijeyond those improved. Shirley has never been a large town, but a
study of its genealogy shows many an excellent family and men of large and noble
worth who claim this as their native home. The families largely represented in
town are those of Atherton, Bennett, Brown, Chaplin, Chase, Davis, Edgerton, Go-
ing, Heartwell, Uazen, Holden, Little, Longley, Page, Parker, Patterson, Sawtell,
Walker, Whitney and Williams. The early settlers of this town were of the fourth
and fifth generations of the Puritan settlers. The author, in this town history, has
accomplished a fine work, and his labors should be appreciated. He recounts the
history of the early and later industries, of the schools and the churches, of the va-
rious wars with the French, the Indians, and the mother country ; also of our civil
strife. lie presents the various phases of New England life as displayed in the
hill-towns, with well chosen words and in well arranged chapters. The history of
the Shaker Family of Shirley comes in for no small share. Though despised at
first, the even tenor of their way has been maintained, and they have ever held the
deserved esteem of the community, though the author and others have not been able
to grant all their arguments. The history of Mother Ann Lee and her persecution
in this town is well described. The closet in which she was hidden by her friends,
ifi still shown by her followers.

1883.] Booh Notices. 423

The author is to be congratulated on the satisfactory manner in which he has
been able to present the results of years of labor to the 'public ; and the citizens
of Shirley ana the natives of the town who reside in other places may well be proud
of the handsome volume which so faithfully preserves the history of the place.
Mr. Chandler has been much assisted by James F. D. Garfield, of Fitchhurg,
whose genealogical knowledge and critical skill have been freely contributed, and
whose valuable library, rich in the genealogy and local history of New England,
has always been at his command.

The genealogical part of the volume is well arranged, and in a style deserving
of commendation. The typographical appearance of the genealogy is unique.
Each generation is presented in a diflferent style of type. There is a table of
contents and an alphabetical index. The book is adorned with twenty-one por-
traits and seventeen views, all of which are appropriate for a work of this character.

The town made a liberal appropriation towards defraying the expense of print-
ing this work, and we feel confident that it will never regret its action.

By the Rev, Anson Titus, of Weymoiuh, Mass.

The Chandler Family. The Descendants of William and Ann is Chandler, who set-
tled in Roxburu, Mass., 1037. Collected by George Chandler, of Worcester,
Mass. Prrnted for the Family. Worcester, Mass. : Press of Charles Hamilton.
1883. 8vo. pp. viii.4-l3l5. Price $6, or $6.47 by mail. Address,. Dr. George
Chandler, 24 Chestnut Street, Worcester, Mass.

Pierce Genealogy, being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early In-
habitant of Charlestown, and aftenoards Charlestown Village ( Wohurn) in New
England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc. By Frederic Beech
PiKRCB, of Boston. Assisted and Edited by Frederick Clifton Peircb. Wor-
cester : Press of Chas. Hamilton. 1882. 8vo. pp. 367+9.

The Fowler Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary
Fowler of Ipswich, Mass. Ten Generations: 1590 — 1882. By a descendant,
Matthew Adams Sticrnet. Salem, Mass. : Printed for the Author. Salem
Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. xxii.+247. Price $3. To be obtained of the author,
119 Boston Street, Salem, Mass.

Bi- Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter, who came to the Province of Pennsyl-
vania in 1682, containing a historic-genealogy of his descendants down to the present
time. By Thomas Maxwell Potts. Canonsburg, Pa. : Published by the Au-
thor. 1883. 8vo. pp. 304.

The Rev. William Schenck, his Ancestry and his Descendants. Compiled by A. D.
ScHENCK, U. S. Army. vVashington : Kufus il. Darby, Publisher. 1883. 8vo.
pp. 163.

An Account of a Part of the Sufferings and Losses of Jolley Allen ^ a native of Lon"
don. With a Preface and Notes. By Mrs. Frances Mary Stoddard. Boston :
Franklin Press : Rand, Avery & Co. 1883. 8vo. pp. 62.

A Biographical Sketch of Capt. Oliver Brown, an Officer of the Revolutionary Army,
who commanded the Party which destroyed the Statue of George the Third in New
York City, July 9, 1776. By the Rev. Horace Edwin iIayden. Privately
Printed. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1882. 8vo. pp. 22.

The Goodrich Family Memorial, containing the English History of the Family. As
collected by the late Rev. Hiram P. Goodrich, of St. Louis, iVlo. Part One. 8vo.
p. 29. Chicago. 1883. Price 25 cts. or 5 copies for $1. Address, Edwin Hub-
rd, 116 Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.

Genealogical Sketches of Roger Ailing of New Haven, Conn., 1639; Gilbert Allen
of Morristown, N. J., 1736; and Thomas Bancroft of Dedham, Mass., 1640 ;
and some of their Descendants. Prepared by Jno. K. Allen and Edwin Salter.
Lansing, Mich. : Journal Steam Printing House. 1883. 8vo. pp. 33. Price
50 cents, to be purchased of John R. Allen, 144 Monroe St., Chicago, 111.

Paine Family Records. Edited by Henry D. Paine, M.D.. 26 West 30th Street,
New York City. Vol.11. Nos. lOandll. April and July, 1883. Published
quarterly, $1 a year.

A Family History. Composed and read by Ephraim Wood, of Chicopee, Mnss.,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wood, at the 50th Anniversary of his Parents
Wedding. 12mo. pp. 3. Printed at the Record Office, Seymour, Ct.

424 Book JSToticeB. [Oct.

The Garfield Fondly in England. By Wujaam P. W. Phillimou, M.A., B.C.L.,
of London, E^g, Boston : 1883. 8yo. pp. IS.

A Sketch relating to the Name and Family of Broughton, Boston : 1883. 8yo. pp. 7.

We continue in this number our quarterly notices of genealogical works.

About a dozen Years ago, George Chandler, M.D., the author of the first work
on the list, afler having been engaged manv years in collecting materials for bis
work, commenced printin^^ it. By the fall of 1872 it bad been completed, bat
while in the hands of the binder, the whole edition of the work, one of tne most ex-
tensive that had then appeared, was destroyed in the great Boston fire, November
9, 1872, except 41 copies which luckilv had been got ready and delivered to the
author. The subscribers who had paid in advance, numbermg sixteen, were sap-
plied with copies, sixteen copies were given to relatives, and seven copies were
placed in public libraries. Dr. Chandler was at once urged to reprint nis work,
out did not then deem it prudent to undertake the laborious work of revising
and carrying the book again through the press. Among other eminent per-
sons, the lion. George Bancrott, the historian, whose mother was a Chandler, more
than once appealed to him to reprint the book. Ue finally consented, and when he
was seven ty-nve years old, began work anew. In a little over a year the result of his
labors is before us. The first edition is a book of 1245 pages, while this hcuB 78
pages more. The two editions probably contain about the same number of indi-
viauals, but many in the first edition are omitted in the second, as the author de-
cided, as a general rule, to adroit here only the children of Chandler mothers,
whereas in the former edition later generations were |[iven. There are therefore
many new names in this book, which embraces about six thousand persons by the
name of Chandler, while intermarriages have added as many more. No attempt is
made to give those of that surname who are not descended from William Chand-
ler of Roxbury. The fomily owe much to Dr. Chandler for this book. They will
find it a worthy memorial of their kindred. Biographies are given when the mate-
rial could be obtained. The book is handsomely printed with clear new type.
There are numerous autographs, and the portraits and other illustrations namber
sixteen. It is thoroughly indexed.

We are glad to see that the authors of this and some other books here noiioed,
have fre(iuently noted peculiarities of character, personal appearance and other
facts which will be useful to students of the science of heredity.

The second book on the list, the Pierce genealogy, is devoted to descendants of
the family which settled in Charlestown ancTWoburn. There are many other fom-
ilies of the name, of several of which genealogies have been published, particularly
those of the Old Colony family compiled by Gen. Ebenezer W. Peirce, and the
Watertown family by Frederick C. Fierce, an assistant in compiling the present
work. The book before us shows great and successful research, and seems to be
carefully compiled. It has a large number of autographs, a larger proportion than
any other genealogy which we can call to mind. It is also illustrated with eleven
portraits, and is handsomely printed. It has an index of cities and towns, and two
indexes of names. Among tne prominent characters in this family may be named
Gov. Benjamin Pierce of New Hampshire, and his son, Franklin Pierce, President
of the United States.

Mr. Stickney, the author of the Fowler Family, is one of our oldest and most
careful genealogists. To say that his latest work is worthy of bein^ placed by the
side of nis previous ones is suflScient praise. Philip Fowler, the emigrant ancestor
of this family, came to New England in 1634, in the Mary and John, one of the ships
stayed by order of the English Council while lying in the Thames, in February,
1633-4, but which were discharged on the 28th of that month (Reo. viil. 137 ; ix.
265-7). A similar stay of eight vessels was ordered in the spring of 1638 (Reg.
viii. 138), in which vessels it has been said that Hampden, Cromwell and other
prominent Puritans had emlwirked, but no contemporary evidence has been produced
m support of the story (Reg. xx. 113-21). The Fowler genealogy is carefully com-
piled, nandsomely printed, illustrated with seven portraits, and well indexed.

The Carter geneaio^ has been prepared as a Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah
Carter, who came to Pennsylvania in 1682, and the volume is mainly devoted to his
descendants. In a preliminary chapter, however, we have an account of Edward
Carter, who came from Ash ton in the Parish of Bampton, Oxfordshire, and his
descendants. Edward settled in Pennsylvania in the same year that Jeremiah did, bat
the author finds no evidence of anv relationship between them, thdugh he does find,
as might be expected, the story of'^'* the three brothers," wbich seems to be foand

1883.1 H^mmi I^iiLyziiMS. * 4i5

tradiuja o^ s^ ** :a7W 'tr.ca«R " jrzMy t«cs i£7o iie xrk viuL lirxir Ussmt? Nv«&.
has reiiel -i^j zipM. v^sl. uaesoni fh^rs. He ^fc« t^ea AX<e «.> is^i s;icct xS.v^^aK^I^

a D«efal. haiKkbOkt ami ^^^7 3ua<car&:<T jo:«. It ^a^ a jcA<a ini^^x.

Tb? St h e au L jsemokiiyij. zy Lmui. Ajtxu^^ Da Bo«« :vfumcc. I' S. A.« irav^f^ ihi»
ance^o? oi trie Brr. ICi^ia Sccam. a P^a(>yterma eim^riKfta. Vjcd ib N^v J^c^
sej ia 1740. died m Or h> i& I^s3 : axaii £{t«» a rMucd ot b» de?o(i>ia&ss. r^< iai^
migrant aooeMor. v? jeara &:•« ibe bi:«J4. vai§ Rjeioi^ Martcrcs^ SrtHrcci:. tvvti at
Amcrs€f>yn. H-x^uai. in 1419. «t^> rry^«>^T arriT^ at Nev Aaaftervkaai. wish hK»
brother and «i«tier. Jsoe ^. 1G50. lie «en^ v^o Looe IsSand. Miiv*6 inttfrmsiin^
material cooeenundr t^^^ fiaailj ba» been eL»i(ecfed bj Lieut. Sc4ieiic^« weK> b»$ |]kii^>
sented it to his rcaidier§ ia an anzactive f*jrm. The Ik>.4 is w«ii inde^fd

Jollej Alien, vhjee canatETe 2« ^i^^n in the nejct book, vas a nafitre v'^f Ia^\.mb,
who in ITM or 17^. beuxr then abiMt thirty-seren Year« of a^. s^tkd in H ^vin.
He iras an enterprising merchant, adrerufed larger and acciimulated a tiand^nn^
property. His loyaity i*> bis natire country caused him many crvKiblc;: and t!H^ Kxm
of his property. Hi* Darratire thri>w^ li^zbt upon the d«alins:9 v>f our rvrv^lutivuvury
fiitbers with the loyaiiHs amon^ them. It wa» wrinen in London in ITT^ v>r IT^),
and the mannscript oi it i$ stili preBerred by tbe Ma:9sacbu^tts llistoricai S.vi<>ty«
in whofie Pruceedin^, February 14. l^sCS, thUt narratire was firs^t print«\l. A small
edition is now handisi^mely printed by theiamily. with the original ^^pcliin^ restorvd,
this baring been cfaaDg<»l when fim printed. Mrs. Stoddard, the editor, ba$ ap-
pended a brief geneaio-^ of the family.

The next work, on the life of Capt. Olirer Brown, was sugs^^ted by tht> Rer.
Mr. Mnney's paper on the Battle of Lexington, printed in the ^Ki^tsrot^ rol. xxxi«
pages 377-93. Capt. Br>wn fought in that battle, and afterward did raliant (iervio«
in tbe Rerolotionary War. He was tbe elder brother of I'^pt, Solonu>n Hr\»wn,
also in the action of .April 19. I«i5. who is claimed to bare drawn tbe tirvt British
blood on that day. Tbe Rev. Mr. Hayden has given an interesting i^mitive. with
a genealogical acoouut of Capt. Brown's descendants, and a notice of bis brxuber
iSoIomon.

Tbe editor of the Goodrich Family Memorial is Edwin Hubbard, of Obioa)^>, who
has long been engaged in genealogical researches, and bas publisbeil tieveral work«
of merit. Tbe first part twfore us is devoted to tbe collections of tbo Rev. Hiram
P. Goodrich, of St. Louis, Mo., who died in 186:2, concerning tbe Kni^lish bi(tt^>ry
of tbe family. Subsequent parts will contain tbe American genealogy. .Mr. Iluiw
bard bas for more than twenty years been collecting materials relative to tbiti faiuiW.

Tbe contents of tbe pampblet on tbe Ailing, Allen and Bancrott families* i^an be
learned from tbe title- It bas two indexes.

Tbe two numbers of the Paine Family Record before us contain new matter by
several contributors concerning various families of tbe name.

Tbe Family History by Ephraim Wood was read June 11, 1883, tbe gt)lden wwl-
ding of Nelson Wood at bis residence in Beacon Falls, Ct., and must have l)een an
agreeable addition to tbe festivities of tbe occasion.

The Garfield and Broughton pampblets are reprints from tbe July number of the
REGistER. A small edition of the first having been struck off for tbo use of the
author in England, some copies were retained in this country.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Fbbsentbd to the New ENOLAjiD Historic Genbalooioal Society, to Aio. 1, 1883.

I. Publications written or edited by Members of the Society,

The Tatclo Tribe and Language. By Homtio Halo. Rend before the American Phllo-
sophical Society, March 2, 1883. 8vo. pp. 45.

Phillips Exeter Academy In New Hampshire. A hlstorlrul Hkotrh. Ilv ClmrloH II. Boll.
Exeter, N. H. William B. Morrill, Printer, News Utter PrcHi. 188.1. '8vo. pp. I(»4.

1783—1883. Foot Prints: or Incidents In Early IlUtory of N«w Bmnnwlelt. Hv J. W.
Lawrence. Saint John, N. B. J. Sc A. McMillan, 98 PrlDc« William Street. 1881 8vo.
pp. l08-f-10.

VOL. xxxvn. 88*

426

Deaths.

[Oct.

Memorials of the Class of 1833 of Harvard College, prepared for the Fiftieth Annire
of their graduation. By the Class Secretary, Waldo HigginsoiL Cambridge : John
son and Son, University Press. 1888. 8yo. pp. 164.

Second Paper on the Correct Arras of New York, as established by law since March 16,
1778. Read before the Albany Institute, May 24, 1881. By Henry A. Homes, LL.D.
Albany : Weed, Parsons and Company. 1882. 8yo. pp. 21. 6 Plates.

Harvard College, Class of 1843. Memorabilia, 1883. Prepared by William A. Richard-
son, Class Secretary. Printed for the use of the Class, June 27> 1883. Svo. pp. 37.

The World's Millennium and the Reasons for expecting it. Baccalaureate, delivered to
the Class of '83, June 10, 1883. By Joseph F. Tnttle, President of Wabash College. Craw-
fordsville, Ind. : Review Print. 1883.

Public Document No. 15. Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor,
March, 1883. Boston : Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post-Office Square.
1883. 8vo. pp. 401.

From the Rapidan to Appomattox Court House. By J. Watts De Peystcr, Brevet
Mf^or General. Reprinted from ** The United Service,** July, 1883. Philadelphia : L. R.
Hamersley & Co. 1883. 8vo. pp. 6.

(O* Some titles necessarily omitted from this list will be printed in January.

DEATHS.

Adams, Hon. Isaao^ inventor of the Ad-
ams Power PrintinjB; Press, died at his
residence in Sandwich, N.H., July 19,
1883, aged 80. He was a son of Ben-
jamin and Elisabeth (Home) Adams,
and was bom in Rochester, N. H.,
August 16, 1802. He was a machin-
ist, and .carried on that business many
years in Boston, Mass. He represent-
ed the Suffolk district in the Massa-
chusetts Senate in 1848. A memoir
with portrait ispublished in the Gran-
ite Monthly y iii. 33. He was a great-
groat-grandson of the Rev. Joseph^
Adams, of Newington, N. H., a de-
scendant in the fourth generation from
Henry^ Adams, of Braintree, Mass.
(see Register, vii. 41), through Jo-
seph^ and Joseph.^

Alexander, Hon. Mark, died near Ro-
anoke, Va., July 6, 1883. aged 91.
He was bom in Mecklenburg Co.,
Va., Feb. 7, 1792. He was elected to
the 16th Congress, and was re-elected
to the six succeeding Congresses, serv-
ing from 1819 to 1833. He is sup-
posed to have been at his death the
oldest surviving member of Congrens,
reckoning from the date of first ser-
Tice. See Reg. xxxvii. 89. He mar-
ried June I, 1831, Sallie, daughter of
Qov. James Turner of North Carolina,
and granddaughter of Thomas Turner,
who removed about 1760 from Boston,
Mass., to Virginia, and afterwards to
North Carolina. See Jacob Turner's
Descendants of Humphrey Turner,
page 52.

Curtis. Josiah, M.D., died at London,
England, Aug. 1, 1^3. He was bora
in Wethersfield, Ct., April 30, 1816,
entered Yale Colle^ with the daos ot
1840, but left in bis sophomore year ;
received the degree of M.D. in 1843
from Jefferson Medical College, and
in 1844 settled in the practice of medi-
cine in Lowell, Mass. In 1849 ho re-
moved to Boston. In 1859 be prepar-
ed the statistioB of Massachusetts. He
received the degree of A.M. from Yale
College in 1860. He entered the U. S.
volunteer service, Sept. 4, 1861, as
brigade surgeon, and at the close of
the war was honorably mustered out,
Oct. 31, 1865. He subscquentlv re-
sided at Knoxville, Tenn., and V^asb-
ington, D. C. He leaves many friends.

Langdon, Mrs. Mary Jane Halsey, died
at Wilmington, N. C, June 7, 1883,
aged 84. She was a daughter of Hen-
ry and Susanna (Roes) Halsey, and
was bora at Soracte, near Wilming-
ton, N. C, May 10, 1799; and was
married May 13, 1818, to Samuel
Langdon, son of Paul Langdon, and
grandson of the Rev. Samuel Lang-
don, D.D., president of Harvard Ou-
lege, 1774-^. Left at the death of
her husband, in 1833, with limited
means to rear and educate six young
children, she entered upon her lite
work with self-sacrifice, love and de-
votion rarely equalled. She vras faith-
ful and exemplary in every relation of
life.

Erbatum.— Page 240, line 36, for Appleyard r»ad ApplefonL

INDEX OF NAMES.

AnglytT. Lord. IM | 237, »S, ZM. !», SM

Board, SSO

Abbott, lu, an, »z.

Anni-.ftneen.Sr.lM

Slfc 320,3*1

ITCtO?

BiJcom, 14

AnMiunj, IB, VO, 143,114

BUdwln, 81, 111-13,110

Acj.lw

Z38. 274, 397

Beauregard, 211

^duu. 14,a>-».40,S%

Appicford, MO, 42d

•»■»•'•■"

7*. 87, IW. 114. IM.

Ai-pletoo, 100. Ill, 178
iftMl, WM, al2, 276

BecHrSii^'

U3, IM, IN, l«0. IM,

Ballard, 281, 182, 285

B^kett, 3.16

Kt 1S3 l» 209. a03.

i»2,32i

aiO,2H,V1fl,i)S, 237.

Appleyard.lM

BanoVon, 10, 9*, 1U
2M. 2W, isi. SK, 334

Bedell, mo! 3W
BedlngHrld, 3V8

3K, S7»-S1, 317, xie.

ArbSrthln". M

■MiM«rM7.MS,3»l

3ir7,^|l2S

ItedurIl.n,10,ll,2H,M

«»,«».m,*»

B«Dk>, 88,111,113,240

Btether, Sti

Addtagtan, 170,171, 188.

Arnold. 27. ««, W, 121

Becillium, 00, 200
Bn-DC-.^m

Adolpl..«

ssstiiirisSjiK-

Bepr...;«,4l,ftl. 177

AgDBW, Z23

181, W7, 216, 2B, 260,

B.r«li,21«

icia,s..»

2M,2ai.<t7a, 30V, 381

Btkherf 27-32, 66, 143,

B.rSer, ti. M. 83, M

Uli-J,' IW. 'l^ 271^

A™u«n *17^ 173

2M). 280. 287,340.347

AraottlX?"'''

204, 2M, 322, 37&, 370

Amiar, W, 11, MO. 201

388, 3W

AUaa, »| ». IM, 203

2S],iM,ieo.:!«e,an

Bvlow, 110,340
BamHin, irt, IBS. 103

Belkimp, 66,68,78,11*,

AihDrnl, IM

Aldrl^b, IW, 3»

Askew, 8S

B«rr«d, 67. IM. 234

Bell. 112, 10*. 11* MB,
21t>, 2U0, 322, 1^, 370,

M7,li7,»7,377

303, 3IW, 40S

Alherton, W.4, 180, W2.

Aluudn, M. »S, an

170,236,280, :i8«,2tl7

liTDtt, 164, 2M, 310

«»-«», «6, 4W>

■K-JC^'"'"

Billli,Kliliin,2S6,!B7,»W

AUnd,9i«

AtLliii,S3fl

BflJ^niopt. aw

^rtJinffti.^* '"''''

Atkinson, 401

Atwood, 287

Bvron, 178

Bl'iiJninl'D,'»47

Auchmulr, S7, 391

Burrowa, 332, 108

"•;"«"!i.,a.'*,!a

AB0OC1.0D. 310

BBr™..33»

AlloMlkcM?

Auger, 180

B»rry, I0», 107. US

27I1.WI), .U8, t9o,ta3.

jUten. u. ai. 32,»,41,

AuBtln, 171,238,313

E)iir>law.311.311

n,S7,SS,«,»I,V7,W,

"S-ZVi""'""'

"%""-"•■"■■-

Bunl.'siX 122
UEQlly. M, 110

iw| nb' aa, m, tio

!,-STf"

Butlett. 162, IH, IKt

241,313,3118, «0, 400

B^ttX'y. 101. IM

lU, Va, KIti 3m) 331,

AjUng. 220

B.n-1«n,327

SM, 3i», ta. i-a

AyrQ«, 3W

BBrtoii,72,»7S.!7a

B^rry, M. 30, 107, 383

Allllinc.flo

Ayr.Qi,, 18

Butow. Ill

BcMon, MO

AlOng, 308, 123, «»

E!l'D"fordf72.«l.ll«

Allli, IW. 9SS

Umi, 28, 30-2, W, IM

Almlc.W

Bnbb, 170

IN, 21L, 380,347. 318

UlckDU'll,226,2M

JU«n.3a7

labooct, ISO, 3M, ■»

Bu>Ft, 20, IM

Billow, 200, 201

AlMp, M, '.!GB. -iSS, S«,

U4CI.C. IW

B«.lj, 187

Bill, 46, 3:i

ItHchelor, 3«1

B^twkk, DO

AlDM. IM, :«7, 307, 408

Amliwtt, 31.1W

□ uckus. ni

"'iSrS"'*'"''''^

BllJlngsl>v. 238
B iiiiey, JV. W, 3»

BBcan, M, M. U>-H,

Balet, 27, 183. 20e,286

3311,400

2IM,311, 3M

BrBl.,72,-aO

Amnrr, :i14, 314, 328

Bnilgcr.SI). 117, IIS, 121

Bitt, 2«0. 310
Battle. 3»

U rd, 210

B rkbwk. 109, 110

Arai>dFn, «i /iW

Mnjj. 31M2, ao, ISS

Ander»an, l;'^-l, 2A2

Bailer, 28, 30,87, 168.

SKW

I«6, 107, l«e, 207, 236

280, 287, 312, 408, HI*

flUhop. M. M, IBS, m,

UagoaU. 231

Bayard, 207

m,2ln,2«i.36r

AlldKI),3«.130,lM,23l.

Banff. 13, M, H, 71,

Bmjliei. 171,207,23(1

nixfurd. 207

2W. 3W

BUckler.OU

A^fS'"''""

Btktr, K, 17t,2«), 233,

fietle,200

Index of Names.

BUckatone, »W,S74

blurovr, Ul
Blair, H. W, U2 .

Bl»nty, 3Wl
BiHiukre, 1

BodklD, n
BodiDHii. 7Z,17S,S7S
B*iggu.3B7

Bal-lrr, 3V7

Bolton, W7

Bond, 4J, 77, 1IH«, 1 ..
2KI, 2HJ, MM, 3H, Sm,
STT. :i7i<, 3113, 3V7, Mt

Bonu rv. *"■■

Boody, 40l"

B, BrltUnr. Anne of. 24
BrlKllioa, n
Brock, M, 87, M. !
■■■■ 111.118,410

Cubell, 31 MID
Cadr. -1»
"nge, IW

Jabuao, 3«7. 3*7, 3W
C«l»ior, 3W

-.111. »», XSt, 3W, 3U,
33fi. 3W
rouglitOB,inie-M4,4!l,

Booiic,

1.374

Bootli, IS, 102, 103, 377
Bord<— '-'

oiwurlli, 1^^,88,14:

Bowrlluil' LMS
Bow.luin. -Jiti
Bowvn.&7,ii3,3M

BrultHiiy, -X?, 323, 314.

Bnitilwk, 4IS
Bmrll'onl, IH, 10, IM.

Wfl. i6i, -to*, m, «w

Bri>dli-)',Vl::,3W
Bnul<itr«t,ii34,IW,917, i<

H,74,8^1B1,

BuKbr.T-J, 332

Bulirer, W
Buirurd, JIM
llulklpy, Ul.HS, 170, 383
■lull, M, 1Bi-4, ail
1... ...._. Bu, 175,314,

Bum«,'371

Brus,

BrnTlcy, '17t
UruMuu, JU7
Brai.T, MM
Breading. 43
Bnck, I'J, U

i;£, 188, Z76,
, 139, 23», 3»3,

HurbMk, 17J
Itureh. M
lurcher, 3M

•, :ila '

!«. AS, 17fi, 239, 371,

BiirKoyiir, EIS, 218
BurkbHck, Ait

3SG

Burrin.M.!W4

Burt, 10. I'l, IS, 142. 148,

CalllcUn, 3W
CBlIhgrpe. 1W

;anl*rberTy, 18Z, :

;iiaCrell,3^7

rapi^n, 3.TI>
Ua|*l, ill, 242
Card, 6t, an

Uarlwrighl. 38S
CafviH-,11, B3»
C>raltl]lii, 28a
CarwIttiT, 3U3
Gary, IS, Ifl, 18, IW, IM
Cue, 111,200,203,421

Cbadbuu
Chaffi-p,

38,*37

.»B,3«

Chimptaiu

Chimfler.''

81,

»o.

201,

2M,4l«.

22-

ChaplD, 28-31,

42,

Ul.

)«£.]«.

MS,

3117

Chaplin. 1

Chap man.

IW,2W.

207

374

ChariamBg

Charlri I.

138,381,

Chariull

l4e,UG,Ml,

!kJl. 281

382

CharlealV

Cluu«, 4S

'ioe, »», 114,

Chatiln. 3av

ftllfl, w, «

-Lrldlao, ^18, 387
;hut>, 74

Cburch, 18.18-20, 00,07,
-■ 1U0, 113-0. 157, I7«,
187, IMS IM, m,

Clark, 15, ta,|g.l«,aj,
-- 73, 8,1, lOS, 10^
114, 153, ISO, 170,

Clcavcland, 114,:»4,321,

CleniHil, 292

Cle»«rl)F, ^, 20, 30, n,

CI*™, 237

lough. 205, S
,OBrd, 28S

Ind^ofyan

Cobton, 111, It*
CmAuu. 1«, 17, !U, 417

Cock, MO. aa?

CotkmU,33t
Codding, IM, 397
OoddlDEtoD, 134, Ua,

Codmu, fiO
Codntr, X76
Co«B,64,Ga.Bft,Sl,2.V

210, su, 3U, va

Comtull, Wtt, 3U, Mc

ISO, an, 408

CirtioiM, 72

oon,*t

Cote, 17lt. Ml
CcktAtli, IM

Colboro, «, lOa, IS3,

188, au, 3H
ColbT, im
Cole, W, ua, IM, »

^, W», 374, 371
Colanun, 130, IM
CokrUn. WO, 3»l
ColMWurtbr, lU,S3fi

Crmnlal], 20!, 37$
Craop, n4, wj, 300,

Cmniirlil, MS, MB

Cray, U, i;
Crelghton,

£7t, »S, 33«
Coliobat. 1B1-3
Colmu. 67, 08. XM
CollOD, 34, Mt, 2C7, SSS-

Combi,a7, sa
C(^wg7>, I IS, 107, S33
Cbrnxlaeh, 307
Conut, »M, 3.10, 3»7
CoaM, Prince of, Sf

Conker, 308, 30*

Coolldge, 3H, 311

Cooper.'sS, 40, 182,"l«3
M», M^ 318. 4W1

Copetiwd, Ml, », 3S.£
lU. :28S

CoplcT, 40. 41, 2M

CorsorBD.U, 411, 418
Carer, BOO, 312, 314
Corfleid, 3U
CorncllDi, 124, las, 17:
Coniell, 406
Cornwallli, 190,192, 3

CoralcT, 397
CoH.H

CoihFaJ,iie

D)*«n, 397

DiTeoport, 13, U, W, I

■" 187. 1!0. HP, 1
230, 2S0, 201, I

fll, 1*8, IM, 1'

t, I&t, 200,

i;rowel['l20,43I

Jlh, «, 17<

CuLlum, 191,338

iuiDmlnn, 32!, Ml

:uDn Ingham, 47, K. 3K
Cupplce. ■■■■' "■ '■■"
Currit- ■

Vania, i

'^1. 310, iao '
cuiting, iw, a

Dokin, 1ft!
lliilT,Ui, 30.31, 1«S

DHOlpOTt. U

Dinik, .tA, la, IH, 33S,

nine', IfSa. 3DS
DBnrnrlb, U. 117, 303
UaDlFli, U, 114, 307, 4(
UiDlelaan, Va

Liarlin'g.H, 30, 187, W
Uiirly, 39, 104, lOt, lOi

[Mrwln, Ita

UiiBit, 37, iS, 31, IS

O'AublgDT, 87

'ITCOpOl

72, ISI,

D1», 307
Uoak, 904
t)o>na,177
Dodd, 1K3

Dodge. SB. 27S, 281, 2a«,
»>f, 318, 360, 3«7, 3ae,

; Dodworth, lU

Dome, 208, 3n
0, DoirnUD, 107, U8, SSt,

106-7, 114, IM, 180, C
288-90. 300. 31' •"
331, 336, 3M, a»

.WBrboni, 193

Up Beck. 173

De Holcbci:, 298

De BrcreloD, 383
Do Coitu, 337
lie Crew, 383
- iro, 175, 347

,rlng, 31,07.71, 1»0,

17, 1^, 288, 347

te, 46, H, 74, IBS,
7, 137, 171. 173, 171,
i, 181, STS, 181, M^

Drown, Ift. 30, 141, XO,
"1, 318. 410
T, 178. 190, 191

DeHt.138
DeTjinceT.411
UcIbdo, {.I, U
Del.arLng»[ii,19
IlelawBY. 181
IJbL'Ib1p,41B

De NRplon, 298
-X'liltan.O*. 78. I'

3«s!m8,'371,'37[
«DnBlt,339, 413
DCDDll, 301, 304

De l>r*TCri. 383

D'tlslslng, 310

Darell, t»

Dnrfee, 31S
Duyeklnck. 108, t»
Dwlgbl, 338-41
Djar, IK, 183, IK, 410

Dewing. 108
D* Wolft, 146. ._.
DexWr, 110. 114,2Cn,»t
Uicbelto, 88. 185
Dtckeudco, OS, 18

DIUlDKbiim. n
Dlman, lfr-8, i

iflusw, fm^

74, !», tit,

Earia, 80, 188, US, at,

Kanir.asi

Ban, 183 '

EMUnan, 42, 81, 281,

138,40*
Baton. 48, 87, «, IW,

390, 378. !», Wl
Ebkt, 178

7, Edei, «1, IH, III
Edge. SO
lldgcll, 80. 83
Edgenon, 08, «»
Ednonda, 74, 281, XO,

8, !M
Ed>T, 10
EdwirdI-38
Edward II., 81, M, W

430

Index of Names.

Edward in., 112, IQO,

301,353
Edward IV., 301
Edward VI., 263, 250-8,

311
Edwards, 35, 68, 125,

313, 336, 380
Efflngbam, IM
Efle, 331,420
Eldridge, 184, 380
£lfwig,208
Eliot, 33, 00, 09, 72, 102,

115, 154, 208, 224, 226,

282, 313, 321, 340, 348,

306, 30V, 3U4, 413
Elizabeth, Queen, 253,

259,201,351
EUat«on, 351
Ellesworth, 40-2
EUioott, 212
Ellis, 87, 88, 110,207,224,

298, 330, 410, 420
Elliston, 55
Ellflwortb, 341, 374
Elsdcn, 200, 201, 262
Elton, 75
Elwaid, 377
ElweU, 200, 207, 312, 406
Elwes, 329, 330
Ely, 12, 40-2, 264-0
Emerson, 49, 79, 102,130,

216, 289, 292, 308, 401
Emmerton, 377, 380
Emory, 72, 207, 230, 200
Endicott, 56, 186, 239,

286, 287, 315
Enggs, 68
England. 274
Eroole II., 242, 244
Errington, 388, 389
Erskine, 296, 321
Erving, 400
Essery, 66, 183
Essington, 379
EsUbrook, 14, 79, 397
Estes, 216
Ethclred, King, 296
Etherininon, 21
Eure, 201
EustU, 300

£vau8, 26, 252, 280, 322
Everett, 72, 315
Eviden, 399
Ewer, 100
Ewoutse, 367
Exton, 237, 238
Eyrcfl, 175
Ezgate, 347, 348

Fergason, 38
Femald, 322
Fesscnden, 48,213,214,

322, 323, 397, 406
Field, 200,204,296,348,

402
Fielder, 183
Fieth, 58

Fifa,375
Fiflm

Faber, 398

Fackson, 27-31, 167-9,
280, 347, 348

Fairbanks, 15, 16, 18,
211, 224, 280. 374

Faircliild, 392

Fairfax, 394

Fale8, 10, 203

Farlow, 200

Farmer, 42, 137, 149, 183,
185, 2U3, :{85

Farnbam, 41,42,53, 207,
265, 315

Farnoworth, 287, 389

Farr, 16U, 252, 286

Farrand, 207
Farrar, 115, 140
Farrington, 42, 398
Fassett, 296, 397-9
Fay, 297
Felch. 322

Fellows, 205, 285, 396
Felt, 118, 119,205
Fenton, 308
Fergus, 114, 223, 834

more, 330, 331, 336
Filmer, 330
Finn, 307

Finney, 16, 19, 20, 143-7
Fionimore, 330
Fish, 264

Fisher, 166, 274, 316
Fiske, 32, 34, 65, 66. 151,

164,165,169,347,348
Fitch, 53, 87, 119,365
Flagg, 56, 77, 150, 151,

181, 317
Flecher, 383
Fleetwood, 238
Flegge, 181, 182
Fleming, 99
Fletcher, 192, 219, 263,

264, 318, 319
Flint, 167, 109,282,266,

287 346
Flower, 41, 109, 110, 200,

263.264
Floyd, 74, 394-6
Fogg, 163, 3tf9
Folger, 355
Fo lett, 297, 397, 390
Folsom, 224, 225
Fones, 276
Foote, 156
Forbes, 175, 183
Ford, 55, 65, 285, 287
Forrest, 187
Forsith, 186
Forthe, 112. 191, 192
Fosdick, 183, 185
FosU'r, 13, 34, 55, 101-3,
1.V, 175, 197, 266, 297,
309, 320, .T41, .325, 358,
397, 406, 409, 420
Fourall, 195 '
Fowle, 76, 79, 82, 280,

284, 300, 374
Fowler, 36, 172, 178, 207,

308, 423, 424
Fox, 81, 371
Francis, 56. 72, 167, 230,

287, 347, 380
Franklin, 74, 129, 182,

296, 2«7, 322, 397
Frary, m), 367
Fraser. 321. 335
Frazier, 202
Freake, 172
Freedley, 90
Freedom, 898
Freeman, 88, 110, 182,
183, 218, 227, 239, 263,

Gage, 376
Oager, 34
Gains, 290
Galberry, 50
Gale, 124, 219, 206, 297
Gallinger, 252
Gallop, 15, 181, 185, 367
Galloway, 181, 182
Gamling, 26, 72
Gammage, 93

Going, 422
Gold, 175

Goldsborough, 210
Goldthwait, 4o
Good, Ti
Goodale, X!2
Goodell, 293. 314, 340
Goodenow, 149, 204, 322
Goodhue, 117
Goodrich, 341,423,425

Gammell, 93, 207, 315, Goodrick, 377

316, 409, 410
Gamwill, 98
Gannett, 286, 374
Gansevoort, 215
Gardiner, 36, 88, 191
Gardner, 10, 72, 181, 185,

291, 316, 322, 326, 330,

355
Garfleld, 74, 204, 253-63, Gorge, 247

311, 331, 406, 407. 412, Gorses, 326. 376

Goodwin, 54, 100, 113,
150, 225, 342, 347, 399,
420

Goodyear, 235, 387

Gookin, 58, 64, 69, 87,
174, 178, 188, 283, 284,
287, 346. 347. 369, 379

Gordon, 207, 39»

204, 3;;2, 332, 356, 414 Gillis, 214

424,425
Garle, 253, 257
Garley, 257
Garner, 276
Garnish, 376
Garrell, 294
Garrett, 206, 288
Garrison, 213
Garside, 384
Gary, 410
Gascoigne, 384
Gashet, 297
Gates, 215, 216, 389
Gatfleld, 253, 261
GaUive, 166, 166, 347
Gaud, 54
Gaudy, 376
Gaunt, John of, 351
Gavell, 253
Gay, 49, 111, 112, 182
Gedding, 190
Gee, 13, 58
Geere, 239. 240
Gennings, 366
(xeorge, 166, 272
George III., 113, 351,

423
Gerow, 200
Gerreardy, 276
(ierriMh, 67, 87, 176, 375,

401, 402, 409
Getchel, 54
Gibbons, 155, 234
Gibbi*, 201, 344
Gibson, 57, 65, 74, 183,

2^(0, 284, 309, 310, 334,

')88— 9*'
Giddiugs,285, 289
Giflbrd, 162, 16:), IMS, 298
Gilbert, 04, 186, lt$7
Gllbourne, 275
Giles, 30, 208, 412
Gill, 190, 279, 2^0, 291
Gillam, lh<6, 372, 374,375
(illlet, 322

French, 14, KiO, 287, 408
Frenchman, 175
Frlnk, 40, 41, 263
i'Yizell, 168
Frizzi, 242
Front, 81, 284, 357
Frothingham, 335, 414,

415
Frye, 292
Fryer, 90, 306, 807
Fulham, 107
Fuller, 07, 182, 185, 207,

211, 297, .301
FurbuHh, 183
Fynmore, 330

Gilman, 289, 290, 291
Gilmore, 50, 217, 218
GllHon, 277
Glrdicr, :{02
Glading, 15-7.19,20, 143,

Hi, 146-8
Gladstone, 321
Gladwin, 21
Glrason, 397
Glidden,44
Glover, 302, 303, 345
Goble, 280, 282
Goddard, 129, 201, 308,!Grow, 74

Gorham, 53, 161, 228,

356
Gorton, 202, 275, 27€,

317, 410
Gosner, 236
Go«s, 46, 91, 104, 204,

264, 266, 296, 2y7, 397
Goswell, 72
Gother^ou, 224, 220
Gouge, 377
Gould, 5d, 205, 206, 207,

282, 29-i, 2v7, 312, 315,

317, 3t)0, 399, 408
Gould»tou, Ivl
Graham, 115, 200, 321,

417

Granger, 41, 200

Grant, 172, 173,280,282,
284,393,321,330,416

Grary, 282

Graves, 54, 158, 183, 306,
373

Gray, 57, 72, 221, 234

Green, 20, 54, 91, 93-5,
l:W, IW, 143-0, 175. 1«2,
I9y, 2U2, 221, 22;j. 227,
2:i5, 239, 25u, 250, :W3,
274-6, 2W, 315, 317,

318, 3:i3, :ui
Greeuhill, lt(
Greenland, 74, 282
Greeuleal, 00, 67, 100^

118.2^7

Greenville, 155

Greenwood, 212, 218

Gregg. Hi

Gregory, 382

Gregory XIII., 135

GrenviUe, 2:tu, :tfO

Greidiam, 197

Gridley, 72, :151

Griffin. 2h4, 410

Griffing, 3J9, 3.J1

Griffith, 2U0, 296
Grigbye, 190
GrigKS, 7.:, 286. ?97
Grimbaldus, 189, 196
Grimes 182,328
Grimston, 86
Grindell, 2.37
Grise, lOS, 169
Griowold, 41
Groseillient, 418
GrOA*, 175, 304
Groovenor, 212, 333
Grout, 'itst
Groveling, 65
lirovod, 74, 274

Gaffleld, 253

312, 410
Godfny, 246-50
God ward, 262
GoflT, 186, 265, 283, 315,

374

Guggins, 286
(Juild, 182. 183, 186, 328
Gulllett, :iHA, 386
Gu liver, 280
GuUy, 65

GappT, t«
Oauidge, ««

Uaetf tt. m
Hukle. 3el
HMkmll. 2», l:
Hadlev. «M
H>]dlmaod,:l.3
Rale, >«. lis. »

HMi.m. Ml- J
uladltoD. 'll». «i7, Ml,

3aa,iixi,xa,tit

HuallD, 107, IM, S3.

H"moBd,a!7,n«,;7i,
ns, •», K*. 3l»-»,

HaiDpdni, 124

Hunr, ::lit

HmneUpp, 380
llanton.W.M, «U
Hv-bcrt. M7
Hubornr, Ml
Harbour, ISO, 1<M, SSS,

Hut. :tr6
HarialK^ndfl
IlarUn. «<«

Hut, M, :il>, 3SI, 285,

lle^r. Wi

Hdford, M7
ElcmnirnwaT. U3, IM
It Dull. Mt

knchmu, M. Bl-TB,

kDillT, 178

HlMPtl. re, 77

Index of Ifamet.

Hobbt.m

llod^a. w:
««!««. lit
Kodjrmui. \t9. 70

B, M, M, IN

^4. IM, lb, ai

Hswin, !«a
HunlMrbF. 3U, xa
H.F.2I.M1

Uifbra. i
UoMu, 1

M«-8.3«, M*,411.t-UHaMi

HaDd.M
■ pr, U, M, t«,108,

Hooprr. SO, 71. SM, 3W
Uopf.Kl
'lapklBt,M, M.ff. lU.

Hincber, U

■IndM, IM
.nfclti. Mi

M, ISl

,iffl, isa

■igbiu-t, u, «n

Ml. tit. U4, Ui, w,

liunw, Kl

Knnplmr, WO. Sit. ITD,

M,(7,«7,!!K,3M,

■r,iW.sse,3SJ

HUM«T, MJ

UwUhiu, 41.M8,»

i«, iir"iT7, m.'

n»,.M7. 27g, Kia,
Mt-I. MB
Brdf , ISl, 339, 333,

■-nium. 14, 1«,
.44-«.I4«, 373

Uovghton. 817, £3, »7.

»SM«,37t, 381. MS.
[ow(, 10, W. 7&, 131.

m, i«i, tv7, lis, sw.

lowell. 1S7
loWTD, 1HT

iDOli&d.M. 143-S,3gi
iDirlrtl, »», SOI, 40»,

Huf don, «7, S8, a?
Uoyt, M. 104, UI,2H,

Hubliuil,' Xl, 34, M. 71.
n. 74, 13*. 1*0. ISi.
17«, 17X, IS4-«, M.1.
Z7», 3S<, »l, MS, M«,

ulHrt.M3
Hubberl, », 31, ISO,

I1><r,3S0

W, 111, «tt.

EtH«t«1.2S8

S37, 374, 37S

HodJvll

■U, SI, »,ri,K.

181, 189, IW, M7, e*.

Fokina, 71.334, tn

leDki. :

Jul

Jen

i.KO

rj, 348
^, W, 143
JfrmTD, 'idO, l«, at,
imop. ss

owM. so. BW, 287, W,
3L1.W7 3M, 413. 410

inke*. tea

!ohn. KlBg,3»

JBO-i, »».
3!0,3a,3fl«
H*,3«0.aM

»B, M5, ITS,
"- 101. 307,

ITS, 37*,

Index of Ifamet.

JotanMoM, M, 8H

Jolet, 1«. 17

Jon«a, U, W. U. 71, 1

I7B, iffi, wo, m, u

IM-O, Wj, 307, 3M,

>iB, tst, Ho, 33i, 3ve

Jordui, IM
JTowpb, MM
jMKlin, M, in
Jmdd,l«, 74.71. :
JudHn, I7:(, 173

jnpe, m, aat
Juan, sat

Kbu, M, 7i. ISS
KoUn, S», 3W, «•

Kaiion, as

KeltoD. 4X1
KtmUa.M. 7!, 1»
Kamp, 13. »M
KmmUI, ;«, 77. 78, Bl,

8S,Uil,MI,3<W
Kmlratl, 171
KcDnedjr. t», i»l, 307
Kimiir. Ml
KcDl, 3>, <% 3«, IW,

Ki.Wi
Kerbr, «6, 7t

K*tt,»>

KMtle, lie

K*]ri,3»

XiilMC, IM. 2§r. 3U

Kidder, lOe, 107,313, aU

KleU*.4ai

Kimball, m, IK, 2«D,
ttl, 3W, «U, W»

Klmbw. 18»

King, K.fie,W, m.
3(2, aU, »!, »t. 3M,
147, 3?V. 3W. 404

Klngiburr, WJ

KlnMlJ. 1". IM. 300

Kfiig.well.lM,S»

Kip. 31;l

Klrke. Mt

Kllkland, tit, 4M

KlUrcdge, n. Si

BWp< 174.X2^.W7,387.

Sniglit, U, 7S. 228, ZSe,
»7S. 3(»

KlU>U,lB<

KDOwiei. zn
Knox. 2^a
Kolnar. «1B
Kjliwortfa, 2

I^ UK, 409, 4«a
L«Fiij»lte,iJfl,aJ3.411l
Lb Uontim. (IB

LvBii,3t,3S.7l.n, 190.

131. VS7, 3:t;, 40»
LiAibcroit. 3?fl
L«nt*rt.M

Upbun, M, 107, 4W
[drned, «, 410
tjirTiMn,71

Luh,M

'-■ ^UB,ttt,tM

iron, 41, 4i. 40, 17;
..J. IM. MS, 356
Uttlnc. loe
Lwu],EB-ai.m4. 38!
IjMDdrr, 210, MO

L*»l«w. 18
Lkwrena, M, H. 72. 71

WO, IM, an, ML w;

XfS, SXf, S70, 3U«. 4M
Leader, MS

L«Bm«d,K4-«
LhtIU, 103, OT

Le BrttOD.'wl

«b, iW| XIV, arf. ouj
332. 3M. 410, 4a

Leeob, 71, 183. 183, 347

Leedi,S4C

LKir, 34, It, ISO

Lrlirn, 411
Le UroM, Ml. Ml
Leigh. 134
Lelgbton. 4M

LeoaBrd, 41, 4«. Ml,
:M4,M<, m, tSS. Mi,
3N. «0t

Lerisk, in
L* liaenr, 418
LelherJand. S7f

LevkUcT, ml

■ trcK, 173, 177, 1»9,

_.l, 347, M7
Lewla, M, 80, 114, !I»,

•a6, 370, 3IK, 3«e
Lrfpoidt, Sii
Liriiurne, 303, 304
LNJv, 04, 30V, sat

Uiiibra*, ana

• 'iicford, M, 11, 183,
iiiM]D,H,a4. 101, 907,

:ia.xi7, 'j»a. sou, 410,

Lliidie)., IS-aO, 149

Llppetl, 274, X7S
Mpaeoiiib,'nH,18t

Ll>brel, >

Li lie II -

?,108

408,414'
LuRbury, 188

Liitlefon^, 88
■ '-'ennore, 140, «4, 2S0
>yd, 7-i, 01, 388

L<ibb,3»l
Lubdell, 40
Loom, 70, 79, M. 82, B»,

i77.2a3.MO, 37*. 308
l.<H;kvaod,[|[,421
IxHigp, 320, 37A
Uiag, lUO, 133, 1S3, Iffi
L,uni(fr1low, 47,12. 102.

rio, 200, 224. ftta, 330.

angler. 08, IKL Ul,

30u, 4:12
Loomli, 42. 218, Kt

Lord, 34, 12s. 280, tOO,IU
in, Ciirdlaal

L««dEa, 14V,
LoireU, 110,

Ludlon. 241
].iidH>s,'lU

' -°"'l-i. 74
Db,lJ7

HBdduflke.Sal

«ii)bcrrT, 307, lU
liver, S4

M«To. isa. 313
ito(:anl>y, 101, 101
MdUIarj, a
McClIn lock, 313
MoClure. 2110
McCorratak, 120
lleCre&,U
UcCrUlit. Ill, lis

Mci'uiMdd, 111

HcGom. b.\ M

McOragory, 3W

Uedburr. 201

.Uellirdy, 180

il I&l, MO
Hrni-elr, 62, 204
• MeKBD. Ifi]

dvredHb. 238
Merrlun. 2S1, 181
UcrrliA, 300, 4 U

Mc»ne, 402
Mviunl. 2I«~60

M"cal(', 203
M^ddleton, 17, IS^M

irrcll,2W,203

irth, 3a. 32, 103, 100.

- Miller, 41. 00, 71, Ml
200, 2W, IM, 300, Uf

Index of Names.

llolUirct, IM.1
Hunk. -.KIlMia. 4M
Moiiiiigiie, 111, 113, «l Nwdl

i.,,!ii:ii;,'

lluiit)i.im.T

»17. XM
Houinaiir,
Montr. ^170

jKvHihMD. SO, !80, wg.
VCO, 163
», 3:tT, SIS, lis,

Ni'pniwi, ue

I, W, 100, Will. I7t

twR-ir'Aft

DaM, 237 Nvwmsii, 07, Wl, »

I. W-X, tit, ITl,iSewion, UiO,Ul
IK IMehQliia, 2.0

y-'i

ila, lU, US, 1».

Uorrlll, 4V3 NIcIk.I.ou. IH, M]

Uiini., lii). 73, UO, ITS.lMithl, tn

-.111. :iMI iNllliiiniulc, 31. Wl

Uuni^.m, H, 307, llO.iMr^, -Of, VU, IIM. 1M.

417 I l(tJ.2MI, raj,317, SW

M..FrM», L-no |NliiigrcI,3St

3:15; 'm, MT' ' 'ikooiiiiig, ». H4, 147
UU11..11. ion, 130, V7I, Norcnn*. ICI, 130, ItUH.

r-i. I7it-H'z.' 1M. iW-B 'MuriMii. :iiil

I, NorrlB, 14% 144. 147, 118,

!(urth,U,ra,;4
Hurtbiuiii<,400
^jortOD. 300, Ml, 307
.lou, XAt, 2»&
NoIlln>liilni, IM
Nourai'. lut>, XTJ
iNuwrll. U^, 2M, S53,

Na; cr, 2SS

Driell, ;i:iO
Udiom<-. '.MS^W
«,Oilllu, UWI
O'Duiiurll, 01
URk'bv.OA. IHI, IDS
UEcrliy,''0, 181, wa

lin. »?, 307, (to

if, IB

UlIxT, M. 10, 00, ISl.

4. -tl-i, -'S

, 3W, 3il

MyriilJ.»l>^a!7,44B

VOL. XXXVU.

rwl, 3M
Urrii, n, 200

IVnibnilii-, :i;«

m.tV. llt.lU
laiman, -je-%!. 1S3-0.

.TivHIO. IW

erklii*. ns, 211, 3M,
:iU. Sn7, l!7«, *iii, 4U&,

ZIM, a«3, 4U,

:o.si.03, IS7,

Pi'ubudjr, 101, ta, 400.

■"FlKOCk. .78

■*rty, fill. on. 174, 310,

■M.ia, 3IS. ..37. Ma,

:i77, :»u, 3UB. 40U. 41Q,

;-.'l| :'7'r--fi.' :ili,' W

ItV.JItr. 31.1, -.BJ. i-M,

Trw.' an'-6. x'i ,'aw, iut,
*H. 4^:1, 434
|j en .0111, ?3, H

;iki', i;!i, ,08, aii, 4og
'■■lU. wi

Mnt1'"m. JU3, 403
|ill. '.I'lii

•iiii-tMi.'i:o
I'Uii, uu

IlKVftlr. lie
i-llniiKDi,, l»>,43l

'" f, nil, SBi, set,

,- -. 313

inuiiii)'. .13. i«, .-Hit. :14s

■•--■■-. 37, 2B, 31, l<i«,
n^Hin>.IW0,3M,

i'iH^i.', i'i3, 310, 3is-a

iidex ofNamea.

■i, RHiBe d, 100
2, HedmsD. 7*

Bwd, IB, 10, to, N.H.

2;s,atii,2«f.siG.tai
Forn, ^M. t^ iu

PoBchuil. S3, M

Fooliml.MS

Ponl. 73. as, n

Powrrt, 1W, 333

Powl». *f3

Pownkll, UI

rrmi, M. 181, sii, E7.

3iA »?'. 3tl! He, »\\

>, IS. 30, 3:i, U,

RHmalln, 109

3»i

Ktglman

1, 11?, tt2.
174, i;f

lor, i«

Pnble, .

17a, J

Prlcat. M. 2U, Wl
PiiDcrVn, M, lOa, 1-1

Proctor , W, 74, 07, 14

ZW. 301

Proaur. M. lea
.Proui.aso.Wi

PrOT'^udvr, IHl. 1«1

Puddlniton, »IJD

PuAt, 3mi, 3«0

Pultenry, 380

Pui.fii
.rurcliiu>e.M7

PnllaiKl, 377

PotBHOi, M.V7. Ijg.M

im. 'iMJi, .

Quiut, 4DB.ia>

7, UFyDoldi, l»-30, lU-e,
4^ atuKlu, 'm,' 173. *7»,

EUch. W, to, 200, 377

Rlohird, S3

" ■ rdi. 111, 113. J90,

Buck, IS, «, M, S7
Rudmut, m
Kuff, 74

Bum, 70,SU,3ei
Bufiu, 39,11,73, IM.
2U, Ittj, SS7, 908, 37S.

..„^ -B. 213
KiuhwDrth, UD
Rata, 173, 182
Kuucll. 17.44. OS, in,

lU. 171, ZW, ;tM, 3M

i.t, 4*, 182, W*

.then, 23^237
. J»U, 72
Byludt. 221
By la, W

bar*. U,30,M,'

__j,voi

Sahnnaa. 389

Sklter. IW. 330. 411

"-Itmanih. Iftl
Itonitall.SIC. 370
npaOD. ta. 111, 1
72

~1diT, a», 316

idlMd m

\AWy. SBS, 404

' Blgbi'/. 171
i, Ulna, m

Blprry,2jO,282,307JIR,
Blslfy, !»«

Bockwrll, 107, 33-^^

I, Kot^Bood. :jS7. ZtM

■■ lerfgo, 17J, 173

Ranp'r, 41
B«nni-y!ai

3oaltow,lU,in

Scf«iiton, art

Scull. 11, H,iW,lH.tl«.

— 23a.M7,aat

Sesn. 4J, Hti. 101, Ul,
II-J, 2BI, 2S4.»7

eediEwidi, I»6, IM
'ieckv. 1S1,1M,311

ivWu,3D2, 310

iergtanl,17»

«varmace. 201, IV
Jcvril, 3QB
Sewall, ;ft-«l,r.M,tlf,

Td. 143, 117

i, 40, K, 2£1, 2«3,

3ns-10. StU^D. 172-1
377,»;t>. 3b7. Mt, 40*
l«T«7. -17, 3S, IW, IM,

\£a\. XI. laa, lu, isr.

-ipturc. 132

lylet, 2LS, 2U
McoHald, III

r, lOO, 111
,»1, WB

30*

ffc, M, 157
tlld. -a. 2»

s. art, MS

don, as, W

22)
Ul

mh, n, in. u).

JMO, 237, 2M, W7

S;.%

arl,:w7, lOK, 3U
rliupilii, U7

Ml*cr«aad, n, ISl, W.
ilsr, lW,3GI,MI-7

aixuD. xa
Slie. i;3

iSklffiMV

Index of Karnes.

Sloeum,'^
Small] dgp

IM. U-1, aoi.
310, VII, Vl»,
2N, HI. Ml, Ml, MS,

BtlBHi, 315

SL Lcgf'r.Ilt, 2U

St. Loe, tea

(ockbrtdge, »
Sloddard.'lU,' W, i
Rlokes. IM. IM

--. —J, *»M Wt, a7,a»,3W, 3
9)7, 307, S32, IM, 133, Stoner, lOS
US, Ml-4, MS, Ml, Blonr, 4a, K3
wa, 3At, 370. 3», 183, Siom, W, m, 3:

SmltluDu, ai

tfomerbf, i

lilium, 3»,W, .
.._», 3M, :M7,3Sl'^,a;u
Stove, Ul,!t»
Slowell, ZM, »7, SH,

fimthirlck, ^I,2U,11S,
4iO

epsnIdfDg. 7H

Spellmaa, Ul

l^turoli. II
SurEer. »

8unv>>p,:<.ll.lM,Ml,

Ml, ill
Spring, b8, 3B1
»purT,7:l

&uBlre,»l7
tilBlTord, ^1-S

eiuib,i

IS.S17

f^IrrllAg. i':uJar,IS7

■ , 34. 41. V13, 110.
rrlliw.'^M, ue

t, 07. W,«6. ll«.

T)ioaii>»D,M, 3^.77

' ",K.0S,»7,m

l,V8fi, ISt, M8, ai7, 1

Turf, 24«

- T, 17. m, M*,>
3U, 372, *7I, a

Tbwing, St-t, M»

Inlwrlnke, «S

lud^i, iaa

Itcomb. CM, (M, 130,

" '^ainblv, IID, 401,401
■yler, iS, 14, III, t»,

411

Updike, Vti,
"pbiun, IM
I'M, 4M. U

U.b»r,' ia7

^IK'soi '

rowitF, DM. H, W, 306, V

:)«A,3il..1l«,411

rowDHnd. 8§, 111,111,

4. Viil*ry, in. M4, Ml
Van AnwliOcti, W
Vuibnifh, IM

■rnry, 106

Hrnuin, 47
■uihin, »», 401
mix, ::i9

eiitf. ^7, 30, 3D, US,

ranbk, S83

v"y,M.a«,M7-»
Vick, 111

^ Vickwy, »4

Tuiroll, 33, M, 3«. KS
rilleyrud, 341, »K

riirtwx! 81, H, 103. 11
I'A, »«, !»«, 313, 31
3I<I, Xl?, 406, 411

Talc, Hi

Tar.ftI

rarlor, IB. 34, 45, 40, 1!

IVm^, tu. Ml, «7

reBHCT. w, zM-3, eta

I'nik.'ff', 337, 313,31
TV««r., 377. 378

. 37-J, 373. M

•m. Ml. MS
','^'lM, Ul, tM,

W7, 4W

11,7. ea

w:fi!wri;,i

rwn, >t, 30

fhutdirr, B-
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Tliijiui, 10,

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ff-33, «i, r

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Index of JVamea.

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WalliCwc, :>, I

Wslpolt, 1M
-Walrand, 3»
WalUra, 307. 30

Kff, 330, 387, -xea, 3V7,

Wardwcll, IS-L'O, S7. 143

WarSeld, Wl
Wuni!r,«(,aU,ID3,ilB,

Z7S, I7«
Varrea. *1, W, ISI, tsa.

nlkinioD, 7«, ii», US,
riHiiKi. 70, rt,j;s, lis,
w%. s^i, at!

rillf'r, Kl, 7t
l-iliHt, -JIS, 21
I'lUfT, 101

FltUaiii K :«
WIJLIUBudl

WlJtUmi, W, <

Wharton, I57,2M,!70
. M, 74, H,

WMhlnira*, lot

313, ««, aiiB, 40
WMhington,!*. . ., . __,

iiK, 2iB. aw, i-K, laa, whit.

3(u, aie. saii.iuu, 41H i tH
w»uil, an tsr..

WktorboiiH, 68, IH * .114,.
WalnaiM, 4«. 202. 970, \TliJie)i

a?i,a7r —

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4,61,

e,2«o, 31

SiO, 401, IW
Wku, W, hi, 104,
W»t. 171, XI8
WeiuT, 3U». 4ira
WeuDn, ins
WMver, 11, 3fti

W«bbrr. 3UI
Wsbitrr, SI, 114, 1
133. 134, 1B8, Ma, 1!

Wi!ilgi'tt,'40l
Wevd, .iai, 3:r. 4M
Wmlan, Oil, lB2, 1

wblUni.

tVlitimin,
e, Whitmrirc

3o",Mi,3w,;ius,4a-i 1 ;iii

Wh litem oiT, WO, XNl.'VVIni

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A«. 194. lU,

mthlDftOD. 88, M

-ood,W. 74, 78.81. »0.

■ai, 200. Ml, joe. 307,

. M. ai, 164, 34«.
,..,3«1,37S.387,IV7
WiUIItOD, 30, 41, IS

Wlnan-, k3
WiniD'ain, 181'

3*?. J
\ WliUll.

WigfUI. H

lVi(hliix»n,

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fwidbaTT, 1S.3M,SC7

i-oDdcoct, *o, irs, IM.

VVoodmotl, 17

Iward. 72, 17*. Ml.

Vortlii nston. 40, 41. 1C3,

»i
Vn-n, 101
^Haht. 10, 42. 7t-i&. n,

ItS, 171, 217, !«», -isi.

»:,»■>, 107, 311. 334.

xm, Ki, 307, ItM, 4iM
IT\c\oe.W
Vitamb. ^2SI
Yyllf. 310^

iVyniau. TO-ei, IS1. ZM-

I, 404. 414

fatei. 72. S43,30i

L'ouna. -.10.33, 38, S7.«$.
44, 148, 3

lnl«ra, 11S.2X4,£U

114. m' i:m. 140, is;

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Ml. sat. 354. 414 409

lie. 7:^ IIV, IL-O, 2V«, V..un«, 101

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